Publishing and Development: A Book of Readings

Philip G. Altbach, Damtew Teferra (eds.)

Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Bellagio Publishing Network (1998), xvi, 191 pp.

Contains tables

Series: Bellagio Studies in Publishing, 9

ISBN 0-9646078-4-0

"Co-published with the Obor Foundation this is a collection of nine articles/reprints (previously published elsewhere) on key issues affecting the book industries in the developing world. They cover topics such as multinationals and Third World publishing, the economics of publishing, copyright, distribution, educational publishing and book provision, the transition from state to private sector publishing, and electronic publishing and new technologies that have transformed the book publishing process." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 215)

Introduction: Publishing, Independence, and Development / Philip G. Altbach and Damtew Teferra
1 Current Trends in Book Publishing / Philip G. Altbach
2 Multinationals and Third World Publishing / Gordon Graham
3 The Economics of Book Publishing / Datus C. Smith
4 International Copyright / Paul Gleason
5 Distribution: The Neglected Link in the Publishing Chain / Amadio A. Arboleda
6 Educational Publishing and Book Provision / Pernille Askerud
7 The Transition from State to Commercial Publishing Systems in African Countries / Paul Brickhill
8 Electronic Publishing: New Technologies and Publishing / Czeslaw Jan Grycz
9 Publishing in the Third World: Issues and Trends for the Twenty-First Century / Philip G. Altbach

Topics:

Book Publishing in the Global South, Book Publishing & Development

Countries:

Global South, Developing Countries