Publishing in Africa: One Man's Perspective
Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers;Bellagio Publishing Network (1996), 182 pp.
Series: Bellagio Studies in Publishing, 6
Signature commbox: 100:20-Books 1996
"A collection of articles by one of Africa's most prolific commentators on the African publishing scene, bringing together his writings on diverse topics, such as autonomous publishing, book marketing and distribution, author-publisher relations, regional cooperation, the World Bank and African publishing, reading promotion, the inequalities of international copyright, the problems of censorship and government repression, and book marketing and distribution." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 269)
Introduction, 1
1 Kenyan Publishing: Independence and Dependence, 5
2 Private Enterprise Publishing in Kenya: A Long Struggle for Emancipation, 45
3 Publishing Ngugi: The Challenge, the Risk, and the Reward, 55
4 An Autonomous African Publishing House: A Model, 65
5 International Copyright and Africa: The Unequal Exchange, 75
6 Reading in Africa—Some Obstacles, 95
7 Book Marketing and Distribution: The Achilles’ Heel of African Publishing, 109
8 Pricing Publications, 135
Appendix 1: An Indigenous African Book Publishing Industry: In Search of a New Beginning, 149
Appendix 2: Publishing and State Censorship in Kenya, 157
Appendix 3: Reading Promotion in South Saharan Africa, 163
Appendix 4: The World Bank and African Publishing, 171
Appendix 5: The African Publishers’ Network: An Overview, 177
1 Kenyan Publishing: Independence and Dependence, 5
2 Private Enterprise Publishing in Kenya: A Long Struggle for Emancipation, 45
3 Publishing Ngugi: The Challenge, the Risk, and the Reward, 55
4 An Autonomous African Publishing House: A Model, 65
5 International Copyright and Africa: The Unequal Exchange, 75
6 Reading in Africa—Some Obstacles, 95
7 Book Marketing and Distribution: The Achilles’ Heel of African Publishing, 109
8 Pricing Publications, 135
Appendix 1: An Indigenous African Book Publishing Industry: In Search of a New Beginning, 149
Appendix 2: Publishing and State Censorship in Kenya, 157
Appendix 3: Reading Promotion in South Saharan Africa, 163
Appendix 4: The World Bank and African Publishing, 171
Appendix 5: The African Publishers’ Network: An Overview, 177
