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Scholarly Publishing in Africa: Opportunities & Impediments
Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa (2010), xxv, 378 pp.
"The proceedings of a conference held at the Africa Institute of South Africa in 2009, this is a major new collection of essays on the state of scholarly publishing in Africa, with a strong emphasis on the situation in South Africa. The conference was convened, and the papers published, in an attemp
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Access to Africa’s Knowledge: Publishing Development Research and Measuring Value
African Journal of Information and Communication, issue 10 (2010), pp. 4-19
"This paper reviews, critically, the discourse of research publication policy and the directives of the regional and global organisations that advise African countries with respect to their relevance to African scholarly communication. What emerges is a readiness to use the concepts and language of
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Publishing and Alternative Licensing Models in Africa: Comparative Analysis of the South African and Ugandan PALM Studies
Cape Town; Ottawa: Association for Creative Research and Development; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), 117 pp.
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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ACCU Experts Meeting on Book Development and Reading Promotion in Asia and the Pacific: ACCU’s Achievement Inherited by Asia and the Pacific Towards the Future of Books and Reading
Tokyo: AsiaPacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) (2010), 52 pp.
"As ACCU decided to conclude its programmes in book development in the fiscal year of 2009, “ACCU Experts Meeting on Book Development and Reading promotion in Asia and the Pacific” was held from 8 to 10 December 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. 20 experts and officials from the field of book development an
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Una especie de industria fabril: Libros
In: Valor y símbolo: dos siglos de industrias culturales en la Argentina
[Buenos Aires]: Presidencia de la Nación, Secretaría de Cultura; Sistema de Información Cultural de la Argentina (SInCA) (2010), pp. 46-71
La extraducción en la Argentina: Venta de derechos de autor para otras lenguas
Buenos Aires: Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires; Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico (2010), 128 pp.
"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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Ein Solidaritätsprojekt in Nicaragua: Bücherbus "Bertolt Brecht", Deutsch-Nicaraguanische Bibliothek, Buchbinderwerkstatt "Sophie Scholl"
Berlin: Archiv der Jugendkulturen (2010), 133 pp.
"Ein Bücherbus in Nicaragua" - Bericht über ein außergewöhnliches Solidaritätsprojekt in Nicaragua und eine außergewöhnliche Bibliothekarin in Deutschland." (Klappentext)
Copyleft-Verlage
In: Argentina Copyleft! Neue Spielregeln für das digitale Zeitalter? Ein Blick nach Argentinien
Berlin: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2010), pp. 83-89
Las leyes del libro en la Comunidad Andina: Comparación, análisis y comentarios
Revista de la Integración (Lima), issue 5 (2010), pp. 57-68
"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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UNESCO Guidebook on Textbook Research and Textbook Revision
Key Guides
Paris; Braunschweig: UNESCO; Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, 2nd revised and updated ed. (2010), 83 pp.
"The UNESCO Guidebook is now available in an updated and supplemented edition. The revision has taken into account recent developments in textbook production and textbook research: the rapidly growing market for electronic instructional media, the differentiation and regionalization of textbook prod
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Die Auswirkungen der digitalen Ökonomie auf die Buchbranche: Eine Analyse anhand der Entwicklungen in der Musikindustrie
Erlangen: Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Buchwissenschaft (2010), 109 pp.
"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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Racism and the Image of Africa in German Schools and Textbooks
International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations, volume 10, issue 5 (2010), pp. 1-12
"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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Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, volume 28, issue 2 (2010), pp. 171-197
"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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Bookmaking: Editing, Design, Production
New Delhi et al.: Viva Books, 3rd ed. (2010), 494 pp.
"The unchallenged bible of the publishing industry, Bookmaking is the introduction to editing, design, and production for newcomers, acclaimed as the premier text for students as well as a comprehensive reference for experienced hands. First issued in 1965 and revised in 1979, it has now been thorou
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El mundo de la edición de libros: Un libro de divulgación sobre la actividad editorial para autores, profesionales del sector y lectores en general
Key Guides
Buenos Aires: Paidós, 3rd reimp. (2009), 268 pp.
Publishing in Africa: Where Are We Now? Part Two: Accomplishments and Failures
Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community, volume 20, issue 1-4 (2009), pp. 79-90
"Reviews the activities and achievements of a number of African book trade and book promotional organizations, thereafter examines the progress that has been achieved in some areas affecting the book sector, and discusses issues such as the World Bank as a major player in African publishing, digital
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