Given the US has more Spanish-speakers than Spain, this should not come as such a great surprise (Mexico and Colombia also have more Spanish-speakers than Spain), yet for US publishers this second domestic market is severely underrated.
Much overlooked by the English-language book trade, FIL New York City (FILNYC) will mark its fifth edition this year, and is the premiere Spanish-language cultural event in the USA.
Given the US has more Spanish-speakers than Spain, this should not come as such a great surprise (Mexico and Colombia also have more Spanish-speakers than Spain), yet for US publishers this second domestic market is severely underrated.
Per PublishNewsES, FILNYC’s “mission is to position the Spanish language in the United States through literature and culture, creating a space for convergence among book professionals: writers, publishers, librarians, and their audiences (using its) plural, dynamic, and inclusive format (that) allows both panelists and the audience to travel through the variety of nationalities, accents, and aesthetics of the most recent titles in adult and children’s literature, poetry, and journalism written in Spanish.”
Read much more at PublishNewsES.
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