"The production of books in the developing countries is very small - The demand for books in these countries is very acute - The two authors of this pamphlet, who are experts on the subject, study the problems of the publishing, printing, distribution, production of and demand for books in Asia (pp. 5-18) and in Africa (pp. 19-34)." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 865, topic code 19)