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Issues in Book Publishing in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Aigboje Higo at 70
Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books (2005), xxi, 270 pp.
"This collection of essays was published to honour Chief Aigboje Higo on his 70th birthday. Higo, by many considered to be the doyen of Nigerian book publishing, was a founding father and two-time president of the Nigerian Publishers Association, and for many years Managing Director and later Chairm
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The Book Publishing Market in Brazil
São Paulo: Canadian Heritage (2005), 75 pp.
"The Brazilian publishing market is optimistic about its near future. According to the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL - Câmara Brasileira do Livro), the main organization of the sector in Brazil, which comprises all professionals at the national level, the prospects are “favorable, considered to be
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Book Donations for Development
Key Guides
Paris; Ottawa: UNESCO; CODE Canada (2005), 72 pp.
"As a component of international cultural cooperation, the donation of second-hand books is a current practice that is both common and controversial. The practice arose from the realization that bibliographic and documentary resources were unevenly distributed in the world. Book donation programmes
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PICC Position Paper to the Draft Framework for the National Book Policy
Bellville: Print Industries Cluster Council (PICC) (2005), 66 pp.
"In many countries, dedicated plans and policies have been implemented to increase and develop the book publishing sector. In these interventions, books have been recognised as unique products deserving different and exceptional interventions. The salient issues pertaining to book development includ
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National Book Policy: A Guide for Users in the Field
Key Guides
Paris: UNESCO, 2nd revised ed. (2005), 68 pp.
"A useful practical guide for all those involved in setting up book policy strategies, and the formulation and adoption of national book acts, especially those in the developing world. It sets out the objectives of a national book policy, and then deals with a review of the sub-sectors concerned (i.
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The Literature of the Book: Publishing Development
Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community, volume 15, issue 2 (2005), pp. 92-94
"A short, critically annotated listing of significant literature in two categories: (i) books that examine the environment of publishing in developing countries, and (ii) books and training manuals that have been written specifically to assist publishers in those countries." (Hans M. Zell, Publishin
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The Book Policy in a Democratic Society: The Case of Estonia
Knygotyra, volume 44 (2005), 11 pp.
"The article treats the two sides of book policy – prohibitive and creative, on the example of the Republic of Estonia. If the earlier period of book history was dominated by persecution of authors and prohibition of books, then the contemporary democratic societies manifest freedom of expression,
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Gestión de proyectos editoriales: Cómo encargar y contratar libros
Key Guides
Mexico, DF: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) (2005), xxx, 199 pp.
"Esta obra ayudará a los editores, especialmente a los que encargan y contratan libros, a cumplir de mejor manera sus obligaciones. Sin pretender resumir en recetas simplonas el complejo proceso editorial, presenta temas fundamentales como: la elección de lo que se publica (y cómo eligen los auto
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Supporting Small and Micro-Publishing Enterprises
In: From Papyrus to Print-Out: The Book in Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Bibliophilia Africana 8 Conference Proceedings, Centre of the Book, Cape Town, 11-14 May 2005
Pretoria; Cape Town: National Library of South Africa, Centre of the Book (2005), pp. 204-213
"The author is the former Manager of the Centre of the Book's Community Publishing Project, and here describes the activities of this innovative new project. The Centre provides funding and technical support for new small publishers, individual writers, and writers' groups in South Africa and helps
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Knowledge Production and Publishing in Africa
CODESRIA Bulletin (Dakar), issue 3-4 (2005), pp. 31-34
"The point is that Africa, whether South, East or West, is still dominated by Western publishers. They have been doing sterling work. But the fact that only a small section of locals have control over what is published has implications for the kind of material that is published." (GIZ Library Bonn)
From Papyrus to Print-Out: The Book in Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Bibliophilia Africana 8 Conference Proceedings, Centre of the Book Cape Town, 11-14 May 2005
Pretoria and Cape Town: National Library of South Africa, Centre of the Book (2005), 297 pp.
"Loosely divided into three sections that focus on the past, the present, and the future, the papers in the proceedings of the 2005 Bibliophilia Africana conference offer a wide variety of contributions on the state of the book in Africa, and on topics such as promoting a reading culture, book and n
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Information and Training Resources for the Book Chain 2004
London: Book Aid International (2004), 76 pp.
"The seventh edition of a very useful and attractively presented catalogue, which contains a collection of resources designed for building the capacity and supporting the training strategies of all stakeholders in the book chain, especially in Africa and the Caribbean. The material was chosen throug
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Book Publishing in Nigeria
[no publisher] (2004), 4 pp.
"A short but succinct four page overview of the book publishing industry in Nigeria, which has been in steady decline since the 1980s: "At one stage, prospects for the book industry in Nigeria appeared rosy. The Federal Government established paper and pulp making industries, and an elaborate plan w
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Book Commissioning and Acquisition
London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2004), xii, 180 pp.
Derecho de autor para autores
México, DF; Bogotá: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE); Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2004), xvi, 76 pp.
"Esta obra se dirige a los autores que aspiran a ser publicados o que ya lo han sido, y les ofrece información concreta y puntual acerca de las legislaciones sobre derechos de autor de una veintena de países iberoamericanos. Sin excesivos tecnicismos ni la árida prosa de los textos jurídicos, De
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Assisting Writers to Self-Publish
Mediaforum (Catholic Media Council), issue 2 (2004), pp. 9-10
"Describes the programmes, activities, and modus operandi of the Community Publishing Project (CPP) at the Centre of the Book in South Africa, which assists self-publishers to acquire basic skills in book publishing, marketing and distribution, and which also provides small grants to groups of write
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