Latin American Publishing Trends: Challenges and Opportunities for US Libraries A presentation for University of Texas Libraries Austin, TX, July 8-9,

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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.mxjlau@uv.mx / jesuslau@hotmail.comjesuslau@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 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%

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

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

8 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

9 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

10 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

11 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

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

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 CountryBookstores Sales Points SP per Inhabitants (1,000’s) Costa Rica23126516 Argentina1,7191,98520 Venezuela-1,32620 Brasil1,3632,67669 Peru-37170 Mexico5451,45271 Colombia35557480 Ecuador6514889 Chile9915799 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). Bookstores

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 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

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 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.pdfhttp://www.cerlalc.org/secciones/libro_desarrollo/El_espacio_iberoamericano.pdf deviantART. 2010. http://www.deviantart.com/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 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.

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