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Books and Reading in China

Paris: UNESCO, Book Promotion and International Exchanges Division (1983), 43 pp.
"The editors attempt to provide "comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information, in both English and French, on libraries, publishers and the retail book trade, research institutions with publishing programs, book industry and literary associations, major periodicals and newspapers, government a ... more
"An examination of '' [...] the position of books in the service of international understanding and international trade in books, including distribution networks and problems. It then turns to the standards that have been set and other measures to liberalize the flow of books." (Introduction). A lon ... more

Books and Reading in Kenya

Paris: UNESCO (1982), 55 pp.
"One of a series of national monographs on the state of books and reading in a number of countries, in order to provide book professionals and the interested public with detailed surveys of matters relating to authorship, publishing, material production and distribution of books and reading. This mo ... more

The Book Today in Africa

Paris: UNESCO (1981), 210 pp.
"Sam Kotei’s book was one of the first major in-depth studies on the state of the book and publishing in Africa, in which the author looked back on a decade of special efforts to alleviate the “acute shortage of books” identified at the UNESCO meeting on books in Accra in 1968. The author note ... more
"Presents an overview of the problems and prospects of publishing in the Third World and includes a fairly comprehensive bibliography. In two parts, the first discusses major trends in the literature on publishing in the Third World and the second is the bibliography, listing books and journal artic ... more
"Utilise des entretiens avec le public, les éditeurs locaux et les distributeurs de livres afin de trouver des moyens d'améliorer le développement de la lecture en Afrique, d'une part, et une distribution plus efficace de matériel de lecture approprié, d'autre part. L'accent est mis sur le Tcha ... more
"Discussion of the creation, manufacture, distribution and promotion of books in indigenous languages in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Arab countries and Latin America. Appendixes include "Guidelines for the Promotion of Books in the Various Languages of Multilingual Countries" and a bibliogranhy." (Ele ... more

Perspectives on Publishing

Lexington, Mass.; Toronto: Lexington Books (1976), 283 pp.
A selected guide to publishers, distributors and booksellers in Latin America, with informations on specialists, branch offices, names of owners or managers, etc.
"La Conférence générale de l'Unesco a décidé de convoquer une série de réunions régionales sur la promotion et la distribution du livre, dont la première consacrée à l'Asie s'est réunie à Tokyo, du 25 au 31 mai 1966. Dans le présent document, on trouve le rapport de cette réunion (pp. ... more