"This book explains the responsibilities at each stage of the publishing process, describes current roles and practices, and provides much food for thought on how publishers can ensure their skills remain relevant in the digital age. Fully updated to take into account recent developments in the publ
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ishing world, this new edition also includes additional real-world examples from a variety of publishing sectors, insightful interviews with industry experts and new and updated activities throughout." (Publisher description)
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"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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al of 157 records." (Academia.edu)
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"This literature survey is an attempt to bring together some of the literature on an important and challenging, and one could well say neglected aspect of the African book sector, that of publishing in African languages, an area that greatly impacts literary production in many ways. It aims to make
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a small contribution to the ongoing debate about publishing of indigenous language materials, how the profile of indigenous language publishing might be enhanced—and how publishing in African languages could be conducted as a societally beneficial, sustainable, and profitable commercial activity. Following an introductory overview of current publishing in African languages – and a discussion of its many barriers to success – it lists a total of 170 records, covering the literature (in English) published since the 1970s and through to early 2018. Fully annotated and/or with abstracts, it includes books, chapters in books and edited collections, reports, journal articles, Internet documents, theses and dissertations, as well as a number of blog postings. As is evident from the literature survey, the topic of publishing in African languages still amounts to a relatively modest body of literature, although it has been growing in recent years. There have been a good number of significant, indeed even ground-breaking studies and investigations about multilingual publishing in Africa, but the literature review also demonstrates that many African countries are still poorly served in terms of research on publishing in indigenous languages." (https://www.academia.edu)
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"Las contribuciones reunidas en este volumen buscan dar un paso en el esfuerzo por exami-nar las condiciones y problemas que han rodeado y rodean la producción, circulación y usos del libro en un país poco conocedor de su historia libresca y editorial. Los textos reconstruyen diversos momentos en
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el desarrollo de una cultura impresa local, que se vio delineada por políticas estatales, movilidades transnacionales y no pocos agentes y producciones que activaron cambios de relevancia dentro del espacio cultural nacional. El libro plantea un recorrido que parte desde el siglo XVI, antes de la llegada de la imprenta al territorio neogranadino, y se extiende hasta los albores del siglo XXI para examinar las nuevas condiciones del mundo del libro. Entre ambas orillas, se analiza el dinamismo tomado por el mundo impreso y sus mediado-res durante el siglo XIX, así como lo ocurrido en el siglo XX, cuando se produjo el momento de mayor modernización editorial y expansión de los grupos lectores colombianos." (Descripción de la casa editorial)
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"Este Manual de edición busca guiar a todos los interesados a lo largo del proceso que conduce a la publicación de un libro tanto impreso como digital, desde el momento de su concepción hasta su venta. Manuel Gil y Martín Gómez analizan las similitudes y diferencias entre las cadenas de valor a
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nalógica y digital, exploran las posibilidades para la distribución de las obras que ofrecen los nuevos canales, así como también las estrategias de promoción y mercadeo que tienen en las redes sociales, entendidas como redes de recomendación, un activo fundamental. Se da cuenta, en suma, de los conocimientos que la industria editorial exige hoy al editor; conocimientos relacionados con el manejo de diferentes lenguajes de programación, la edición de contenidos para múltiples dispositivos, la gestión de comunidades en línea y el seguimiento y monitoreo de la información que arrojan las interacciones con los lectores en Internet." (Descripción de la casa editorial)
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"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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turais, o livro Mercado Editorial Brasileiro analisa os livros de autores nacionais mais vendidos no Brasil nas décadas de 1960, 1970 e 1980. Para traçar as linhas gerais do perfil temático das escolhas voluntárias de aquisição de livros de 1960 a 1990 o trabalho utiliza três instrumentos: 1) dados quantitativos gerais sobre o mercado editorial brasileiro; 2) listagens anuais de livros mais vendidos publicadas em jornais e revistas- utilizados como vagos indicadores das temáticas e preocupações dominantes no setor da população que tem acesso a livro; 3) dados históricos e conjunturais que ajudam a esclarecer os dados de vendagem. O resultado é uma abordagem analítica das preferências dos leitores e suas correlações com os contextos social, político e cultural do pais entre 1960 e 1990." (Resumo)
