Thursday April 24th, La Casa Azul Bookstore will be celebrating the launch of their online bookstore.
This looks a great place for writers/publishers of bilingual books. Check out their myspace page. While your at myspace also check out their latino section as well as Editorial Campana.
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La Casa Azul looks like it could do really well for its community. It’s too bad that there aren’t more stores such as this one. Even though it hasn’t opened, it looks like a great idea. Does Editorial Campana have a store, i’m guessing you just sell books?
Yeah, Casa Azul is needed. The two oldest Spanish bookstores in New York City, Lectorum and Macondo, both closed during the last year. Barnes & Noble (B&N) does sell books in Spanish, and some of their specific stores do a pretty good job (like the one in Kendall, Florida, and some of the bookstores in Texas, and New York, but as you mentioned, thee is a communitty factor that B&N does not address. Editorial Campana doesn’t have a store, BUT, we have readings all the time both at independent bookstores, and at chain bookstores like B&N and BORDERS. We also work very closely with LART (Latino Artists Round Table) which promotes the works of Latino artists and writers.
I personally can’t wait until Casa Azul opens the store. What they are doing is extremely important for the community not only for Latinos but, for everyone. Any place where a positive atmosphere is created in a community is a step in the right direction. With the advent of the internet, im chats, blogs, email etc, it is good to see an old fashioned independent bookstore open up. Im not saying technology is a bad thing, but nothing beats a great book in addition to a place where art, music and literature can be discussed and accessed in a great environment. Great job guys.
Looks like the website is up and running (about time). I haven’t actually bought anything from there, but it looks like a great resource for the Hispanic community. Maybe this will inspire others to do the same, or at the very least realize that there is a great need for places like this. Congradulations to Casa Azul and Editorial Campana!