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Publishing and the Book Sector in Africa Today: A Synopsis
African Book Publishing Record, volume 49, issue 1 (2023), pp. 7-12
"A pilot edition of a new, freely accessible reference resource, Publishing & Book Culture in Africa: A Repository of Selected Resources, was launched in April 2022, and subsequently updated and expanded in October of that year. A final edition is to appear on the soon to be launched website of the
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Women in African Publishing and the Book Trade: A Series of Profiles. Series II
African Book Publishing Record, volume 48, issue 2 (2022), pp. 1-69
"The gains made by African women publishers need to be safeguarded and consolidated, however it is still not straightforward for women to publish. We shall no doubt see more women publishers establishing and heading publishing houses. …There are issues, relevant across the board in Africa, includi
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Women in African Publishing and the Book Trade: A Series of Profiles
African Book Publishing Record, volume 47, issue 1 (2021), pp. 8-43
"The late Asenath Bole Odaga, one of the pioneers of women in publishing in Africa and founder of Lake Publishers & Enterprises Ltd in Kenya in 1983, in an account of her early experience as a publisher, wrote1 that she found it to be an uphill struggle initially, and was confronted by male colleagu
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African Publishers’ Associations on the Web: An Inventory and Directory
African Book Publishing Record, volume 47, issue 3 (2021), pp. 228-233
"Back in June 2019 the International Publishers Association (IPA) stated that 40 African publishers’ associations had gathered ahead of a two-day IPA seminar in Nairobi, as the International Publishers Association signed a Memoranda of Understanding with the African Publishers Network and the Asso
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Indigenous Publishing in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Chronology and Some Landmarks
African Research & Documentation, issue 136 (2019), pp. 36-61
"This chronological timeline sets out some of the key dates, events, and landmarks in the development of indigenous publishing in Sub-Saharan Africa. It also includes details of the major conferences, meetings or seminars on African publishing, held in Africa or at venues elsewhere, since 1968. An e
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Publishing in Africa: Where Are We Now? An Update for 2019
Zell Publishing Consultants (2019), 50 pp.
"This article is a sequel, and update, to a two-part article published in Logos. Journal of the World Publishing Community in 2008/09, which analysed the state of the book industries in sub-Saharan Africa thirty-five years after the major conference on ‘Publishing & Book Development in Africa’ t
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Publishing & the Book in Africa: A Literature Review for 2018
Zell Publishing Consultants (2019), 80 pp.
"This is the fourth in a series of annual reviews of select new literature in English that has appeared on the topic of publishing and the book sector in sub-Saharan Africa [...] Extensively annotated and/or with abstracts, the present list brings together new literature published during the course
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Publishing in African Languages: A Review of the Literature
Zell Publishing Consultants (2018), 74 pp.
"This literature survey is an attempt to bring together some of the literature on an important and challenging, and one could well say neglected aspect of the African book sector, that of publishing in African languages, an area that greatly impacts literary production in many ways. It aims to make
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Publishing & the Book in Africa: A Literature Review for 2017
Zell Publishing Consultants (2018), 77 pp.
"The third in a series of annual reviews of select new literature in English that has appeared on the topic of publishing and the book sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Extensively annotated and/or with abstracts, the present list brings together new literature published during the course of 2017, a tot
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Publishing & the Book in Africa: A Literature Review for 2016
Zell Publishing Consultants (2017), 74 pp.
"This is the second in a series of annual reviews of select new literature in English that has appeared on the topic of publishing and book development in sub-Saharan Africa. Extensively annotated and/or with abstracts, the present list brings together new literature published during the course of 2
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Publishing & the Book in Africa: A Literature Review for 2015
Zell Publishing Consultants (2016), 39 pp.
"A review of select new literature in English that has appeared on the topic of publishing and book development in Africa published during the course of 2015. It covers books, papers in edited collections, journal articles, Internet documents and reports, interviews, as well as a number of blog post
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Book Donation Programmes for Africa: Time for a Reappraisal? Part I
Zell Publishing Consultants (2015), 109 pp.
"This investigation attempts to shed more light on current book donation practices, and provides an overview and profiles of the work of the principal book aid organizations active in the English-speaking parts of sub-Saharan Africa; describing how they differ in their approach and strategies, donat
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Print Vs Electronic, and the ‘digital Revolution’ in Africa
Lochcarron, Wester Ross: Hans Zell Publishing (2013), 30 pp.
"This article takes a critical look at the print vs digital debate in Africa, taking stock of the current position as it relates to electronic publishing and the use of electronic reading devices in (English-speaking) sub-Saharan Africa, and the rapidly changing publishing environment on the contine
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Publishing in Africa: Where Are We Now? Part Two: Accomplishments and Failures
Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community, volume 20, issue 1-4 (2009), pp. 79-90
"Reviews the activities and achievements of a number of African book trade and book promotional organizations, thereafter examines the progress that has been achieved in some areas affecting the book sector, and discusses issues such as the World Bank as a major player in African publishing, digital
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Book and Journals Assistance and Donation Programmes
In: Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
Glais Bheinn, Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing (2008), pp. 376-389
"This section of a major bibliography consists of 55 selected and critically annotated entries on book publishing assistance programmes in Africa published mainly between 1990-2006." (commbox)
Publishing in Africa: Where Are We Now? Part One: Some Spurious Claims Debunked
Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community, volume 19, issue 4 (2008), pp. 187-195
"An attempt to analyze the state of the book industries in sub-Saharan Africa thirty-five years after the major conference on publishing and book development in Africa that was held at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria, in 1973. Part one of this two-part article starts
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Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
Deep Insights
Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 3rd ed. (2008), xlix, 712 pp.
The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources
Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 4th ed. (2006), xxx, 833 pp.
The African Publishing Companion: A Resource Guide
Lochcarron, Scotland: Hans Zell Publishers (2002), 356 pp.
"Containing over 1,600 entries and extensively cross-referenced, this is a comprehensive albeit now dated documentation and information resource on African publishing and the book trade. Content includes (1) a directory of almost 700 African publishers’ email addresses and Web sites (where availab
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Marketing African Books Worldwide: The ABC Experience
In: Book Marketing and Promotion: A Handbook of Good Practice
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2001), pp. 225-243
"A detailed account of the marketing methods and strategies employed by the Oxford-based African Books Collective, to promote and sell a very wide range of African-published books in the countries of the North. It describes the type of promotional materials produced, mailing lists and other marketin
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