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Key Guides
London; New York: Routledge, 8th ed. (2020), xii, 508 pp.
Lektorat, Programmplanung und Projektmanagement im Buchverlag
Frankfurt am Main: Bramann (2020), 169 pp.
"Kuratieren von Content ist die Kernaufgabe eines Lektorats und einer Redaktion. Basierend auf langjähriger Berufs- und Lehrerfahrung schildert Michael Schickerling, wie in einem Buchverlag gearbeitet wird und welche Schnittstellen die ›Schaltzentrale Lektorat‹ bedienen muss. Besonderes Augenme
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Ending Book Hunger: Access to Print Across Barriers of Class and Culture
New Heaven; London: Yale University Press (2020), vi, 209 pp.
"This book highlights innovative nonprofit solutions to expand access to print. 'First Book', for example, offers diverse books to teachers at bargain prices. 'Imagination Library' mails picture books to support early literacy in book deserts. 'Worldreader' promotes mobile reading in developing coun
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Internationaler Buchmarkt
Frankfurt am Main: Bramann (2019), 121 pp.
"Das Wissen um Zusammenhänge im internationalen Buchgeschäft gewinnt in einem zunehmend globalisierten Buchmarkt an Bedeutung. In ökonomischer Hinsicht gilt es, Chancen und Risiken gegeneinander abzuwägen. In kultureller Hinsicht müssen die Auswirkungen eines transnationalen Buchmarktes hinterf
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The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications
Key Guides
Oakland: University of California Press, 4th revised, updated and expanded ed. (2019), xx, 545 pp.
"The Copyeditor’s Handbook has become an indispensable resource both for new editors and for experienced hands who want to refresh their skills and broaden their understanding of the craft of copyediting. This fourth edition incorporates the latest advice from language authorities, usage guides, a
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Publishing & the Book in Africa: A Literature Review for 2018
Zell Publishing Consultants (2019), 80 pp.
"This is the fourth in a series of annual reviews of select new literature in English that has appeared on the topic of publishing and the book sector in sub-Saharan Africa [...] Extensively annotated and/or with abstracts, the present list brings together new literature published during the course
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Wie ein Buch entsteht: Einführung in den Buchverlag
Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (wbg), 10., völlig überarb. Aufl. (2019), 239 pp.
"Dieses Standardwerk zur Entstehung eines Buchs hat Tausenden von Berufsanfängern und Interessierten als detaillierte und fundierte Einführung in die Verlagsarbeit gedient. Die vorliegende zehnte Auflage knüpft an die bewährte praxisorientierte Übersicht über alle Arbeitsbereiche eines Buchver
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Les éditeurs d’Afrique francophone sur l’échiquier du «glocal» (1980-2019)
Mémoires du livre = Studies in Book Culture, volume 10, issue 2 (2019), 29 pp.
"En étudiant les discours sur le livre africain, discours d’éditeurs africains et évolution du marché international du livre africain francophone depuis les années 1980, cette réflexion se propose d’interroger la relation entre l’industrie du livre en Afrique et le phénomène de mondial
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How to Market Books
Key Guides
London; New York: Routledge, 6th ed. (2019), xxv, 482 pp.
"With the publishing industry changing fast, and the marketing and selling of content now delivered worldwide through technology, this much-needed guide highlights the critical role of the marketeer, and the strategies and techniques at their disposal. The book’s approach is logical and calming; b
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Publishing in Africa: Where Are We Now? An Update for 2019
Zell Publishing Consultants (2019), 50 pp.
"This article is a sequel, and update, to a two-part article published in Logos. Journal of the World Publishing Community in 2008/09, which analysed the state of the book industries in sub-Saharan Africa thirty-five years after the major conference on ‘Publishing & Book Development in Africa’ t
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Así se hace un libro
Key Guides
Barcelona: Arpa (2019), 196 pp.
"Este libro pretende explicarse a sí mismo, mostrar al lector cómo es y transcurre una parte de su propio proceso de gestación y alumbramiento, y explicarle con detalle cómo se diseña y ejecuta gráficamente hasta ver la luz en la imprenta y llegar a sus manos. Pero no ha sido concebido para cu
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Indigenous Publishing in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Chronology and Some Landmarks
African Research & Documentation, issue 136 (2019), pp. 36-61
"This chronological timeline sets out some of the key dates, events, and landmarks in the development of indigenous publishing in Sub-Saharan Africa. It also includes details of the major conferences, meetings or seminars on African publishing, held in Africa or at venues elsewhere, since 1968. An e
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The State of Digital Publishing: Facts and Figures from Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria
San Francisco: Worldreader (2018), 25 pp.
"At a glance, there are a number of societal and infrastructural barriers to overcome before digital publishing has a huge market in these three countries. However, there are certainly opportunities at hand, particularly when it comes to testing and vetting content, where digital books can save publ
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Mercado editorial brasileiro
São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA) (2018), 61 pp.
"Tendo como pressuposto inicial a afirmação de que o ato de compra de um livro indica uma demanda cultural por parte do comprador ou do potencial leitor, e assumindo a correlata afirmação de que os títulos mais difundidos em determinada sociedade em dada época podem indicar suas dominantes cul
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Publishing & the Book in Africa: A Literature Review for 2017
Zell Publishing Consultants (2018), 77 pp.
"The third in a series of annual reviews of select new literature in English that has appeared on the topic of publishing and the book sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Extensively annotated and/or with abstracts, the present list brings together new literature published during the course of 2017, a tot
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