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The African Book Industry: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities for Growth
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2025), 249 pp.
"Thanks to its outstanding literary talent and growing number of success stories, Africa’s book industry holds immense potential. Although the continent as a whole still relies heavily on imports and foreign publishing houses, it accounted for 5.4% of the global publishing market in 2023, generati
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The Design of Books: An Explainer for Authors, Editors, Agents, and Other Curious Readers
Key Guides
Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press (2024), 246 pp.
"Of all the aspects of making a book, design is perhaps the most mysterious. Authors and readers surely realize that covers are designed objects that, like it or not, books are commonly judged by. But a book's interior is also the product of a designer's careful attention to such matters as where th
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Unmasking racism: Guidelines for educational materials
Paris: UNESCO (2024), 82 pp.
"Since wars begin in the minds of men and women, it is in the minds of men and women that the defences of peace must be constructed” Countering racism in and through education Racist ideologies and discrimination continue to be a global problem. They are still widespread in our societies and roote
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Youth literature: A story of growth and wonder
UNESCO Courier, issue April-June (2024), pp. 3-33
"[...] Against all odds, the book continues to hold a special place in the hearts of children. Reading aloud remains a special moment of complicity between adults and children. And that’s good news, given how important early reading is for learning language, overcoming fears, and understanding the
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‘Action Plans’ to Support the African Book Industries: Current Initiatives in Progress, and an Inventory of Earlier Projects
African Book Publishing Record, volume 50, issue 4 (2024), pp. 312-321
"Over the past eight years or more there have been a wide range of projects to support the African book industries and the book sector generally. This has included a series of ambitious ‘action plans’ that followed a number of high-level conferences held in Africa. This investigation offers a su
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¿Cómo son las prácticas lectoras de la población peruana? Un análisis interdisciplinario de los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Lectura
Lima: Ministerio de Cultura del Perú (2024), 304 pp.
"La Encuesta Nacional de Lectura 2022 (ENL 2022) representa, hasta la fecha, la más ambiciosa operación estadística nacional para conocer el comportamiento lector de la población peruana. El objetivo principal fue identificar y caracterizar las brechas en el acceso y la práctica de la lectura,
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Migración y literatura infantil y juvenil
Voces & Tintas, issue 4 (2024), 70 pp.
"En este número del regreso nos convoca un tema profundo, desgarrador y, algunas veces, inquietante y esperanzador: Migración y Literatura Infantil y Juvenil. Es nuestro deseo que nuestra Voces & Tintas N. 4 sirva de itinerario y brújula hacia el encuentro con los libros, los niños y niñas y el
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Mythen des Lesens: Über eine Kulturtechnik in Zeiten gesellschaftlichen Wandels
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2024), 282 pp.
"Die Beiträger*innen des interdisziplinären Netzwerks Leseforschung versammeln eine Vielzahl kursierender »Mythen« des Lesens mit dem Ziel, vorherrschende Meinungsbilder einer kritischen und wissenschaftlich fundierten Betrachtung zu unterziehen. Dazu zeigen sie auf, welche Haltungen und Erwartu
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The Global Book Publishing Industry in 2021
Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2023), 33 pp.
El libro de divulgación científica en Chile 2015-2020
Santiago de Chile: Ministerio de las Cultura, las Artes y el Patrimonio (2023), 397 pp.
Tactical publishing: Using senses, software, and archives in the twenty-first century
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2023), XII, 324 pp.
"Publishing is experiencing one of the most transformative phases in its history. In Tactical Publishing, a sequel to Post-Digital Print, Alessandro Ludovico explores the forces driving this historical phase, highlighting the tremendous opportunities it presents. Our task, he believes, is to develop
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Kinderbücher als Orte der Begegnung: Repräsentation im Kinderbuch
BiblioTheke: Zeitschrift für katholische Bücherei- und Medienarbeit, issue 3 (2023), pp. 7-9
"Gute Kinderbücher oder vielmehr Kinderbücher, die Platz machen für alle Kinder, Gefühle, Erfahrungen, Stimmen, eröffnen einen Raum der Vielheiten und der Vielstimmigkeit. Sie geben Kindern Orientierung, erklären ihnen die Welt und ihre Bewohner:innen, sind lustig und spannend, emotional und u
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Publishing and the Book Sector in Africa Today: A Synopsis
African Book Publishing Record, volume 49, issue 1 (2023), pp. 7-12
"A pilot edition of a new, freely accessible reference resource, Publishing & Book Culture in Africa: A Repository of Selected Resources, was launched in April 2022, and subsequently updated and expanded in October of that year. A final edition is to appear on the soon to be launched website of the
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