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Langenscheidt Praxiswörterbuch Verlagswesen und Buchhandel Englisch
München et al.: Langenscheidt (2007), 107 pp.
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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Guidelines on Digital Publishing: A Practical Approach for Small Organizations with Limited Resources
Rome: FAO (2007), 68 pp.
"These guidelines on digital publishing are targeted primarily at small organizations with limited resources in developing countries, in order to facilitate decision-making on how to publish and disseminate their information. The Guidelines are based on the years of experience of the Network of Aqua
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Performance of the Arabic Book Translation Industry in Selected Arab Countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi-Arabia and Syria
Zurich: Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA) (2007), 168 pp.
"Underperformance of the Arabic book translation industry is attributable to (among other factors) severe coordination failures. This is a state of affairs in which the inability of the different agents (translators, book publishers, suppliers, customers, and supporting organizations, state, and so
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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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Managing Intellectual Property in the Book Publishing Industry: A Business-Oriented Information Booklet
Key Guides
Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2007), 85 pp.
"The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is pleased to present this introductory guide for publishers who wish to increase their understanding of how to manage intellectual property rights in a business context. The book offers practical information to help publishers both to exploit int
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African Children’s Literature: A Bibliography
Bloomington, Indiana; Milton Keynes, UK: AuthorHouse (2007), 290 pp.
"This bibliography, by a Kenyan scholar and children’s author, lists 1,759 titles in English and in Kiswahili. In her introduction the author states that a proportion of the books were personally examined by her, while other entries are based on listings in Kenya Books in Print, publishers’ cata
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Erfolgsfaktoren von Fachbüchern
München: peniope (2007), xi, 69 pp.
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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Factors Influencing the Cost of Books in South Africa
Bellville: South African Book Development Council; National Department of Arts & Culture (2007), 83 pp.
"A study commissioned and funded by the South African Department of Arts and Culture. It comprises an investigation of the factors that affect the cost of books in South Africa, conducted in order to identify possible ways in which government, industry members and other stakeholders can work togethe
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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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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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African Books Collective: Mid-Term Review 2006
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2006), 92 pp.
African Scholarly Publishing Essays
Oxford; Uppsala: African Books Collective; International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP); Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (2006), 273 pp.
"This volume grew out of a seminar on scholarly publishing held in Arusha, Tanzania in 2002. It was originally announced for publication as The African Scholarly Writers and Publishers Handbook, as a sequel to the much acclaimed African Writers’ Handbook published by African Books Collective in 19
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Política nacional de libros y la lectura
Santiago de Chile: Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes (2006), 16 pp.
La chaîne du livre en Afrique noire francophone: Qui est éditeur, aujourd'hui?
Paris: L'Harmattan (2006), 178 pp.
"Une vue synoptique de la filière du livre et des acteurs qui la composent, dans 14 pays d'Afrique francophone aujourd'hui. L'auteur cherche à faire la lumière sur l'état actuel des industries du livre dans ces pays et, pour chaque pays, fournit un contexte historique et éducatif, des chiffres
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