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Brazil’s First E-bookstore Opens for Business
RIO DE JANIERO: On December 15, Brazil’s first e-bookstore — Gato Sabido (Smart Cat) — opened for business, offering approximately 400 titles in Portuguese. “The Gato Sabido is going to work on every...
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Brazil’s Ten Most Talked About Titles of 2009
Last year was a great year in Brazilian publishing, which made it all the more difficult to identify the best books of 2009. I’m sure there will be a great deal of disagreement with my choices, but...
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A Little Bit of Brazil in Frankfurt
In 2013, Brazil will be the Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, and it’s not too early to consider what the country has to offer. With 220 million people and $2.5 billion in book sales for...
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James Patterson Switches Brazilian Publishers
International “megaseller” James Patterson has switched Brazilian publishers from Editora Rocco, to Arqueiro, an imprint created this year by Sextante Group. Arqueiro are promising to reduce the price...
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Abril, Brazil’s Top Magazine Publisher, Launches Digital Platform
Abril, the largest magazine publisher in Brazil, has launched the beta version of iba, a new platform for sales and distribution of digital books, magazines and newspapers. The new platform opened with...
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Brazilians Close Deals Worth $680,000 in Guadalajara
Scene from the 2011 Guadalajara Book Fair Brazilian publishers returned from the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), earlier this month and reported closing deals valued at US$680,000 and book...
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Angry Birds Lays Eggs in Brazil
For an internationally best-selling ornithologically-inspired game, the natural next step is…a collection of egg recipes by its makers? In early 2012 The Angry Birds: Bad Piggies’ Egg Recipes received...
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Brazil Stars at the Bogota International Book Fair
BOGOTÁ, COLUMBIA: This April, Brazil was the guest of honor at the 25th Feira Internacional do Livro de Bogotá (FILBO, Bogota International Book Fair). According to Enrique González Villa, president of...
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May 2012 Bestsellers and the Race to the Top
The race is on in PublishNews’ bestseller list. For yet another month, the ordained Brazilian author Priest Marcelo Rossi is leading with Agape Jr. (Globo Livros) — the kids version of his bestseller,...
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