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Dicionário do livro: Da escrita ao livro electrónico
Coimbra: Almedina (2008), 1285 pp.
The University of Zambia School of Law Book Project: Post Project Evaluation Report
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2008), 47 pp.
"In 2002, the Embassy of Sweden (EoS) and the School of Law (SoL) entered into an agreement which resulted into the School of Law Book Project (SoLBP). The objectives of the Project included; improving the teaching environment by ensuring that basic materials for each course were available, revampin
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Handbook on Book Paper and the Environment
New York; Washington, DC: Association of American Publishers (2008), 61 pp.
Book and Journals Assistance and Donation Programmes
In: Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
Glais Bheinn, Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing (2008), pp. 376-389
"This section of a major bibliography consists of 55 selected and critically annotated entries on book publishing assistance programmes in Africa published mainly between 1990-2006." (commbox)
Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature
Oxford; Athens, Ohio: James Currey Publishers; Ohio University Press (2008), 349 pp.
"James Currey was the editor in charge of the African Writers Series (AWS) at Heinemann Educational Books from 1967 to 1984. Together with his colleagues Henry Chakava in Kenya, Aig Higo in Nigeria, and Keith Sambrook in London they published the first 270 titles in the series. This fascinating and
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Textbooks and School Library Provision in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Washington, DC: World Bank, Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA), Africa Region Human Development Department (2008), xxxii, 98 pp.
"This World Bank study discusses secondary textbook and school library availability in Africa, its cost and financing, and its distribution and publishing. The study’s objective was to analyze the issues and provide some options and strategies for improvement. Reforms are urgently required in the
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Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
Deep Insights
Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 3rd ed. (2008), xlix, 712 pp.
Publishing in Africa: Where Are We Now? Part One: Some Spurious Claims Debunked
Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community, volume 19, issue 4 (2008), pp. 187-195
"An attempt to analyze the state of the book industries in sub-Saharan Africa thirty-five years after the major conference on publishing and book development in Africa that was held at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria, in 1973. Part one of this two-part article starts
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Towards the Professionalisation of Editing in South Africa
Southern African Linguistics and applied Language Studies, volume 26, issue 4 (2008), pp. 479-493
"In South Africa, the professional status of editors remains largely undefined. In certain industries, such as the publishing industry, editing is regarded as a professional activity, requiring well-defined, high-level skills linked to particular qualifications and experience. In other sectors, edit
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Publishing Educational Materials: Techniques and Tools for Editors and Writers
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), 85 pp.
"This manual is designed to provide you with practical guidance in the work and business of writing and editing textbooks, whether you are currently working in the field, or you are studying toward it. More specifically, the manual will: provide an overview of the editing process and a basic underst
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Editing Educational Materials: A Course for Editors in Sub-Saharan Africa
Key Guides
Vancouver; Washington, DC: Commonwealth of Learning (COL); World Bank (2007), 65 pp.
"This is an excellent resource for all those keen to acquire editorial skills. It is part of a series of distance learning tools currently being developed by the World Bank’s API in collaboration with the African Publishers Network and partner universities. Each self-learning programme will consis
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Publishing American Values: The Franklin Book Programs as Cold War Cultural Diplomacy
Library Trends, volume 55, issue 3 (2007), pp. 638-650
"In 1951 librarians from the American Library Association's International Relations Committee and publishers from the American Book Publishers Council Foreign Trade Committee met at the Library of Congress to discuss how to meet the "need for books in developing countries." The nonprofit Franklin Bo
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National Book Policy, HIV/AIDS and Sustainable Development: Papers Presented at the Fifth Nigeria International Book Fair, 8-13 May, 2006
Lagos: Nigerian Book Fair Trust (2007), 270 pp.
"One in a series of collections from the Nigerian Book Fair Trust containing the opening addresses, keynote speeches, and papers presented at the Nigeria International Book Fair, held annually since 2002, each fair focusing on a special topic or topics. The theme of the 2006 book fair focused on two
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Status quo der betriebswirtschaftlichen Erfolgsfaktoren bei Büchern
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 55, issue 3 (2007), pp. 412-441
"In diesem Aufsatz wird der Status quo der theoretischen und empirischen Erfolgsfaktorenforschung für belletristische Bücher aufgezeigt. Die abgeleiteten Einflussfaktoren, die zentrale Steuerungsgrößen für das Management der Verlagshäuser darstellen, werden nach den vier Elementen des Marketin
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APNET-ADEA Study Project on Intra-African Book Trade
Accra; London: African Publishers Network (APNET); Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (2007), 42 pp.
"Following on an earlier study (Makotsi, 2000) on the inter-African book trade that was commissioned by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa: Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (ADEA) in association with the African Publishers Network (APNET), ADEA recommended that A
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Erfolgsfaktoren von Fachbüchern
München: peniope (2007), xi, 69 pp.
