Spanish publishers Planeta, Random House Mondadori and Santillana, together with Roca Editorial, Wolters Kluwer, and Edicions 62, have reportedly launched a new e-book platform, Libranda. Libranda will offer one of the biggest selections of e-books in Spanish and Catalán. It will act as a digital distributor with no direct-to-consumer sales.
Libranda will offer its e-books in ePub format, limited by user and territory with Adobe DRM. Default settings will allow readers who buy e-books to download each title on up to 6 PCs and 6 mobile devices, though individual publishers will be able to set stricter limits if they wish. The platform will distribute books from prestigious independents Anagrama, Salamandra and Maeva. Libranda has also deals in place to roll out in June with major chain retailers. Participating publishers have the option of negotiating their own retailer discounts individually. As of now, there are no plans to provide e-books to libraries.
The launch of Libranda comes two weeks before Book Expo America in New York. In one of the first events of the Global Market Forum on May 25, 2010, Planeta CEO Jesus Badenes will join Larry Bennett from Baker & Taylor and Patricia Arancibia from BN.com to talk about the e-book markets in Spain and the US.
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