Came across this discussion on a Portuguese publisher's forum this morning after noticing it in the OF Blog's referrals page. Since I doubt the majority of readers here can read Portuguese fluently (I can, if I put a lot more effort into it than I have to with Spanish), here's some interesting points raised:

1) Person is trying to get the publisher interested in picking up the Portuguese rights to WoT, after only the first four volumes were published there.

2) Person working for publisher notes that the publisher is not interested at all.

3) Some discussion as to why that may be.

4) Publisher references poor sales for epic fantasies in Portugal, not just because the books are divided into 2-3 separate volumes each, but because there's no "Cult of the Doorstopper Volume" there.

5) Comparison between Jordan and Martin and how Martin's series has managed to sell much better because of the quality of the writing and the type of story being told is more conducive to readers who prefer historical novels.

The most interesting thing I found in all this is just how poorly WoT has sold in Portugal. Apparently this may not be an isolated case. Could it be that the lengthy tomes that Anglo-American epic fantasy fans prefer is an exception and not the rule for the tastes of global SF/F readers?