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The Industry of Books and Publishing in the Development of ACP Countries
[no publisher] (2009), 18 pp.
"A paper presented to an international colloquium "Culture and Creativity as Vectors of Development" held in Brussels, April 2-3, 2009. The author provides an overview of the current state of book publishing in the ACP countries of francophone Africa, and their impact as an integral part of the cult
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Von rücksichtsloser Dominanz zu verantwortungsbewusstem Miteinander? Zur Rolle britisch-multinationaler Verlage in der Entwicklung der Buchmärkte des anglophonen Afrika
Mainz: Institut für Buchwissenschaft der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Master Thesis (2009), iii, 186 pp.
"Diese Masterarbeit ist eine umfassend dokumentierte Studie über die Rolle der britischen multinationalen Verlage in Afrika und ihrer Niederlassungen und Tochtergesellschaften auf dem Kontinent. Zunächst werden die Hintergründe der Aktivitäten britischer multinationaler Verlage in Afrika in der
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Media and Identity in Africa
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), xvii, 333 pp.
Politics and Book Publishing in the Pacific Islands
Wollongong: University of Wollongong, Doctoral Thesis (2008), xii, 407 pp.
"This dissertation discusses interactions between politics and book publishing by missions and colonial governments in areas of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia over approximately 200 years [...] From its inception, book publishing in the Pacific Islands has been a significant instrument of ideo
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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.
Dicionário do livro: Da escrita ao livro electrónico
Coimbra: Almedina (2008), 1285 pp.
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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Status quo der betriebswirtschaftlichen Erfolgsfaktoren bei Büchern
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 55, issue 3 (2007), pp. 412-441
"In diesem Aufsatz wird der Status quo der theoretischen und empirischen Erfolgsfaktorenforschung für belletristische Bücher aufgezeigt. Die abgeleiteten Einflussfaktoren, die zentrale Steuerungsgrößen für das Management der Verlagshäuser darstellen, werden nach den vier Elementen des Marketin
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Langenscheidt Praxiswörterbuch Verlagswesen und Buchhandel Englisch
München et al.: Langenscheidt (2007), 107 pp.
The Politics of Publishing in South Africa
London; Scotsville: Holger Ehling Publishing; University of Natal Press (2006), 300 pp.
"This is a major study on publishing in South Africa, providing an in-depth analysis of the book industry, reviewing its social and historical context, and examining its role as a strategic industry in South Africa's future development. With contributions by some of the country's leading book profes
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Hunger for Books
Africa Quarterly (New Delhi), volume 46, issue 1 (2006), pp. 28-29
"Indian books have increasingly begun to find a market in Africa and Indian publishers now find it both lucrative and important to attend book fairs in different African countries. One of the advantages that Indian publishers have is in terms of prices. They are able to produce good quality books at
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Knowledge Production and Publishing in Africa
CODESRIA Bulletin (Dakar), issue 3-4 (2005), pp. 31-34
"The point is that Africa, whether South, East or West, is still dominated by Western publishers. They have been doing sterling work. But the fact that only a small section of locals have control over what is published has implications for the kind of material that is published." (GIZ Library Bonn)
Changing Public-Private Partnerships in the African Book Sector
Oxford: African Books Collective (2005), xiv, 264 pp.
From Papyrus to Print-Out: The Book in Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Bibliophilia Africana 8 Conference Proceedings, Centre of the Book Cape Town, 11-14 May 2005
Pretoria and Cape Town: National Library of South Africa, Centre of the Book (2005), 297 pp.
"Loosely divided into three sections that focus on the past, the present, and the future, the papers in the proceedings of the 2005 Bibliophilia Africana conference offer a wide variety of contributions on the state of the book in Africa, and on topics such as promoting a reading culture, book and n
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