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Making Books: A Handbook for Textbook Evaluators

Harare: Zimbabwe Publishers' Association (1992), 36 pp.
"A handbook prepared jointly by the Curriculum Development Unit and the Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association to encourage the development of high quality and relevant textbooks. Asserts that the essence of a good evaluation is to support and promote authorship and publication of much-needed materials. Contains guidelines on how to evaluate a manuscript, together with an overview of the publishing process, sections on artwork, editing, copy-editing, and notes on the issue of copyright." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2490)