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  1532 readers“Digital distribution is not as cheap as people think, because the scale is still very small.” By Roberta Campassi, PublishNews Brazil After several months of beta testing, Abril, one of the largest media groups in the Brazil, has officially launched Iba, a new digital retailing platform with 25 magazine titles, 19 newspapers and 6,000 e-books from 170

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  PublishNews Brazil: Brazilians Embrace Paperbacks, Free UPress E-books

  819 readersBy Edward Nawotka This week’s issue of PublishNews Brazil, a collaboration between Publishing Perspectives and Publish News, brings you all the latest news from the booming Brazilian book market, including: Brazilian Publishers Embrace Paperbacks in Bid for Readers: Cosac Naify is among the Brazilian publishers launching paperback lines and is part of a new trend of publishers

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  Brazil’s Publishers Prep for Digital “D-Day” 2014

  1439 readersWith the Brazilian government to begin purchasing “digital content” in 2014, Brazil’s publishing industry gathered to discuss the opportunities and pitfalls of digital. By Edward Nawotka Bob Stein keynoted Brazil's 2nd digital book conference SAO PAOLO: Though many observers believe that Brazil may be four to five years behind the US in e-book adoption, Brazilians are among the

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  #PubNewsCheat Brazil: E-book Distribution to Libraries, Upcoming Events

  1701 readersBy Hannah Johnson Check out the latest news from our sister site, PublishNews Brazil, which features the latest publisher and author news, trends and bestsellers from the Brazilian publishing industry. Subscribe to the free, bi-weekly newsletter. Textbook Consortium Launch “Minha Biblioteca” E-book Service for University Libraries Four major publishers — Grupo A, GEN, Saraiva and Atlas — with

• Brazilian Media Group Abril’s Iba E-bookstore Goes Live

  1245 readers From Publishing Perspectives: After several months of beta testing, Abril, one of the largest media groups in the Brazil, has officially launched Iba, a new digital retailing platform with 25 magazine titles, 19 newspapers and 6,000 e-books from 170 publishers – making it one of the largest e-book retailers in Brazil, following Gato Sabido, which has

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  PublishNews Brazil: 11,000 Total E-books; Is NOOK Coming to Brazil?

  959 readersEvery week we bring you the latest news and updates on Brazil’s publishing industry — publishers and authors, bookstores and e-books, literary agents and bestseller lists — at PublishNews Brazil. You can subscribe to our e-mail newsletter or follow @pubnewsbrazil on Twitter. Here are the latest headlines: 11,000 Brazilian E-books Available, Saraiva is Top E-Publisher Brazilian publishers have only been selling

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  Will Collaborative E-book Distribution Platforms Last?

  2549 readersSpain’s Libranda, Italy’s E-digita, France’s Eden Livres, Brazil’s DLD — they’ll all last only as long as publishers need them. By Edward Nawotka Several markets have seen collaborative e-book distribution platforms launch within the last year: Libranda launched Spain; in Italy Rizzoli, Feltrinelli and Gruppo Gems developed the E-digita platform; a French group comprised of Gallimard, Flammarion and

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  Brazil Offers $35.5 Million in Grants for Literary Translations

  1195 readersThis week’s issue of PublishNews Brazil, a collaboration between Publishing Perspectives and Publish News, brings you all the latest news from the booming Brazilian book market, including: Fábio Lima coordinates the Translation Grants Program of the Brazilian National Library Translation Grants: How to Publish a Brazilian Author for Free (Almost) The Brazilian National Library Foundation established a translation grant program in July of

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  Bluefire Launches 4 New Reading Apps for eBookstore Partners

  5171 readersBluefire, maker of the most popular iOS reading app, announced this week that it had just completed apps for 4 new partners in 4 new countries. In addition to past partners (which included Libri.de and Books-a-Million) Bluefire has now helped 4 more web retailers launch their own apps: Elefant.ro in Romania, Livraria

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  In the UK, Argos launches ebook offerings

  1479 readers From The Bookseller: High street stalwart Argos is planning to launch e-books on its website in a bid to grow its recently launched book offer. The retailer launched its online bookselling site earlier this year and said because digital was key in a developing book industry, it soon planned to offer customers e-books, perhaps in