Italics for book titles and publications?

Question

In English, at least going by the style guide I use, one italicizes book titles and the names of publications, such as the New York Times. In Spanish, how does one indicate a publication in this manner?

Thanks so much for your help!

Leave this question open and maybe MrSoprano will answer. He's Spanish (from Spain). - Jubilado, Sep 17, 2013

Answer 1

It took me a while but I finally found the paragraph in my Ortografía básica. Just for the record:

[...] Se usan las comillas para citar el título de un artículo, un reportaje, un cuento, un poema, el capítulo de un libro o, en general, cualquier parte interna de una publicación, especialmente si aparece junto con el título de la obra a la que pertenecen. Los títulos de los libros, revistas y periódicos, por el contrario, se citan en cursiva (si el texto base está en redonda) o en redonda (si el texto base está en cursiva).

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• [...] Quotation marks are used to quote the title of an article, a story, a report, a poem, a chapter of a book or in general, any internal part of a publication, especially if it appears together with the title of the work to which they belong. The titles of books, magazines and newspapers, however, are quoted in italics (if the base text is round/roman) or round/roman (if the base text is in italics).
  

Escribió el artículo "El léxico de hoy" para el libro El lenguaje en los medios de comunicación, obra en la que participaron varios autores.

Thank you, my friend. I have updated the style in the article to reflect this preference: http://panampost.com/guillermo-jimenez/2013/09/16/desobediencia-al-interrogatorio-fronterizo/. Cuidate, mi amigo. - TheStatelessMan, Sep 17, 2013

Answer 2

From the books that I have I would say yes. The titles of books are in italics. Generally only the first word of a title is capitalized unless there is a word in the title that would be capitalized in Spanish spelling e.g. Historia mínima de México.

Do have any thoughts on newspapers titles? - TheStatelessMan, Sep 17, 2013

Names of Newspapers are in italics and articles are in qoutes. At least that is how it is in an English book about Gabriel Garcia Marquez with many Spanish publications cited. - Jubilado, Sep 17, 2013

I totally agree with Jubilado. Titles of books, movies, etc are in italics as well as the names of newspapers. - 00483d91, Sep 17, 2013

@MrSoprano: Thank you, my friend. @TheStatelessMan: I hope this helps your inquiry. - Jubilado, Sep 17, 2013