Otra Mirada brings together Spanish-speaking independent publishers and booksellers in Ibero-America in a forum for exploring and discussing the inspiring past, the pressing challenges, and the hopeful and at the same time worrisome future of this profession. The aim is to establish a dialogue through roundtables, talks and special presentations, as well as an itinerary that proposes alternative routes for the production and circulation of books. Links between publishers and booksellers are also created.
The 2017 edition (the 3rd) of Otra Mirada took place in Guatemala, a region that rarely holds major meetings in this sector.
With the support of AC/E’s Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE), Spanish participants were able to join in the debate, which focused on key issues like publishing analysis – an activity designed to seek a balance between the dissemination of culture and its economic feasibility as a business project. As the world's leading producer of books in Spanish, Spain has a huge diversity of publishing projects. The quality, both material and intellectual, of Spanish publishing production is exemplary, and the organisers wished to provide a platform for bringing many of these initiatives to participants’ attention. Otra Mirada also sets out to encourage the creation of a network of book sector professionals in Central America, Latin America and Spain.
The 2017 edition (the 3rd) of Otra Mirada took place in Guatemala, a region that rarely holds major meetings in this sector.
With the support of AC/E’s Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE), Spanish participants were able to join in the debate, which focused on key issues like publishing analysis – an activity designed to seek a balance between the dissemination of culture and its economic feasibility as a business project. As the world's leading producer of books in Spanish, Spain has a huge diversity of publishing projects. The quality, both material and intellectual, of Spanish publishing production is exemplary, and the organisers wished to provide a platform for bringing many of these initiatives to participants’ attention. Otra Mirada also sets out to encourage the creation of a network of book sector professionals in Central America, Latin America and Spain.