New Mexico is trying to stop book banning, like some other states. They're working on a new law called House Bill 123, the Prohibit Library Book Banning Bill. Representative Kathleen Cates and Senator Herald Pope are supporting it. This law is similar to one in Illinois that connects state funding to how libraries handle book banning. The goal is to ensure that books remain … [Read more...] about No More Book-Bans Allowed in New Mexico
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Scribd is making a big play for Spanish ebooks
Scribd is an unlimited audiobook and ebook subscription platform. The company has recently been making big inroads with Spanish ebooks and has just signed a deal with Grupo Planeta, Mexico’s largest publisher. This partnership will contribute to Scribd’s ever growing catalog of Spanish-language titles, which will now include over 85,000 titles! Available immediately, readers … [Read more...] about Scribd is making a big play for Spanish ebooks
Scribd is now available in Mexico
Scribd has expanded their audiobook and ebook subscription service into Mexico. There are around 60,000 Spanish titles available from all of the big publishers and subscription costs are $8.99 per month. Over the course of the past year, there has been a significant number Mexican users that have subscribed to Scribd and this motivated the company to provide localized … [Read more...] about Scribd is now available in Mexico
Mexico Launches their first Bookstore Association
Bookstores in Mexico have banded together to launch the first unified association to maintain their interests, curb piracy and to insure their survival against e-books and digital publishing. There are 1,200 bookstores in Mexico, which is a deplorable number considering the country has a population of over 110 million people. Â Many of the small neighborhood bookstores are … [Read more...] about Mexico Launches their first Bookstore Association
Largest Children’s Library in Mexico Opens and Uses 3,000 eBooks
3,000 ebooks will be part of a new children's library in Mexico City, bringing the total to 28,000, according to reports Publishing Perspectives. The Biblioteca BS-IBBY México/A Leer is located in a mansion and offers three reading rooms for different ages, a digital archive, and a recording studio for producing audiobooks for the blind. International Board on Books for Young … [Read more...] about Largest Children’s Library in Mexico Opens and Uses 3,000 eBooks