Luna Libros

Luna Libros is an independent Colombian publishing house (casa editorial independiente) founded in 2008 in Bogotá. It describes itself as a small press dedicated to publishing books about Latin America — its geography, history, societies, arts and leading figures — alongside works in the humanities, including translations and texts originally written in Spanish, aimed at the university academic sphere of the continent. Its catalogue also covers poetry, essay and narrative. The publisher's stated objective is to build a catalogue that allows readers to read America from America, contributing knowledge about the continent, publishing texts useful for university students and teachers as well as readers interested in the social and human sciences, and presenting authors and visions that help to value the word, since the great common capital of the American continent is its language. Luna Libros frames its readership through a playful 'Decálogo del Lector lunático' (Decalogue of the lunatic reader), a ten-point manifesto celebrating reading for pleasure, poetry, essay and narrative. Beyond publishing, Luna Libros offers editorial services: it provides editorial advice and produces books on commission, including text correction, interior page and cover design, print supervision and quality control, with home delivery. Its catalogue includes titles such as 'Caminos del moriche', a reading diary and essayistic experiment around José Eustasio Rivera's 'La vorágine', and 'Sobre la fotografía' by Walter Benjamin, published under the Pre-Textos América imprint in the Humanidades collection (Philosophy), distributed in Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. Luna Libros operates as a private independent publisher. Its distribution reaches at least Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico, and it sells online through its own website. The press maintains a monthly newsletter and engages its community of 'lectores lunáticos'.

Luna Libros was founded in 2008 in Bogotá, Colombia, as an independent publishing house. From its inception it positioned itself as a small press focused on Latin America and the humanities, with a catalogue that combines original Spanish-language works and translations aimed at the university academic sphere of the continent. The publisher's mission, as stated on its website, is to build a catalogue that allows readers to read America from America, contributing knowledge about the continent, publishing texts useful for university students and teachers and readers interested in the social and human sciences, and presenting authors and visions that help to value the word, since the great common capital of the American continent is its language. Luna Libros has developed a distinctive editorial identity around its 'Decálogo del Lector lunático', a ten-point manifesto that defines its readership as readers who enjoy reading, who keep one foot on the ground and one on the moon, who see reading as a total act, and who love poetry, essay and narrative. This playful branding is reflected in its monthly newsletter and its community engagement. Its catalogue includes works such as 'Caminos del moriche', described as a plant notebook of La vorágine, a reading diary with flora and a travel narrative through a forest book, an essayistic and gardening experiment that seeks to identify politics as a product of the imagination and fictions as an agent of the future. It also publishes 'Sobre la fotografía' by Walter Benjamin under the Pre-Textos América imprint, in the Humanidades collection, with translation by José Muñoz Millanes, distributed in Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. In addition to publishing, Luna Libros offers editorial services, producing books on commission with text correction, interior and cover design, print supervision and quality control, and home delivery. The press sells online through its website and maintains a presence in at least three Latin American markets.

• 2019

  Publication of 'Sobre la fotografía' by Walter Benjamin under the Pre-Textos América imprint (October 2019).

• 2008

  Luna Libros is founded in Bogotá, Colombia, as an independent publishing house.

Independent Colombian small press publishing books on Latin America and the humanities for university readers and general readers.

• Caminos del moriche

  A plant notebook of La vorágine, a reading diary with flora and a travel narrative through a forest book; an essayistic and gardening experiment.

• Sobre la fotografía

  By Walter Benjamin, translated by José Muñoz Millanes, published under the Pre-Textos América imprint, Humanidades collection, Philosophy, 156 pages, October 2019.

• Cartas cruzadas

  A novel that traces the trajectory of a generation, built from epistolary exchanges and diary fragments.

1. 1Luna Libros - Homelunalibros.com
2. 2Luna Libros - Nosotroslunalibros.com
3. 3Luna Libros - Sobre la fotografíalunalibros.com
4. 4Wikidata - Luna Libroswikidata.org