Asociación Galega de Editores

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The Strength of Minorities, Santiago de Compostela 2009

Wednesday, 06 May 2009

We all constitute an immense minority in one or another way. Either through promoting, writing or illustrating books for children and young people and publishing them in a language or culture distinct from the majority codes; or reading books in the backdrop of an economically unstable climate or with physical and mental disabilities, which hinder access to cultural equality. Children forced...

Compensation to its partners claimed from Google by the Spanish Reprographic Rights Center (CEDRO)

Tuesday, 03 March 2009

A compensation to its partners has been claimed from Google by CEDRO. This compensation arises from the agreement signed in October between Google and an American writers' association and group of publishers. The publishers had brought a lawsuit over an alleged violation of copyrights by Google, who scanned catalogued books from some American university libraries, without the authorization...

Catalogue of Editorial Galaxia searchable in Google

Tuesday, 03 March 2009

Editorial Galaxia and Google announced the next presentation of its digital catalogue, as reported by the former in a press release. Both companies signed an agreement that will enable the Galician publisher to publish its catalogue online, classic and contemporary works, books currently for sale and books simply included in the catalogue. According to Víctor F. Freixanes, General Manager of...

Spanish Government authorizes publishers to assign ISBN to books

Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Last Friday, by proposal of the Minister of Culture, the Council of Ministers approved a Royal Decree which adjusts rules related to ISBN to the new book concept provided by the Law of Reading, Books and Libraries. The ISBN number makes it possible to coordinate and standardize the identification of any book, to use searching tools and to facilitate the circulation of books in the ...