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No 83 July 2013  
Miami Book Fair International 2013 selects Spain as its featured country
To commemorate 500 years since Ponce de Leon first landed in Florida, the 30th edition of the Fair will celebrate the culture and literature of Spain. Some of that country’s most illustrious writers and artists will be in Miami sharing the language, culture and literature of Spain.

Itziar Latorre, director of foreign trade for Latorre Literaria, a company that distributes, imports and exports books from Spain, talks to ARS about the titles he recommends to the American readers, and how to find their books in the U.S.

B&T and Bookmasters to become related
The private equity firm Castle Harlan Partners IV, L.P., , owner of Baker & Taylor, just purchased Bookmasters. The commercial relationship with Bookmasters will enable B&T to offer many of the same publisher services as its competitor Ingram Content Group, Publishers Weekly reports. 

BEA 's Global Market Forum will have changes for 2014 edition
BookExpo America's 2014 Global Market Forum program will feature a new and dedicated focus to books in translation. Among the changes, there will be a day-long meeting of U.S. and international professionals who specialize in translation on May 28, 2014, before the official opening of next year's BEA in New York, Publishers Weekly reports. 

The 2013 edition of NSB Newsletter is now available                   
 

Award winner librarian from Colorado donates prize to organizations

 
 




   

 


 
   
Mariela Gal, MBF American Author's Program coordinator


Pitbull
Rapper 
Fully bilingual rapper, songwriter, and record producer Armando Pérez, better know as Pitbull, was born in Miami to Cuban parents. He began rapping at a very young age, and his first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002. Two years later he released his debut album M.I.A.M.I. and in 2010 Armando was Pitbull’s first Spanish language studio album. Now days, Pitbull has become a global superstar as both, a recording and performing artist, with world tour sold out concerts in Latin America, Canada and Europe, and he is also a successful business entrepreneur.   
 
Nubosidad variable
Carmen Martín Gaite
Sofía Montalvo and Mariana León were friends at school. Sofía has since been trapped in a dark existence as a wife and mother of a family. Mariana, whose love life has turned out to be much more confusing than passionate, has managed to become a brilliant psychiatrist. After more than thirty years, chance brings them together at a cocktail party and the memory of their friendship causes them both to undergo an inner revolution.   
 

Cazadores de sombras, ciudad de hueso
Cassandra Clare 
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a smear of blood—to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?  

  

 
Appleízate
Alvaro Ojeda
 
There have been countless books written about Apple, the largest market capitalization in the world. What would Steve Jobs advise to develop professionally and personally, to sell better? This is a fun book which combines anecdotes from the company that has revolutionized the world, with fictional stories to understand the principles that will make us develop better.  

 

A contracorriente
Noé Casado   
Samantha belongs to a very rich family and soon will succeed her fathers business. She is aware that no one sees her as the woman she is. Has rejected proposals, and is resigned to being alone; until she runs into a man who is the opposite of usual. Hes not at all friendly, nor considered, wont take her for dinner and much less to the altar. He's perfect!  
 

     
 
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