"A ground-breaking study commissioned by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials on the fiscal, legal, communication, and other constraints of intra-African book trade. The study was designed to present information on the potential of the book industry in African countries, their capacity to trade with each other, reviewing the policies that govern the publishing sector, and the opportunities and barriers that promote or hinder such trade. Phase one of the project focused on the book trade in the Southern African region, but also gathered comparative case study material and overviews of national book industries in East and West Africa. It includes a number of recommendations addressed to African governments, African publishers, and national publishers’ associations. The second part of the study examines policies on intra-African book trade in books, and makes recommendations on how regional economic policies could be more responsive to the needs of the African book industries." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1894)