"Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Auswirkungen der digitalen Ökonomie auf die Buchbranche. Während sich die Branche über einen langen Zeitraum in einem relativ stabilen Marktumfeld befand, ergeben sich aus der Digitalisierung ihres Kernprodukts und der Entwicklung neuer Technologien wie z.B
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. von Lesegeräten, die in der Lage sind, Texte in einer dem physischen Buch vergleichbaren Qualität darzustellen, vielfältige Herausforderungen. Die Musikindustrie sah sich Ende der 1990er Jahre mit einerähnlichen Situation konfrontiert, weshalb sie in dieser Arbeit als Referenz für die Auswirkungen von Digitalisierungsprozessen dient. Für die Musikindustrie führten diese Prozesse durch den Markteintritt neuer Wettbewerber und durch eine illegale Verbreitung der Inhalte zu einem tiefgreifenden Wandel des gesamten Sektors, der auch als Krise der Industrie bezeichnet wird. Es stellt sich die Frage, ob die Buchbranche mit ähnlichen Entwicklungen rechnen muss. Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es also, die für die Krise der Musikindustrie verantwortlichen Faktoren aufzuzeigen und ihre Relevanz für die Buchbranche zu untersuchen, um daraus das Krisenpotential für die Branche abzuleiten." (Gegenstand und Ziel der Untersuchung, Seite 8)
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"El objeto de este trabajo lo constituyen las traducciones a otras lenguas de libros de ficción (narrativa y poesía) y pensamiento (ensayo) de autores argentinos, en el período que se extiende entre 2002 y 2008. Si bien nuestra investigación tiene en cuenta, como marco de referencia, el mercado
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global del libro y la industria editorial, el trabajo específico se centra en este tipo de producción (ficción y ensayo vinculado con las humanidades y las ciencias sociales), porque entendemos que este tipo de libro constituye un campo con ciertos elementos comunes (tanto en el plano de la producción como en la circulación y la recepción) y, a la hora de la traducción, presenta algunos problemas —y posibilidades— similares." (Metodología, página 17)
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Publishing and Alternative Licensing Models in Africa (PALM Africa) has been a two-country research programme conducted in South Africa and Uganda, using action research to explore the potential of open access and flexible and open intellectual property licences with the aim of enhancing the impact
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"Children growing up in homes with many books get 3 years more schooling than children from bookless homes, independent of their parents’ education, occupation, and class. This is as great an advantage as having university educated rather than unschooled parents, and twice the advantage of having
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a professional rather than an unskilled father. It holds equally in rich nations and in poor; in the past and in the present; under Communism, capitalism, and Apartheid; and most strongly in China. Data are from representative national samples in 27 nations, with over 70,000 cases, analyzed using multi-level linear and probit models with multiple imputation of missing data." (Abstract)
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"Poverty, violence and underdevelopment are the prevailing images of Africa in German history and geography textbooks. Pre-colonial African history, African culture and philosophy are not covered by Eurocentric curricula. Classic and modern western literature is interspersed with stereotypes about A
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frican people; these stereotypes often pass uncommented by the teachers. As one of the results, students of African descent and their parents commonly experience racism in schools expressed by the fellow students and teachers. The students of African descent are labelled naturally “lazy”, “wild” and “needy”; they are rather expected to excel in sports and music than in science and philosophy, and are undervalued accordingly. In a longitudinal case study, the main project investigates the relationship between the portrayal of Africa in educational context and these racial prejudices. The project anticipates to revise textbooks and curriculum in this regard, to create new un-biased teaching materials on Africa and to test them in real school lessons. The current paper presents the results of an empirical pilot study in a school in Hamburg. A survey conducted with 12-17 year old students in a Hamburg school on their image of Africa showed that they see Africa predominantly as an “exotic” and/or hopeless and violent place; this view is consistent with the one presented in their textbooks. Alongside with these racial stereotypes, students’ answers contained names of their classmates of African descent." (Abstract)
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"En general, la legislación de cada país obedece al grado de intervención del Estado en su economía y su impacto depende de la capacidad de cada sector de enfrentar las condiciones del mercado. Siendo el sector editorial altamente sensible a los cambios en la economía local, regional y mundial,
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el éxito en la implementación de leyes y políticas públicas depende de la integración de sus agentes y de la claridad de objetivos legislativos. Por ello, en términos del Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC), dada la interrelación entre todos los agentes del “ecosistema del libro”, el impacto que genera la implementación de políticas públicas en un agente, afecta, inevitablemente al resto de ellos, alterando el funcionamiento de todo este ecosistema. Considerando lo anterior, CERLALC propuso la “Ley tipo de Guayaquil”15, elaborada por sus especialistas, que constituye una herramienta de promoción sectorial de indiscutible valor. En resumen, esta ley tipo se divide en siete secciones y utiliza temas y elementos comunes a cualquiera de nuestros países: Objetivos generales, Autoridad de aplicación, Fomento de la oferta editorial, Fomento de la demanda editorial y de los hábitos de lectura, Control de ediciones y protección de derechos de autor, Sanciones, Reglamento y vigencia. No se busca proponer que la legislación de los países con sectores editoriales menos desarrollados sea reemplazada por esta “ley tipo”, sí queremos sugerir su revisión y análisis, a fin de corregir las imperfecciones de nuestras leyes y potenciar su desarrollo." (Comentarios finales, página 68)
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This guide is constructed partly as a "how to" guide, partly as a survey of markets and models, focusing especially on e-books and e-content. It also includes sections on audiobooks and digital printing.
