Spanish?

OBoyle · 11-22-2010, 04:00 PM

My wife would like to read novels in Spanish. We have not had a lot of luck finding e-books in Spanish. I'd like to know of anyone on the forum has any thoughts on where I might be able to acquire Spanish translations of United States best-sellers in e-book form. There must be a source for this somewhere in Spain, I just have no idea where to look.

Thanks.

JLOB

Terisa de morgan · 11-22-2010, 04:46 PM

I'm afraid you're out of luck. Spanish e-book industry is beginning, at its best. There's almost no book, sorry. The best place you can find is www.libranda.com

Latinandgreek · 11-22-2010, 05:04 PM

I read an article yesterday about how Barnes and Noble now has ebooks in Spanish:

http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/201...ks-en-espanol/

rogue_librarian · 11-22-2010, 05:09 PM

multilingualbooks.com has a Spanish section, too.

fjtorres · 11-22-2010, 05:10 PM

Yup! You even have a choice. Pick yer poison.

Amazon has had a fair amount for a while:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...oks+in+spanish

And Barnes and Noble just opened up a dedicate section:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooks....asp?PID=28507

People tend to forget the US has the second-largest population of spanish speakers on the planet. :-)
There's actually more spanish speakers in the US than Spain.
(Especially since they don't "really" speak spanish in Spain, but rather Castillian. )
Juuussst Kid-ding!!

Falcao · 11-22-2010, 05:38 PM

You can try Gandhi from Mexico (http://gandhi.publidisa.com/index.aspx). I don't know if it has geo-restrictions or not.

Terisa de morgan · 11-23-2010, 12:19 AM

Yes, I tend to forget it because:

I don't use to buy books in Spanish out of Spain
I bought once a book in "Spanish" translated in USA. Sorry, the words were Spanish but grammar and dialogs no. In Spanish you don't "mark" the dialogs with quotes as in English, and that book did it, so that kind of book is a no,no,no for me.

fjtorres · 11-23-2010, 06:50 AM

Out of curiosity, does anybody know how the different dialog marking schemes evolved?

The US uniformly uses double quotes (regardless of language), I've seen single quotes on british etexts, and Spain and latinamerica favor em-dashes. Wouldn't be surprised to see alternate conventions in other regions.

And, yes, it can be jarring to run into books marked with a different convention than you're used to. I find it so, too. Doesn't stop me from reading them but it does slow me down a bit.

I supposed the differences will probably will be used by publishers as yet another excuse for georestrictions and protectionism, I suppose.

paques82 · 02-06-2011, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OBoyle

My wife would like to read novels in Spanish. We have not had a lot of luck finding e-books in Spanish. I'd like to know of anyone on the forum has any thoughts on where I might be able to acquire Spanish translations of United States best-sellers in e-book form. There must be a source for this somewhere in Spain, I just have no idea where to look.

Thanks.

JLOB

You may find a lot of books in spanish on the following address
www.lacasadellibro.es
All of them in the epub format

DDHarriman · 02-10-2011, 07:52 AM

Hello

And do not forget the free (classic ones) in Project Gutenberg (Spanish is one of the languages with more then 50 books on it’s catalog): http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/es

Best regards,

Max · 02-10-2011, 09:13 AM

fnac spain has also an ebook shop:

http://ebooks.fnac.es

mountain_lion · 02-10-2011, 08:32 PM

http://www.ebooks-marginalia.com

http://www.argentinawarez.com

11-22-2010, 04:00 PM	#1
OBoyle Sr. Reader, Jr. Member Posts: 30 Karma: 20 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Connecticut Device: Sony PRS-600, PRS-650	Spanish? My wife would like to read novels in Spanish. We have not had a lot of luck finding e-books in Spanish. I'd like to know of anyone on the forum has any thoughts on where I might be able to acquire Spanish translations of United States best-sellers in e-book form. There must be a source for this somewhere in Spain, I just have no idea where to look. Thanks. JLOB

11-22-2010, 05:10 PM	#5
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Yup! You even have a choice. Pick yer poison. Amazon has had a fair amount for a while: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...oks+in+spanish And Barnes and Noble just opened up a dedicate section: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooks....asp?PID=28507 People tend to forget the US has the second-largest population of spanish speakers on the planet. :-) There's actually more spanish speakers in the US than Spain. (Especially since they don't "really" speak spanish in Spain, but rather Castillian. ) Juuussst Kid-ding!! Last edited by fjtorres; 11-22-2010 at 05:13 PM.

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Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,227 Karma: 11768331 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	Yes, I tend to forget it because: I don't use to buy books in Spanish out of Spain I bought once a book in "Spanish" translated in USA. Sorry, the words were Spanish but grammar and dialogs no. In Spanish you don't "mark" the dialogs with quotes as in English, and that book did it, so that kind of book is a no,no,no for me.

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Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,227 Karma: 11768331 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	I'm afraid you're out of luck. Spanish e-book industry is beginning, at its best. There's almost no book, sorry. The best place you can find is www.libranda.com

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Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	I read an article yesterday about how Barnes and Noble now has ebooks in Spanish: http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/201...ks-en-espanol/

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rogue_librarian Guru Posts: 973 Karma: 4269175 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Europe Device: Pocketbook Basic 613	multilingualbooks.com has a Spanish section, too.

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Falcao Banned Posts: 1,344 Karma: 1028477047 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Nueva Andalucía Device: Sony PRS 650	You can try Gandhi from Mexico (http://gandhi.publidisa.com/index.aspx). I don't know if it has geo-restrictions or not.

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fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Out of curiosity, does anybody know how the different dialog marking schemes evolved? The US uniformly uses double quotes (regardless of language), I've seen single quotes on british etexts, and Spain and latinamerica favor em-dashes. Wouldn't be surprised to see alternate conventions in other regions. And, yes, it can be jarring to run into books marked with a different convention than you're used to. I find it so, too. Doesn't stop me from reading them but it does slow me down a bit. I supposed the differences will probably will be used by publishers as yet another excuse for georestrictions and protectionism, I suppose.

02-10-2011, 07:52 AM	#10
DDHarriman Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 4380 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Almada, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS 505, Kindle DXG and Samsung Galaxy Note	Hello And do not forget the free (classic ones) in Project Gutenberg (Spanish is one of the languages with more then 50 books on it’s catalog): http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/es Best regards,

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