Bookstore, Electronics Chains to Sell Kindles in Brazil
Amazon closed a deal in Brazil with Bookstore chain Livraria da Vila to sell Kindles through the remainder of 2012 until January 2013.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: iBookstore Outsells Competitors, Record’s Anniversary
Apple’s Brazilian store is selling more ebooks than Amazon, Kobo and Brazilian retailer Saraiva; Groupo Editoral Record hits 70, and Amazon signs up retail partners.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: Brazil’s Bestselling Books and Top Publishers of 2012
This week’s issue of PublishNews Brazil covers Brazil's bestselling books and publishers of 2012, Record's expansion, and the hike in holiday ebook sales.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: Amazon Opens Kiosks to Sell Kindles in Brazil
This week on PublishNews Brazil: Amazon opens kiosks to sell Kindles in Brazil, Kobo launches two new ereaders, 33% of Brazilians read a book last month.
View ArticleIn Brazil, Ebooks Predicted to Reach 2.63% Market Share
Extrapolating from recent sales figures from ebook distributor DLD, we estimate ebook sales to reach some 3.57 million units—or 2.6% of the overall market—by the end of 2013.
View ArticleCan Brazil Build 39 Libraries Per Day Until 2020?
Brazil's is demanding that every school in the country house a library by 2020. To meet that goal, 128,020 libraries will have to be built, or 39 per day.
View ArticleTimeline of the Brazilian Publishing Marketplace: 1995-2012
International interest, digitization, and market consolidation are not new phenomenon in Brazil, and many began more than ten years ago, as evidenced by this brief timeline.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: January Bestsellers, Adapting Classics into Video Games
From Brazil: Luis Fernando Verissimo is the sole Brazilian fiction writer on the January bestseller lists; Livro e Game is turning classics into educational video games.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: More Megastores Opening, Workers Get Book Vouchers
The dominant Brazilian bookstore chains continue to open new megastores, the government is issuing 18.8m workers vouchers to spend on books, and Abril Educação is prepping its IPO.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: Livrarias Curitiba’s Great Year, Brazil in Leipzig
The latest publishing news from Brazil features bookseller Curitiba's strong 2012 results, the Ministry of Culture's resumes book promotion oversite, Brazilians at the Leipzig Book Fair, and more.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: FLIP Paraty Coming to UK, Machado Mag #2 Out Now
News for this week: a "pocket edition" FLIP Paraty will be held in the UK this October just prior to Frankfurt, Machado magazine #2 is out now, and Brazil's Bologna catalog available for download.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: Book Pricing and Market Share Survey 2012
The latest publishing news from Brazil includes a survey of book prices and market share for various genres for 2012, February's bestseller lists and more.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: Victory at Bologna, 70 Writers for Frankfurt
This week's publishing news from Brazil covers the Brazilian honors at the Bologna Book Fair, 70 authors announced for Frankfurt, Kindle Paperwhite launch, and more.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: Breakfast at LBF, Int’l Authors to Attend Rio Fair
The London Book Fair will host a networking breakfast for those interested in Brazil, numerous international authors confirmed for Rio's book fair, and more.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: Saraiva Gets New CEO, Book Policies Go Back to Brasilia
In Brazil, Saraiva gets a new CEO, the Ministry of Culture moves oversite of book policies back to Brasilia, and a university press finds success with free ebooks by its professors.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: 25,000 Portuguese Ebooks, April Bestsellers
This week's publishing news from Brazil: 25,000 Portuguese ebook titles are now available; Silver Linings Playbook takes the top spot on the foreign bestseller list.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: Brasilia Debates the Future of Digital Publishing
In this week's PublishNews Brazil, we look at Brasilia's debate on future of digital publishing, FNLIJ's awards for kid's lit, and Brazil's turn as the focus of the Gothenburg Book Fair in 2014.
View ArticleBrazil’s Saraiva Launches Self-publishing Platform, Abril Acquires Xeriph
The latest from PublishNews Brazil includes the announcement Saraiva has launched a self-publishing platform and Abril Media Group has acquired ebook aggregator Xeriph.
View ArticleRossi’s Kairós, Brown’s Inferno Top Brazil’s Bestseller Lists for May
Bestselling phenomenon Father Marcelo Rossi's new book Kairós shot to the top of the Brazilian bestseller list, while Dan Brown took the top slot among foreign authors.
View ArticleBrazil at the Digital Tipping Point
In 2012, global ebook retailers descended on Brazil. This year, the big story is about education and the shift to digital books in schools.
View Article
