"Written by one of Nigeria’s most distinguished and most widely published novelists – and for many years now Director of the Nigerian Book Foundation – Chukwuemeka Ike here shares his wide experience as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, using an informal and conversational style. The b
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ook is designed to lend a helping hand to aspiring writers and to assist them to become published. Part 1 of the book is devoted to writing fiction (creating characters, plots, organizing a story, style, etc.), and part 2 deals with non-fiction (articles, essays, book reviews, biography, textbooks, etc.). The final part provides advice how to find a publisher and how to safeguard the author’s interest, and also looks at the prospects for authors contemplating the self-publishing route." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2510)
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"Provides background documentation to the special conference of Ministers of Education in Africa, “Textbook and Library Development in Africa”, held under the auspices of the Overseas Development Administration in Manchester in 1991." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Afr
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ica, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1871)
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"Vise à aider les auteurs à se familiariser avec l'usage courant et les règles régissant la rédaction et l'édition d'ouvrages et de revues scientifiques. Explique les problèmes qui existent dans le secteur de l'édition scientifique et universitaire en Afrique francophone, dont l'un des plus
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graves est l'absence d'un réseau formalisé de professionnels formés." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2366)
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"The proceedings of a symposium held at the South African Library, Cape Town, in November 1990. Subjects covered include censorship, publishing in a multicultural South Africa, educational publishing, children's book publishing, literacy and development, and marketing and distribution. The papers we
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re given by a wide selection of professionals including publishers, academics, librarians and educationalists." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1091)
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"Discusses how Mozambican textbook policies have changed in order to allow the integration of the private sector into the processes of editing, printing and distribution of books." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 699)
"Describes some of the major book and journal donation schemes in existence. Provides profiles of agencies that respond on a request-led basis in the tertiary education sector, and thereafter lists bilateral schemes by country, multilateral programmes in alphabetical order, and offers some suggestio
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ns how to make use of the schemes." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1405)
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"Présente une vue d'ensemble des activités d'édition dans le Zaïre de l'époque, les problèmes et les contraintes auxquels sont confrontées les industries du livre, et examine le problème particulier du “financement de la culture” en relation avec l'édition de livres." (Hans M. Zell, Pub
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lishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 486)
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"An overview of the state of textbook publishing in Mozambique, including recommendations as they relate to policies of the government-owned publishing house Editora Escolar." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 705)
"The papers from the seventh conference of the International and Comparative Librarianship Group of the UK Library Association, held in Birmingham in September 1989, which examined the book crisis, shortage of reading materials, and the funding of library services in the countries of the South, with
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many parts of the less developed world turning into virtually bookless societies." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1398)
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"This book is a compilation of tutors' notes, lesson material and handouts from a management training course conducted since 1985 by UNESCO with great success in countries around the world. While gaining accessibility through its production in a book format, it retains the spirit of the original tea
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ching material. Themain topics covered are: functions and practices of publishing management, editorial organisation and management, using financial accounts for management information, understanding publishing business, recruitment, and a case study. The material, which was originated jointly by Book Hosue Training Centre and Unesco, has been edited by Mike Hauser." (Back cover)
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Constitué de notes pratiques et de 86 tableaux, cet ouvrage aborde les sujets suivants : fonctions et pratiques d'une maison d'édition; organisation et gestion de la fonction éditoriale; les états financiers comme moyen d'information des gestionnaires; la gestion efficace d'une entreprise d'édi
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tion; le recrutement des cadres et du personnel; et une étude de cas comprenant de nombreux exercices.
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"Supplements the author’s earlier UNESCO publication Textbook Production in Developing Countries, and at the same time aims at synthesizing the main findings of the numerous seminars and reports and papers which have been published by UNESCO in this subject area. It examines, in a non-technical ma
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nner, the problems and issues associated with government sponsored textbook provision programmes in developing countries, placing special emphasis on cost reduction factors in such textbook programmes. The main aim of the Guide is “to take account of present problems of government textbook schemes, and their needs for better resources and more trained personnel, and to assist them by posing questions which may lead to a greater understanding of problems, and more adequate planning and improved administration of projects, with consequent reduced costs and the production of better textbooks." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 237)
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