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Distribution of Ideas: Book Production and Publishing in Egypt, Lebanon, and the Middle East
In: Mass Media, Politics and Society in the Middle East
Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2001), pp. 159-173
Buchproduktion und Verlagswesen im Iran
Orient (Opladen), volume 42, issue 4 (2001), pp. 659-676
"Mit dem Amtsantritt von Präsident Hatami im Iran ist ein Reformprozess in Gang gekommen, der sich nicht zuletzt in der Kulturpolitik auswirkt. Im Mittelpunkt des vorliegenden Berichts stehen die Strukturen des Verlagswesens und der Buchproduktion im staatlichen und privaten Sektor im Iran. Die ira
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"In this paper, I will try to briefly summarize the present state of electronic publishing of science in the People’s Republic of China, and to explore how Chinese scientific publishers seem to be more successful in resolving the very same issues that confront their Western counterparts." (Introdu
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Women in African Studies Scholarly Publishing
Trenton, New Jers.: Africa World Press (2001), 171 pp.
"Five essays that seek to examine the challenges that women face in African studies scholarly publishing, and which aims to offer insights “into the shifting, intellectual, institutional, and ideological contexts and contests in African studies, as practiced in Africa and the North, by men and wom
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"The idea for this helpful handbook was inspired by two workshops for writers of children’s books held in Tanzania and Uganda in January-February 2000. The workshops were organized by the National Book Development Council of Tanzania and the Book Development Council of Uganda, under the UNESCO/DAN
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The Ordeal of the African Writer
London: Zed Books (2001), 192 pp.
"This book is about the problems and obstacles that African writers still encounter in their attempt to get published. It is an interesting, informed, and well-documented study that combines writers’ own testimony (based on responses to questionnaires) and factual investigation in order to explore
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Upgrading Book Distribution in Africa
London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2001), xx, 252 pp.
"This study is currently the most comprehensive survey of textbook distribution in sub-Saharan Africa. If offers a detailed survey and analysis of the key policy issues affecting book distribution in Africa today. The study was organized and co-ordinated by International Book Development Ltd. in Lon
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Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers, and the Novel in Nigeria
Princeton, New Jers.: Princeton University Press (2000), 340 pp.
"This is an impressive and innovative study, and perhaps one of the most comprehensive sociological analyses of a literary system ever written. While the book is primarily devoted to an analysis and understanding of the novel in Nigeria, chapter 2:“The Nigerian Fiction Complex” (pp. 26-119), off
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Books for Schools: Improving Access to Supplementary Reading Materials in Africa
London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2000), xii, 200 pp.
"The aim of this study was to examine some of the models through which the school population in Africa gain access to supplementary reading material, and to reach some conclusions which methods work best, and in which circumstances, and to recommend strategies that are affordable and sustainable. Gi
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"A ground-breaking study commissioned by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials on the fiscal, legal, communication, and other constraints of intra-African book trade. The study was designed to present information on the poten
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"De l'Idée au texte est une coédition produite par les Editions Alpha à Niamey et la Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung/DSE (qui fait maintenant partie de la GIZ). Elle est la première d'une série prévue dans le cadre d'un programme de formation du personnel des maisons d'éditi
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Restructuring the Book Sector: The example of Mongolia
Paris; Ulaanbaatar: UNESCO; MFOS Centre for Scientific & Technological Information (2000), 55 pp.
Women and Activism: ZIBF Women Writers. Conference 1999
Harare: Zimbabwe Women Writers (2000), 160 pp.
"A collection of twenty-four papers and discussions from a conference on women writers that took place during the Zimbabwe International Book Fair in 1999. It includes papers by a variety of voices of women from around the world, including major African women writers. A series of country reports inc
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Book and Publishing Assistance Programs: A Review and Inventory
Deep Insights
Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Bellagio Publishing Network, 2nd revised ed. (2000), v, 168 pp.
"First published in 1993, and with a new introductory essay providing an overview of significant developments since publication of the first edition, this is a survey of the various agencies and assistance programmes that are involved with publishing and book development in Africa and in other parts
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"This excellent manual is intended as a guide for running training courses or workshops for groups of writers, illustrators, editors and others involved in producing popular reading material. Divided into six chapters, the manual takes the reader through various stages: how to develop a gender persp
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"Through four case studies, this book examines some of the key issues in funding provision of textbooks and training materials in Africa. The case studies, contributed by experts in textbook production and distribution, offer individual country perspectives from The Gambia, Lesotho, Mozambique and C
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