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Latin American Publishing Trends: Challenges and Opportunities for US Libraries

Latin American Publishing Trends: Challenges and Opportunities for US Libraries. A presentation for University of Texas Libraries Austin, TX, July 8-9, 2010 Thursday/Friday Jesús Lau jlau@uv.mx / jesuslau@hotmail.com www.jesuslau.com www.twitter.com/jesuslau. Topics.

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Latin American Publishing Trends: Challenges and Opportunities for US Libraries

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  1. Latin American Publishing Trends: Challenges and Opportunities for US Libraries A presentation for University of Texas Libraries Austin, TX, July 8-9, 2010 Thursday/Friday Jesús Lau jlau@uv.mx / jesuslau@hotmail.com www.jesuslau.com www.twitter.com/jesuslau

  2. Topics Introduction to Latin America General regional publishing Printed production e-Book beginnings Challenges and opportunities for US libraries

  3. First Part General Regional Publishing Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  4. Publishing Sectors Commercial publishers University printing houses Government printing output Other publishers (individuals, institutions)

  5. Global LA Statistics Source: CERLALC, 2008

  6. New and Reprinted Titles – LA and Spain Source: CERLALC, websites of the publishers, FGEE

  7. Estimated Book Production in LA Source: CERLALC, websites of the publishers, FGEE, 2006

  8. University Book Output Vs. Regional Production Universities Other Editors Participation in editorial agents’ universe Participation in title production Source: CERLALC, websites of the publishers, FGEE.

  9. LARGE Agents Who Registered Books at ISBN Offices Editors Country Sources: Agencias Nacionales ISBN; Base de datos SIER-CERLALC. April 2007; Spain: Agencia Española del ISBN; *Mexico INDAUTOR

  10. MEDIUM Agents Who Registered Books at ISBN Offices Editors Country Sources: Agencias Nacionales ISBN; Base de datos SIER-CERLALC. April 2007; Spain: Agencia Española del ISBN

  11. SMALL Agents Who Registered Books at ISBN Offices Sources: Agencias Nacionales ISBN; Base de datos SIER-CERLALC. April 2007; Spain: Agencia Española del ISBN

  12. Members of Book Chambers Members Country Source: CERLALC, 2008

  13. Main Book Fairs Guadalajara, Mexico Buenos Aires, Argentina Bogota, Colombia Santiago, Chile Rio de Janeiro / Sao Paulo, Brazil

  14. Second Part e-Books Are Emerging

  15. e-Books They are in their infancy Commercial publishing has been timid No production statistics yet Universities are exploring with some titles Digitizing of older materials e-Books sales are still low Journals are quite advanced: Redalyc, Scielo

  16. Library e-Book Distributors Casalini Libri: (Italy), www.casalini.it/ Digitalia: (New York), www.digitalia.us/Ebrary: (USA) www.ebrary.com e-libro: (Argentina-USA) www.e-libro.com/ Marcial Pons: (Madrid), http://revistas.marcialpons.es/index.php Net Library: (USA) www.netlibrary.com/ Publidisa: (Spain) www.comunicacion-cultural.com/ Source: Adan Griego

  17. Third Part Challenges and Opportunities for US Libraries Chichen Itza, Mexico

  18. Challenges - Distribution Discovery of materials: No single identifying source Ordering: Local language, slow reply Payment: Complicated bank transfers Delivery: Limited postal service Sales departments: Academic/Government institutions often do not have them

  19. Bookstores Source: Costa Rica. Estudio de librerías Costa Rica. CCL, Cerlalc. Venezuela: II estudio de mercado sobre el sector del libro. Cámara Venezolana del Libro. 2007. Argentina: Estudio CAPLA sobre librerías en Argentina año 2007. Perú: Antonioli Dellucchi, Dante. El sector editorial peruano. 2005. México: Cámara de la industria editorial mexicana, CANIEM. 2006. Colombia: Datos SIER-Cerlalc. Ecuador: Estudio Cámara Ecuatoriana del libro, núcleo pichincha. 2006. Chile: Estudio Canales de Comercialización del libro en América Latina y el Caribe, 2003. Brasil: Informe librerías 2008 (in: CERLALC, 2008).

  20. Opportunities – Paper Publishing Opportunities for distribution of LA books Need to tap and create publishing reference sources (Databases, Portals) Social science and humanities titles are unique Need to create a university/government publishers catalogue

  21. e-Books Opportunities Opportunities to co-edit e-Books in social sciences and humanities Request e-Books from US aggregators Arrival of e-Reading devices (Kindle, iPad) will foster new e-Publishing in LA Rising US demand for e-Books in Spanish will benefit local publishers

  22. Other Opportunities • Open field for library research in publishing and related subjects • Investment in joint editorial projects • Training opportunities for sharing experiences • Connect US publishers with local printing houses

  23. Conclusions • Latin America publishing is concentrated in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia • Spanish publishers dominate the market • e-Books are just emerging, mainly at universities • Distribution is the greatest challenge • Opportunities to tap and create publishing Web reference sources • Social science and humanities titles are a must for US libraries

  24. References • Agencias Nacionales ISBN. Base de datos SIER-Cerlalc. Abril de 2007. In: Cerlalc. El Espacio Iberoaméricano del Libro 2008. • Antonioli, D. (2005). El sector editorial peruano, un estudio sobre el libro en Perú. In: Cerlalc. El Espacio Iberoaméricano del Libro 2008. • Cámara Argentina de papelerías, librería y afines. CAPLA. Estudio CAPLA sobre librerías en Argentina.2007. In: Cerlalc. El Espacio Iberoaméricano del Libro 2008. • Câmara Brasileira do libro. Diagnóstico do Setor Livreiro. 2008. In: Cerlalc. El Espacio Iberoaméricano del Libro 2008. • Cámara de la Industria Editorial Mexicana. CANIEM. Actividad editorial libros. 2006. In: Cerlalc. El Espacio Iberoaméricano del Libro 2008. • Cámara Venezolana del Libro. CAVELIBRO. II estudio de mercado sobre el sector del libro. 2007 In: Cerlalc. El Espacio Iberoaméricano del Libro 2008. • Central Intelligence Agency. CIA. The World Factbook (On Line). Retrieved July 3, 2010 from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/rankorderguide.html • Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe, CERLALC . El Espacio Iberoaméricano del Libro 2008.(On line). Retrieved July 3, 2010 from http://www.cerlalc.org/secciones/libro_desarrollo/El_espacio_iberoamericano.pdf • deviantART. 2010. http://www.deviantart.com/ • Griego, A. (2010). Bibliotecas en EUA: mercados para libros de interés general, E-books y edición universitaria. Presented in the 36th Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina. • International Monetary Found. World Economic Outlook Database. (On line). Retrieved July 1, 2010 from http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/01/weodata/index.aspx • Uribe, R. (2003). Estudio de canales de comercialización del libro en América Latina y el Caribe. In: Cerlalc. El Espacio Iberoaméricano del Libro 2008.

  25. End Questions! Cartegena de Indias, Colombia

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