"A paper presented to an international colloquium "Culture and Creativity as Vectors of Development" held in Brussels, April 2-3, 2009. The author provides an overview of the current state of book publishing in the ACP countries of francophone Africa, and their impact as an integral part of the cult
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ural industries in these countries. She examines a number of successful collaborative initiatives such as co-publication projects and training programmes, as well as collaborative ventures that unfortunately have failed for a number of reasons, such as the book marketing collective Afrilivres that aimed to provide a showcase for African books and serve as a distribution outlet both within Africa and in the countries of the North. The author offers a number of suggestions how the book sector might be revitalized and strengthened by support from ACP and EU States and the European Commission." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2541)
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"This is the third annual sales analysis issued by Nielsen Bookscan SA, the purpose of which is to obtain an overview of the trade sector of the South African book industry over the twelve months of 2008 compared to the twelve months of 2007, in order to identify the areas of growth during this peri
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od. The sources of the growth are identified in terms of the contributions to total sales values made by frontlist publications and the top 100 bestselling titles. Analysis is provided for each of five product categories: adult fiction, adult non-fiction, children’s books, school books and academic and/or specialised publications. Distinction is made between four product segments in terms of the source and language of books: all publications, imported publications, local English language publications, and Afrikaans publications." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2574)
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"Within the framework of the Second Decade for Africa 2006-2015, the First Pan African Conference on Curriculum, Literacy and Book Sector Development: Rebuilding Education in Africa, was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from the 24th to 27th March 2009. The objectives of the conference were to critic
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ally analyze the status of curricula, literacy and the book sector, and propose a continental book policy framework, with guidelines for developing national and regional policies; as well as making recommendations to ensure that an African-centred curriculum will enhance African languages and revitalize the educational book sector." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2555)
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"Diese Masterarbeit ist eine umfassend dokumentierte Studie über die Rolle der britischen multinationalen Verlage in Afrika und ihrer Niederlassungen und Tochtergesellschaften auf dem Kontinent. Zunächst werden die Hintergründe der Aktivitäten britischer multinationaler Verlage in Afrika in der
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Zeit vor der Unabhängigkeit und ihre anhaltende Dominanz in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren dargelegt sowie Aspekte der staatlichen Kontrolle des afrikanischen Verlagswesens zu dieser Zeit untersucht. Dann wird die Zeit der 1980er und 1990er Jahre beschrieben, als einheimische afrikanische Verlage zunehmend in den Vordergrund traten. Ein weiteres Kapitel befasst sich mit dem heutigen Stand des Verlagswesens und der Buchentwicklung in Afrika und geht der Frage nach, ob der Vorwurf der Dominanz oder Ausbeutung durch die multinationalen Unternehmen heute noch gerechtfertigt ist. Kritisch hinterfragt wird auch die Rolle der Weltbank bei der Bereitstellung von Büchern für Afrika und die abnehmende Rolle der Geberorganisationen bei der Unterstützung autonomer afrikanischer Verlage und des Buchsektors im Allgemeinen." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, nr. 2577, online at: http://www.hanszell.co.uk/pbrssa/index.shtml)
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"The University of Cape Town (UCT) Press was established in 1994 and is one of four university presses currently operating in South Africa. The modern-day university press presents an interesting mix of challenges and conflicting agendas, and the OpeningScholarship project chose UCT Press as a subje
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ct for case study in the hope that an examination of the operations and dynamics of such a press would throw some light on the tensions inherent in the academic publishing exercise. It should be noted at the outset that UCT Press is unique among South African university presses in that it is owned by a private company – namely, Juta and Company Ltd. Private ownership of a university press which enjoys a close, synergistic relationship with its parent institution is not unique in the global academic context, but it does present interesting challenges in terms of commercial and non-commercial entities working side by side, often with very different markers of success." (Introduction)
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"In October 2009, after almost 23 years of collaboration, Agromisa and CTA co-hosted the seminar “The Future of the Agrodok series”. The Agrodok series is a collection of practical handbooks that have been published by Agromisa since the early seventies of the last century and from 2005 copublis
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hed with CTA. These Agrodok books treat issues of critical importance for small-scale sustainable agriculture. During the seminar participants discussed several strategies to ensure the comprehensive development of the series and the effective publication and distribution of the Agrodok handbook. Participants included experienced professionals involved in development communication and publishing in Africa and Europe. Discussion focused around content generation, editorial input, handbook design and the use of web2.0 tools to facilitate collaboration between authors and resource persons." (Foreword)
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