Latin American, Iberian & U. S. Latin@ Studies: Collection Development for non-specialists Adan Griego Stanford University Anne Barnhart University of West Georgia Roberto Delgadillo University of California-Davis June 26, 2015 1) Basic/Important Documents 2) Spanish Language Publishing Landscape 3) Where / From Whom to Buy / How to Buy / What to Buy 4) Selection Tools (Vendors, Best Seller Lists, Review Sources) 5) Multimedia 6) E-books 7) Cooperative Collection Development 8) Hispanic/Latin@ Studies Spanish Language Publishing Landscape *Dominated by large media conglomerates *Intra-continental distribution almost non-existent *Regional independent alliances *Limited print runs (1,000) *Best-sellers (5,000) *E-books starting to appear and gain momentum *Leading Publishing Countries: Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile Producción editorial en España y América Latina País Títulos Publicados-2012 España 104,700 México 27,745 Argentina 27,661 Colombia 14,235 Perú 5,957 Chile 5,905 Ecuador 3,696 Venezuela 3,635 Uruguay 1,944 Cuba Costa Rica 1,844 Bolivia 1,745 Rep. Dominicana 1,508 Paraguay 1,054 The World's 56 Largest Book Publishers, 2014 Publishing Company Mother Corporation Country of Mother 2013 Country (Group or Division) or Owner Corporation Revenue in $M 1 Pearson UK Pearson UK $9,330 2 UK/NL/US Reed Elsevier UK/NL/US $7,288 Reed Elsevier 3 Thomson-Reuters US The Woodbridge Company Ltd. Canada $5,576 4 NL Wolters Kluwer NL $4,920 Wolters Kluwer 5 Random House Germany Bertelsmann AG Germany $3,664 6 France Lagardère France $2,851 Hachette Livre Verlagsgruppe Georg von 7 Holtzbrinck Germany Germany $2,222 Holtzbrinck 8 Spain Grupo Planeta Spain $2,161 Grupo Planeta 9 Cengage * US Apax Partners et al. US/Canada N/A 10 US The McGraw-Hill Companies US $1,992 McGraw-Hill Education 11 US Scholastic US $1,792 Scholastic 12 US Wiley US $1,761 Wiley 13 Italy Gruppo De Agostini Italy N/A De Agostini Editore* 14 China (PR) Government; partly publicly China (PR) $1,499 listed China Publishing Group Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 15 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt US US/ Cayman Islands $1,379 Publishing Group Ltd. Publishers Weekly, June 27, 2014 Spanish Language Publishing Conglomerates: 2013 / 2015