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 /

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

First Part General Regional Publishing Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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

Source: CERLALC, 2008 Global LA Statistics Estimated general book title output: 112,845 Commercial publishers title contribution: 83% Authors/institutions who edit their work:7% Public sector produces: 10% Titles that get reprinted3.8%

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

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

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

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

Editors Bolivia209 Paraguay161 Dominican Republic137 Honduras131 Nicaragua126 El Salvador118 Ecuador88 Cuba79 Panama79 Guatemala22 Sources: Agencias Nacionales ISBN; Base de datos SIER-CERLALC. April 2007; Spain: Agencia Española del ISBN SMALL Agents Who Registered Books at ISBN Offices

Members Country Source: CERLALC, 2008 Members of Book Chambers

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

Second Part e-Books Are Emerging

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

Library e-Book Distributors Casalini Libri: (Italy), Digitalia: (New York), Ebrary: (USA) e-libro: (Argentina-USA) Marcial Pons: (Madrid), Net Library: (USA) Publidisa: (Spain) Source: Adan Griego

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

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

CountryBookstores Sales Points SP per Inhabitants (1,000’s) Costa Rica Argentina1,7191,98520 Venezuela-1,32620 Brasil1,3632,67669 Peru Mexico5451,45271 Colombia Ecuador Chile Source: Costa Rica. Estudio de librerías Costa Rica. CCL, Cerlalc. Venezuela: II estudio de mercado sobre el sector del libro. Cámara Venezolana del Libro Argentina: Estudio CAPLA sobre librerías en Argentina año Perú: Antonioli Dellucchi, Dante. El sector editorial peruano México: Cámara de la industria editorial mexicana, CANIEM Colombia: Datos SIER-Cerlalc. Ecuador: Estudio Cámara Ecuatoriana del libro, núcleo pichincha Chile: Estudio Canales de Comercialización del libro en América Latina y el Caribe, Brasil: Informe librerías 2008 (in: CERLALC, 2008). Bookstores

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

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

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

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 Conclusions

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