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Developing Materials on HIV/AIDS/STIs for Low-Literate Audiences
Arlington, Va.; Washington, DC: Family Health International (FHI); Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) (2002), 155 pp.
The History and Prospects of the Nigerian Book
Lagos: Mace Books for Synergy Educational; French Cultural Centre (2002), 94 pp.
"Charts the history of the Nigerian book and from its earliest days through to the 1980s and 90s - when the publishing industries went into a period of marked decline - and through to the present day. Examines various aspects of the contemporary publishing scene including issues such as copyright an
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Library Aid to Developing Countries in Times of Globalization: A Literature Review
World Libraries, volume 12, issue 2 (2002), pp. 15-36
"A useful review of the literature pertaining to library aid and globalization, including book donation/distribution programmes, and support for local publishers. The study focuses on two questions: what are the major needs of libraries in the developing countries? And whether some of those needs ar
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World Bank Support for Provision of Textbooks in Sub-Saharan Africa - 1985-2000
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: World Bank, Human Development Sector, Africa Regions (2002), 103 pp.
"To help countries establish systems that can ensure reliable provision of textbooks has been an important element of the World Bank's support for education development in Africa over the last two decades. Other development agencies, and African governments, have made similar investments. However, d
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Contractual Agreements in the Publishing and Printing Industry: A Practical Guide
Key Guides
Geneva: International Trade Centre UNCTADWTO, South-South Trade Promotion Unit, Division of Technical Cooperation Coordination (2002), viii, 112 pp.
"This useful practical manual consists of a range of model contracts and users’ guides put together by Lynette Owen, Rights Director of Pearson Education Ltd., and well known for her classic text “Selling Rights”. The contracts draw on a variety of publishing agreements currently in use in the
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Book Promotion for Children in Uzbekistan
Asian/Pacific Book Development (ABD), volume 32, issue 4 (2002), pp. 7-8
Educational Publishing in African Languages, with a Focus on Swahili in Kenya
Nordic Journal of African Studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2002), pp. 167-184
"This paper argues the case for more educational publications in Swahili as a good medium educational and national development. It acknowledges that education is not only a capital investment in the development of human resources but it also immensely contributes to the development of a nation. Howe
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Beruf: Schriftsteller. Was man wissen muss, wenn man vom Schreiben leben will
Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag (2002), 159 pp.
Manual de redação e normalização textual: Técnicas de editoração e revisão
São Paulo: Editora Atlas (2002), 433 pp.
"Dois são os objetivos fundamentais deste livro: apresentar técnicas e metodologia adequadas para a redação de textos cujos autores visam publicá-los e oferecer soluções consistentes para a normalização textual. No tratamento das questões relativas à redação, o autor focaliza os momento
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Editorial Functions and Procedures
Harare: African Publishers Network (APNET) (2002), 60 pp.
"One in a series of training manuals developed by the African Publishing Institute (API) of the African Publishers Network to facilitate intra-African training among its members, and which can be used for both formal training or individual study. Arranged under four modules: (1) Commissioning, (2) C
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Le manuel pratique d'édition pour l'Afrique francophone, suivi du Le libraire en Afrique
Tunis: Centre Africain de Formation à l'Edition et à la Diffusion (CAFED), 2nd ed. (2002), 324 pp.
"Un manuel de formation pour les éditeurs et les libraires." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2474)
Reading: Essential Nourishment for Children
Asian/Pacific Book Development (ABD), volume 32, issue 4 (2002), pp. 3-11
INASP Directory 2002/2003
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2002), 350 pp.
"While not specifically focusing on Africa, this directory from the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) is a useful resource as it provides detailed information on almost 400 agencies, organizations, institutions, learned societies, professional associations
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Publishing in Cambodia
Phnom Penh: Publishing in Cambodia Project, preliminary ed. (2002), 173 pp.
The Design Manual
Sydney: University of New South Wales (UNSW) Press (2002), xxi, 307 pp.
"The manual will be useful for a variety of people: professional graphic designers, editors and desktop publishers; business people and public servants; volunteers in community groups; printers and imagesetters; students of graphic design and desktop publishing. Not every section in the manual will
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Ein Buch ist ein Buch ist ein Buch ... der erfolgreiche Weg zum eigenen Sachbuch
Zürich: Orell Füssli (2002), 216 pp.
The African Publishing Companion: A Resource Guide
Lochcarron, Scotland: Hans Zell Publishers (2002), 356 pp.
"Containing over 1,600 entries and extensively cross-referenced, this is a comprehensive albeit now dated documentation and information resource on African publishing and the book trade. Content includes (1) a directory of almost 700 African publishers’ email addresses and Web sites (where availab
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Evaluation of UNESCO’s Book, Reading and Cultural Industries Programmes 1990-1998
Paris: UNESCO (2002), 45 pp.
"UNESCO’s involvement with the books programme started off as general in character, becoming focused in the 1990s on country-specific circumstances, culminating in the publication of the practical guide, The National Book Policy. Numerous actions were initiated and implemented under the programmes
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Visual Writing: Diagramming Your Ideas to Communicate Effectively
New York: Learning Express (2002), 128 pp.
Indigenous Publishing in Botswana: The Current Situation and the Way Forward
Information Development (East Grinstead), volume 18, issue 4 (2002), pp. 231-236
"Writing in local languages has a big role in eliminating illiteracy and creating a reading and writing culture, especially at early ages in one's life. The government of Botswana has an obligation to motivate local language publications by creating a conducive environment for this to happen. The Pu
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