SBT's Goals for 2025
Writing the post for the 2024 Recap was not only a lot of fun for us, but it also helped us become aware of how much we have achieved in the past 12 months. Furthermore, it got us thinking of the future… So now, as we head on into a brand-new year, it is time for us to work on SBT’s goals for 2025 and to set up some milestones and intentions for the coming year; we thought we’d share them with you.
Translate, Edit & Release
In 2025, we’ll be working on Mariah Stone’s “Fated” trilogy and on her brand-new series “Seven Dukes of Sin”, comprised of 7 books that will be launched throughout 2025 (and maybe 2026). Both these series are already in the making, and we are looking forward to seeing readers’ reactions to the Fated series — another time travel adventure which expands on the “Called by a Viking” universe but with some unexpected twists to keep readers hooked. Additionally, this is the first time we have worked on a book with a cliffhanger ending, and we are very curious about the audience’s reaction to it.
New Authors
In 2025, we would love to collaborate with new authors and explore new genres! On this topic, Ayelen would like to take a more active role in translating, while Carolina would love to edit Ayelen’s work.
Ebook
In November 2024, we launched our free ebook: “Translating Your Books into Spanish — A Comprehensive Guide to the Spanish Market: Everything You Need to Know to Reach an Untapped Audience”. This year we’ll be focusing on expanding our reach by marketing this compendium of tips, tricks, and valuable data on translating for the Spanish market. Our goal is not to get as many readers or newsletter subscribers as possible, but to get this ultimate free resource into the right hands—established, successful authors who are now ready to explore new markets and diversify their source of income.
Blog
Due to scheduling, and other projects (such as translations and the writing, editing and releasing of our Ebook), we didn’t set up a schedule for posting on our blog in 2024. However, in 2025, we are committed to posting at least two articles a month, bringing us to at least 24 articles by the end of the year.
On that note, you can expect to read other perspectives on our blog this year, such as other writers and relevant publishing professionals. We are working on some interviews and collaborations, for example with an author who is succeeding in foreign markets and a social media community manager who engages with foreign audiences on behalf of authors.
Social Media
Social Media has never been the focus of Spanish Book Translations: we were always more focused on developing our blog, creating insightful articles and sharing valuable translation tips for self-published authors, both on our website and on our free ebook.
In September 2024, though, we created a Pinterest account, with the aim of growing our reach and drawing more authors interested in exploring the world of translations to our blog.
LinkedIn can be a powerful tool for sharing reliable articles with self-published authors and establishing professional connections with other translators, editors, proofreaders, cover designers and industry experts. This means that focusing on our profiles and potentially developing a stronger presence is one of our objectives for the year. Would you like to connect with us? Connect with Ayelen and Carolina!
Additionally, we would also love to engage more with Spanish-speaking readers, through platforms like Goodreads and StoryGraph. So, one of our goals for 2025 is to develop our social media concept to create engagement with our readers and help authors promote Spanish titles.
Our Goals
Ayelen’s Personal & Professional Goals:
This year, I want to improve my Italian, a language I have been learning for a couple of years, and become more confident in my use and knowledge of Danish. Last year, I chose a recently published book to practice translation from Danish to English and Spanish. I would like to finish this personal project, and if I am happy with the result, I’d love to have the courage to send a translation proposal to a publishing house. Honestly, I’m not expecting much from it, but the simple act of just doing it might give me some sense of completion; I’ve wanted to do that for some time, and what better time than now?
On an academic front, I’m considering doing a Master’s in Literature, and maybe this is the year I apply. It’s an idea I have been analysing for several years now, and every time, I feel a bit unsure for various reasons, but I always end up coming back to it. Back in 2023, I did a postgraduate course on Specialised Translation into English, which helped me feel more confident in my English production and ignited the spark to continue studying after its completion.
Regarding my reading goals, I am always a bit ambitious, so I aim to read 50 books (I managed to do that twice, in 2021 and 2022). However, in 2023 and 2024, I only managed to read 26 books on both occasions (though I have 16 books in my current reads on StoryGraph — books I started in 2023 and 2024 but didn’t have the opportunity to finish for one reason or another). This year, in my StoryGraph Reading Goal, I set once again 50 books. I always try to read an even selection of fiction and non-fiction – I do not discriminate, my reads can be prose, graphic novels, and poetry. We shall see if this is the year I come back to achieve it.
Carolina’s Personal & Professional Goals:
Personally, one of the things I would love to do most in 2025 is to read more books: books in Spanish, books in English, fiction books, reference books, romance books, fantasy books, books by new authors… you name it. I would also like to be more active on Goodreads and engage more with Spanish readers, as I used to love doing this and discovered a lot of great authors by reading other people’s reviews, but I somehow lost the habit in the last few years.
On a professional note, I would like to focus on developing techniques for better optimising my time. In order to achieve this, I have downloaded an app with the Pomodoro method, which I will be putting to the test relentlessly in the coming weeks.
Whereas 2024 has been an incredible year for me with the blog, the ebook, and two series translated and released (Al tiempo del vikingo and Duques y secretos, with a total of nine full-length novels and one novella), I haven´t gotten enough rest. So, one of my goals for 2025 is to be more careful with my time off, to avoid unnecessary stress with tight deadlines, and to take the time I need to rest and spend quality time with my friends and family.
Last but not least, I have always been a big traveller at heart, so, for me, 2025 is a year where I need to travel more and make up for the little I travelled in 2024. Some destinations on my bucket list are Scotland, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta, the Galapagos, the Czech Republic, Canada, Greenland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Final Thoughts
We are very excited to kick off 2025! It is thrilling for us to continue working together and growing professionally, developing our collaboration and helping self-published authors reach new markets and succeed internationally. Moreover, we are also excited to explore new ventures in terms of social media, new clients and projects, and new audiences.
Even though we love taking one day at a time, we are also thrilled for when the time comes to analyse 2025 and figure out how many goals we have reached! But let’s not get too ahead of ourselves yet. For now, let’s just enjoy the exciting year spreading before us!
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