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How to Get Published in South Africa: A Guide for Authors

Basil van Rooyen

Halfway House: Southern Book Publishers, 2nd ed. (1996), 254 pp.

"A very useful hands-on type of guide for authors, containing many helpful tips and a great deal of practical advice, and also examining the business of publishing from the publisher’s point of view. Part 1 of the book consists of a range of overview articles on the book publishing industry in Sou ... more

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Tailor-Made Textbooks: A Practical Guide for the Authors of Textbooks in Primary Schools in Developing Countries
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Marie Châtry-Komarek

Lynne Jagau (transl.)

Oxford; Bonn: CODE Europe;Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (DSE) (1996), vi, 225 pp.

"A handbook for all those involved in the writing and production of textbooks in developing countries, although primarily intended as a tool and practical guide to assist textbook authors. It includes detailed, step-by-step descriptions of how to produce a textbook, covering all aspects of planning ... more

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The Intra-African Book Support Scheme and Publishing and Library Supply in Kenya and Tanzania

Alli A. S. Mcharazo, Anthony Olden

New Review of Information and Library Research, issue 2 (1996), pp. 179-194

"The Intra-African Book Support Scheme (IABS) was set up in 1991 to support African readers and publishers through improving the distribution of African-published materials to libraries in Africa. The recipient-request led scheme was launched by African Books Collective and Book Aid International, a ... more

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Friends-Of-The Book Foundation

Nairobi: Friends-of-the Book Foundation (1996), 25 pp.

"A profile of the Nairobi-based Friends-of-the-Book Foundation, a non-profit organization established to help alleviate the book famine in East Africa and to promote functional literacy. The organization facilitates the publication/translation (both in Kiswahili and in English) of key books for the ... more

Creating a Conducive Environment for Book Publishing: Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference on Book Development, 27 April 1995, and the Third National Conference on Book Development, 14 May 1996, Held at the Conference Centre, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Chukwuemeka Ike

Awka: Nigerian Book Foundation (1996), 249 pp.

"Brings together the various presentations made at these two Nigerian Book Foundation conferences, as well as including the recommendations put forward at the meetings, and the text of the addresses presented during the formal opening ceremonies. The NBF's second conference concentrated on the need ... more

Les métiers du livre en Afrique francophone: Situation et besoins de formation
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Ridha Najar (ed.)

Bordeaux: Agence de la Francophonie (ACCT), Ecole Internationale de la Francophonie (EIF) (1996), 217 pp.

"Un aperçu complet et un rapport de situation sur l'état du livre et des industries du livre dans six pays d'Afrique francophone, dont deux en Afrique de l'Ouest : Côte d'Ivoire (Marie Agathe Amoikon & Omar Sylla) et Sénégal (Madieyna Ndiaye) ; deux en Afrique centrale : Cameroun (David N'dachi ... more

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Literature d’enfance et de jeunesse en Côte-d’Ivoire: Structures de production et de distribution du livre pour enfants

Sié Konate

Paris: L'Harmattan (1996), 159 pp.

"Après plus de trente années d'indépendance, le continent africain est encore aujourd'hui à la recherche de sa propre identité. L'Afrique s'interroge sur son avenir culturel, économique et politique. Sur le plan culturel, la quasi-totalité des pays africains restent largement tributaires des ... more

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Textbook Provision and the Feasibility of Cooperation Among SADCC Countries: Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Patricia Bolton (ed.)

Paris: UNESCO (1996), 85, 15 pp.

"It has become increasingly clear to those involved in textbook projects that textbook publishing should not be isolated from book publishing in general, but should be an integral part of it. A major Conference on Textbook Provision and Library Development in Africa, which took place in Manchester i ... more

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Publishing in Africa: One Man's Perspective

Henry Chakava

Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers;Bellagio Publishing Network (1996), 182 pp.

"A collection of articles by one of Africa's most prolific commentators on the African publishing scene, bringing together his writings on diverse topics, such as autonomous publishing, book marketing and distribution, author-publisher relations, regional cooperation, the World Bank and African publ ... more

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Making Books Available and Affordable: Proceedings of the First Annual National Conference on Book Development, Held at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, April 25-29, 1994

Ezenwa-Ohaeto

Awka: Nigerian Book Foundation (1995), 136 pp.

"The papers from a conference organized by the Nigerian Book Foundation, which examined four possible solutions to overcome some of the formidable problems faced by the Nigerian book industries: (i) book subsidy schemes, (ii) self-sufficiency in materials for book production, (iii) exploitation of n ... more

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Imprint: Bookselling

Elgin, Illin.: David C. Cook Foundation (1995), 39 pp.

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Revista latinoamericana de literatura infantil y juvenil, nr.1

Bogotá: Fundalectura (1995), 64 pp.

A Study of Indigenous Children's Literature in South Africa. 1994

Kathrine Ruth van Vuuren

Cape Town: University of Cape Town, Master Thesis (1995), 195 pp.

"Since the mid-1970s there has been a marked increase in the local production of children's literature in South Africa. This thesis considers various issues relevant to the field of children's literature in South Africa, through both traditional means of research as well as through a series of inter ... more

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Other Worlds, Other Lives: Children's Literature Experiences. Proceedings of the International Conference on Children's Literature, 4-6 April 1995

Myrna Machet, Sandra Olën, Thomas van der Walt (eds.)

Pretoria: UNISA Press (1995), 3 vols.

"A total of 59 papers are brought together in these three volumes, with articles on children’s literature in all parts of the world, including a large number on the topic of children’s literature in Africa. Among these are “The Spirit of My Story” (Gcina Mhlophe); “Children's Literature in ... more

The Story of APNET: A Study of the Origins, Structure, Activities and Policy of the African Publishers Network

Woeli Dekutsey

Harare: African Publishers Network (APNET) (1995), 18 pp.

"A UNESCO-commissioned study that sets out the background that led to the establishment of the African Publishers Network, its constitution, policies, programmes and activities, publications, and its achievements. Also examines APNET's relations with the World Bank and with donor agencies." (Hans M. ... more

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The Book in Nigeria Today: Some Current Issues

Festus A. Adesanoye

Ibadan: Sam Bookman Educational and Communication Services (1995), 175 pp.

"A collection of essays, by the [then] Director of Publishing at Ibadan University Press, on various aspects of the book situation in Nigeria, which have previously been published in various journals and magazines or as chapters in books. The essays cover topics such as books in national development ... more

Editorial Planning for Books

Elgin, Illin.: Cook Communications Ministries (1995), 39 pp.

African Children’s and Youth Literature

Osayimwense Osa

Boston: Gale (1995), 162 pp.

"An analysis of African children’s and young adults literature, primarily from West Africa, especially Nigeria. Seeks to shed light on the aspects and genres of the literature and African cultural assumptions – especially those about love and marriage– as well as aspects of social conduct, and ... more

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