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TOC Latin America: New Ideas and Energy, One Notable Absence The inaugural Tools of Change Latin America in Buenos Aires offered insights into metadata, e-book formats, and e-tailing, but missed participants from Spain.  Read more »

2,000 Librarians Dispense $2.2 Million in Sales at Buenos Aires Book Fair Armed with an $1,100 subsidy from the National Committee for Popular Libraries, some 2,000 librarians spent $2.2 million in books at the Buenos Aires Book Fair.  Read more »

Rights Trade Intensifies at Buenos Aires Book Fair The trade in rights at the Buenos Aires Book Fair is growing and is now being supported by a new web site, Books in Argentina, aimed at increasing transactions.  Read more »

Print Books Bottom Out in Spain, But One Bookseller Defies The 2011 stats for Spanish print publishing are down dramatically almost across the board, but Madrid is still anticipating a huge new bookstore in September.  Read more »

Spain's Got a Digital Piracy Problem, says El Pais Journalist In 2011, 49% of e-book content online in Spain was distributed without the proper copyright holders' permission, says El Pais' Antonio Fraguas Garrido.  Read more »