Category: Colombia
Colombia – FILBAC, the International Book Fair of Barranquilla, the Atlantic and the Caribbean launches this week
What especially appealed to me is that FILBAC will be city-wide, not just at a single venue, integrating the entire city into its celebration.
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Colombia – 18th Medillin Book and Culture Festival clocks a half million visitors, record revenues
Medellín’s festival is celebrated for its grassroots approach, attracting a diverse local audience and fostering a strong sense of community that makes the half-million footfall all the more impressive.
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Colombia – Bogota International Book Fair kicks off April 18
Hopes are that we’ll see a new record this year. In 2019 FILBo pulled in 605,000 visitors,...
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Colombia – Bogota International Book Fair returns in April. Will it attract 600,000+ visitors once more?
This year there will be 13 dedicated Professional Conferences among the 2,000 cultural events...
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Colombia’s pandemic-driven online book sales boom
Does that mean print is stil king? Of course, but what really matters is how consumers will...
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Colombia’s hybrid Bogotá International Book Fair will have Sweden as Guest of Honour
Sweden will be the Filbo Guest of Honour and is preparing a “robust digital program”. Filbo, as...
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Peru’s Lima Int. Book Fair the latest coronavirus casualty to head online as global publishing discovers there’s more to digital than ebooks
The announcement this past week that the Lima International Book Fair would not be going ahead in...
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Colombia’s Bogota International Book Fair the first major Latin America casualty of the coronavirus
While Argentina’s Buenos Aries International Book Fair is still, for now, on schedule,...
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Storytel Sweden hits 400,000 subscribers amid 1 million globally, but confusion surrounds the number of Storytel markets. Is it 18 or 19?
Storytel this week announced it has crossed the 400,000 subscriber mark on its home territory,...
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Storytel to launch in Colombia September 1 as Storytel's Latin America strategy takes shape
It may be run from Mexico, but in a few days time Storytel will formally launch in Colombia, its...
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Arabic, Chinese and Nordic languages in the running for the 2nd Reading Colombia selection as publishers target the international book markets
Submissions are about to close for the second Reading Colombia, a joint project of the Ministry of...
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As mainstream publishing struggles in Latin America, book fair attendance and sales continue to rise. Colombia’s Bogota IBF sets new record with sales up 10% from 605,000 visitors
Celebrating its bicentennial, Colombia this year had itself as guest of honour at the Bogota...
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