By Porter Anderson, editor-in-chief of @Porter_Anderson
The organizers of the virtual presentation of the Liber20 eBook fair in Barcelona have announced that the electronic bookstore chain elkar has been awarded the Boixareu Ginesta prize this year. make a contribution to the consolidation of the e-book chain in its fields of action. “
Elkar was founded in 1974 in Bayonne and now has 16 places in the Basque Country and Navarra.
One observation through the Federation of Publishers Guilds (FGEE) – the federation produces the International Book Fair – is that Elkar has made a specialty of “linguistic realities of the territory, giving visibility to books published in Basque”, which is for consumers and publishers operating locally.
In addition, according to the FGEE, the Elkar chain “redoubles its efforts to make its outlets serve as cultural places”.
Some of the chain’s venues have created amphitheater-style functional spaces at their points of sale to host presentations, narratives and press conferences.
These spots are made to be put loose to “editors, artists, authors and other cultural agents” and have been the scene of at least three hundred occasions in 2019.
In addition, the Netflix series El Vecino won its award for audiovisual adaptation of a literary work.
Produced through Zeta Audiovisual, the exhibition stands out for the adaptation of an on-screen graphic novel. The federation excels in its media message about today’s prize (September 18) that it seeks in the comic book sector of the market.
The creators of the original eebook are Santiago García and Pepe Pérez, and the eebook is a publication by Astiberri Ediciones, built around the story of an entrepreneur named Javier whose fortune fades, as does his relationship with Lola, when an alien falls on him and transmits superpowers to him. The progression of the screen directed through Miguel Esteban and Rael Navarro, under the direction of Nacho Vigalondo.
After a successful first season, the comedy would be in progression for a moment and would star Quim Gutierrez as Javier and Clara Lago as Lola.
The federation also chose Zenda, a literary one for an award in the sale of reading through virtual media.
The site, according to the federation’s justification, “takes credit for virtual means to disseminate news about editorial and literary activity”.
Driven through the educational Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Zenda has managed to combine the collaboration of authors and announcers of the cultural box with the aim of turning it into a vast space available to the readers and authors who participate in it. . . They use it as a loose platform to spread their paintings, as a way to make their paintings visual and, whenever they wish, as a vehicle to provide their comments, articles or non-public opinions.
It crosses Zenda and the journalist Leandro Pérez and has since last year an editorial, Zenda Aventuras, headed by María José Solano.
Since 2016, when the work was released, it was reported that more than 10,000 articles have been published on the site through more than 800 authors. No fewer than 50 literary competitions were also organized in agreement with the site, with thousands of participants.
The rite of awards for award-winning projects and corporations is scheduled for October 27 at Santa Monica Arts in Barcelona, media reports do not imply whether an audience can be provided under the restrictions of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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