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"Nonfiction authors often use existing materials in their works: A historian excerpts a soldier’s letters to a loved one; an art critic reproduces a telling detail in a painting; a scientist quotes from a well-known article. Readers of nonfiction works expect new writing to reference and incorpora
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te other works; indeed, the quality and integrity of nonfiction works frequently depend on the author’s skillful use of such materials. Although drawing from other works is common, it can often seem difficult to know when (and how much) unlicensed copying is permissible and whether certain unlicensed uses of another’s work put you at risk of copyright infringement. Sometimes, authors need to seek permission or pay for a license to use copyrighted materials. An author may even need a license to use her own works because she signed over her copyrights to her publisher. But not always. In some situations, unlicensed use may be legally permitted by virtue of the “fair use” doctrine, a well-known (but oft-misunderstood) limitation to copyright in the United States. Fair use is a powerful tool, but unfortunately many nonfiction authors find it tricky to know when to rely on fair use and when to seek permission. That’s where this guide comes in. In addition to providing background information on copyright law and fair use, this guide identifies three common situations that nonfiction authors encounter when incorporating existing materials into their works and then discusses general fair use principles and limitations that apply in these situations. This guidance is based on broadly shared norms found in the leading fair use statements of best practices, as well as existing case law." (Introduction)
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"Le colloque poursuivait les objectifs suivants : dresser un état des lieux de l’édition et de la politique du livre en langues nationales dans les pays participants au colloque; exposer et discuter de la pertinence, de l’utilisation, et de la portée de certains alphabets introduits dans les
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langues guinéennes (adlam pular, icra n’ko, caractères latins harmonisés, etc.); analyser et catégoriser les approches et stratégies porteuses développées dans la sous-région en matière de production et de promotion du livre et de la lecture dans les langues nationales; formuler des recommandations en vue du développement et de la promotion des livres en langues africaines, aussi bien en Guinée que dans la sous-région (comme pour les langues transfrontalières)." (Page 6)
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"This is the second in a series of annual reviews of select new literature in English that has appeared on the topic of publishing and book development in sub-Saharan Africa. Extensively annotated and/or with abstracts, the present list brings together new literature published during the course of 2
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016, a total of 164 items. The literature review covers books, chapters in books and edited collections, journal articles, Internet documents and reports, theses and dissertations, interviews, audio/video recordings and podcasts, as well as a number of blog postings, Records are grouped under a range of regional/country and topic-specific headings." (Academia.edu)
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"A holistic way of approaching the question of how African university presses can reposition themselves in support of the broader shift of some African universities towards a greater focus on research, is to consider shifts in the dominant institutional logic in the academic publishing industry. Bas
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ed on a baseline survey of university presses in Africa, in-depth case studies of selected university presses, and an analysis of the publishing choices made by African academics, this research project examined the opportunities and constraints faced by university presses in Africa. It provides an overview of the African university press landscape and shows that there is a small, active group of university presses. University presses in Africa are not yet making use of technological advances to reconfigure their production, distribution and marketing processes, nor are they experimenting with new publishing models such as open access. While case studies of selected university presses surfaced unsurprising challenges (such as scarce resources and limited capacity), they also show that university presses in Africa are constrained by institutional logics that are holding them back from experimenting with new ways of doing things. The research also reveals that an alarmingly high number of academic authors at one flagship research university in Africa are choosing to publish monographs with predatory publishers. The report concludes with a set of pragmatic recommendations; recommendations that are simultaneously attuned to the opportunities and to the realities of African university presses as revealed by the research conducted." (Executive summary)
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