Articles and information about managing libraries, collection development, budgeting, customers, fundraising, publishing, Spanish-language books publishers, Who's Who in Publishing, and more from Críticas en-us http://www.criticasmagazine.com/community/Feature+Stories/48436.html?nid=4113 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6606945.html?nid=4113 As the Hispanic population continues to grow—Hispanics now comprise more than 15 percent of the U.S. population—more and more libraries across the country have begun reaching out to the Spanish speakers in their community. It’s not always easy, as those who started earlier have learned. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6560403.html?nid=4113 If anyone in this country wants to grow their business, they have to take account of the Hispanic demographic,” says Rayo editorial director René Alegria. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6559419.html?nid=4113 In Spanish, garbo means a jaunty air: elegance and grace. The quintessence of garbo in the independent publishing world is Pinto Books, a New York City-based multicultural house that favors books with substance in English and Spanish, the kind to be read many times. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6523292.html?nid=4113 Something magnificent happened in 2007 in the children’s publishing industry. Many Spanish-language translations of American best-sellers were pretty good. Some even outstanding: their texts flow; they are a pleasure to read and a delight to hear. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6513609.html?nid=4113 This year’s wide-ranging list of our top choices for best Spanish-language works for adults reviewed in Críticas in 2007 includes noteworthy, memorable, and indispensable works. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6495925.html?nid=4113 Forty years after Gabriel García Márquez first seduced readers worldwide with tales of levitating grandmothers and magic butterflies, a new generation of Colombian authors is making its mark on the Spanish-language literary scene. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6487725.html?nid=4113 Last summer, controversy ensued in Lawrence, GA, when the Gwinnett County Public Library board decided to cut $3000 from the annual budget designated for Spanish-language adult fiction. According to one board member, the decision was based on the premise that the library didn’t need to cater to illegal aliens. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6469113.html?nid=4113 In light of Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place every year from Sept 15 to Oct 15, we have compiled our top choices for books and videos of the year that best represent and/or celebrate our heritage. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6460580.html?nid=4113 This past May, Críticas looked at how U.S. publishers responded to the call for a greater number and variation of Spanish-language religious and spiritual books. Beyond the publishers, however, the Spanish-speaking community relies mainly on the libraries, online retailers, and small bookstores outside the mainstream that most ably service their particular needs. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6446253.html?nid=4113 Over the last few years, an unprecedented number of Spanish writers have exploded onto the global literary scene in what seems to be the publishing phenomenon of the decade: the rise of the historical thriller. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6438252.html?nid=4113 The Census Bureau predicts that in just 43 years, Hispanics, the fastest-growing minority group in the United States, will account for a quarter of the country’s population. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6430584.html?nid=4113 Established in 1996, El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day) is the creation of award-winning author and poet Pat Mora. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6416898.html?nid=4113 In many parts of the United States there are few Latino librarians to fill job openings. According to Hispanic Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook (Information Publications, 2005), only 212 of a total of 5113 library science master’s degrees were given to Latinos in 2001 and 2002. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6407666.html?nid=4113 When choosing the best books of the year, it’s hard not to feel guilty for leaving out impeccable translations of popular English-language titles, beautifully designed books, and useful but non-essential titles. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6401082.html?nid=4113 In this year’s roundup of our top choices for the best adult fiction and nonfiction titles reviewed in Críticas in 2006, there is something for everyone. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6383044.html?nid=4113 Managing Spanish-language Collection Development. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6382599.html?nid=4113 For a long time international publishing houses were the sole contributors to the Spanish-language book market in the United States. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6373277.html?nid=4113 When I think about that strange and wonderful and not so newborn child of the publishing world known as the bilingual book, other inextricably related issues seem to spin ceaselessly about in my thoughts. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6362690.html?nid=4113 U.S. Spanish-language publishers and editors have been around since long before the Latin crossover boom began. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6354089.html?nid=4113 “The familiar parking lot ceased to be a place in Blue Island,” says Deb Beasley, children’s services librarian at Blue Island PL, IL, in reference to the library’s Mexican Independence Day celebration last year, which drew a crowd of more than 300. “The sounds, the food, the people…. I felt as though I’d been transported to a town in Mexico.” Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:16:21 PST