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Biblionef: Bringing Books to the Bookless
Cape Librarian, volume 48, issue 3 (2004), pp. 14-16
"Biblionef SA is the South African branch of an international book assistance organization for children’s books. The author describes the background of the organization, its principal aims, the methods of distribution of its book donations, and some of its other activities, which includes publishi
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Textbooks for All: PPP – the First Step on a Long Journey. Evaluation of the Pilot Project for Publishing in Tanzania
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2004), xvi, 56, 19 pp.
"For a long period, Sida has been the main donor for textbook production and distribution in Tanzania. After several years of stagnation in the sector (despite generous support), the shortage of textbooks in schools had become alarming, and the Government of Tanzania (GoT) and Sida agreed upon a new
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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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Notes on Book Design
New Haven: Yale University Press (2004), xii, 236 pp.
"A lavishly illustrated and instructive volume on book design by one of the giants in the field. In a career spanning more than forty years, Derek Birdsall has achieved renown as a leading book designer in Britain. This practical and inspirational book distils a lifetime’s professional experience.
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Duden Satz und Korrektur: Texte bearbeiten, verarbeiten und gestalten
Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut; F. A. Brockhaus (2003), 440 pp.
Aide publique française: De la coopération au commerce. Le livre édité en Afrique dans l'aide publique au développement française
Africultures, issue 57 (2003), pp. 57-62
"L'ouvrage présente une vision critique de l'aide française au développement dans le secteur du livre, qui comprend les achats/dons de livres français par le biais de programmes d'aide bilatéraux, multilatéraux ou autres, de subventions et de prix, ainsi que le soutien aux bibliothèques publi
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Chinua Achebe, the African Writers Series and the Establishment of African Literature
African Affairs, volume 102, issue 409 (2003), pp. 575-585
"In the list of ‘Africa's 100 Best Books’ published in 2002 over a quarter of the books had been published in the African Writers Series. Chinua Achebe is renowned for his novel Things Fall Apart which has sold close on 10 million copies. Much less well remembered is his creative role as the fir
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Estadísticas del libro en Colombia 2002
Bogotá: Cámara Colombiana del Libro (2003), 183 pp.
Scholarly Publishing in Africa: A Case Study of African University Presses
Stirling, Scotland: University of Stirling, Department of English Studies, Doctoral Thesis (2003), 235 pp.
"This wide-ranging dissertation examines the policies and practices of six sub-Saharan Africa university presses in five African countries (in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe), to investigate how far the presses have adopted, and/or have adapted, their policies to suit the environmen
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L'édition au Sénégal: Bilan et perspectives de développement
Villeurbanne: Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l'Iinformation et des Bibliothèques (2003), 107 pp.
"Le Sénégal est l'un des rares pays d'Afrique subsaharienne qui, depuis les années 1970, bénéficie d'une politique gouvernementale volontariste de promotion du livre et de la lecture. Le gouvernement a été très conscient du rôle des livres dans le développement économique et, depuis la p
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Marketing editorial: La guía
Key Guides
Mexico, DF: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) (2003), 219 pp.
"Esta obra es una guía práctica para que quienes conciben, contratan y producen libros se comuniquen mejor con los compradores; es también una descripción del complejo pero apasionante escenario en que se mueven los editores para lograr que sus obras circulen por los muchos vasos comunicantes qu
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Women Empowerment Through Publishing: Papers Presented at the Second Nigeria International Book Fair, 8-12 May, 2003
Lagos: Nigerian Book Fair Trust (2003), 130 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 proceedings of the 2003 book fair, which h
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Approvisionnement en livres scolaires: Vers plus the tranparence Afrique francophone
Paris: Institut International de Planification de l’Education; UNESCO (2003), 99 pp.
"Au cours de la dernière décennie, les dépenses consacrées à la fourniture de manuels et d'équipements pédagogiques pour l'éducation de base, dans l'ensemble de l'Afrique francophone, se sont élevées à plus de 500 milliards de francs CFA. Pourtant, même un investissement aussi massif n'a
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L'édition africaine en France: Portraits
Paris: L'Harmattan (2003), 233 pp.
Estudio de canales de comercialización del libro en América Latina y el Caribe, con énfasis en las librerías: Tomo 1
Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2003), 241 pp.
"Este es el primer estudio de cubrimiento regional sobre la distribución y comercialización del libro, con énfasis en las librerías de América Latina y para realizarlo se escogieron cuatro países: Colombia y México que han desarrollado investigaciones sistemáticas sobre la producción editor
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Editar para ganar: Estrategias de administración editorial
México, DF: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE); CONACULTA-FONCA (2003), xxvi, 356 pp.
"Esta obra está pensada para ayudar al editor, nuevo o experimentado, a concebir integralmente las diversas áreas del quehacer editorial; crear estructuras y procedimientos administrativos que permitan un desarrollo editorial congruente y controlado; establecer criterios financieros adecuados medi
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Où va le livre en Afrique ?
Deep Insights
Paris: L'Harmattan (2003), 239 pp.
"Ce numéro spécial de la revue Africultures, consacré à “Où va le livre en Afrique ?”, contient de nombreuses contributions sur divers aspects de l'édition, du commerce du livre, de l'état du livre et du lectorat en Afrique (principalement francophone). Il comprend également des articles
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Empowering Indigenous Publishers Through Collective Action: The African Publishers Network (APNET)
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Master Thesis (2003), 154 pp.
"This thesis examines the mission, strategies and activities of the African Publishers Network in its quest to empower indigenous publishers. The author probes the nature of publishing development in African countries, utilizing selected cases of anglophone countries as illustrations. Her analysis o
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