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The African Publishers’ Networking Directory 1999/2000

Oxford: African Books Collective, 3rd ed. (1999), 72 pp.

"A reference guide and networking tool for all those interested in the book industries and book development in Africa. The directory provides detailed information on some 300 major and/or most active publishers operating in Africa [at 1999], giving very full information for each entry, including nam ... more

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Report of the Regional Consultation for Asia-Pacific Co-Operative Programme in Reading Promotion and Book Development (APPREB): Tokyo 20-21 November 1997

Tokyo: Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) (1999), 73 pp.

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The African Writers’ Handbook
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James Gibbs, Jack Mapanje (eds.)

Oxford: African Books Collective (1999), xxiv, 432 pp.

"This handbook is not only a very useful reference tool for writers, but also presents something of a benchmark volume on the sensitive and sometimes hotly debated issue of author-publisher relations. The book aims to provide all the answers African writers will want to know about publishing, how to ... more

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Indaba 99: Women's Voices. Gender, Books and Development

Harare: Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust (1999), 296 pp.

"A collection of thirty-six papers, report-backs and discussions from the Zimbabwe International Book Fair Indaba 1999. The papers are grouped in four parts: those from the plenary sessions; Publishing; Writing; Research; and Access." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, ... more

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The South African Publishing Industry Report: Report to the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. Final Report, November 1998

Pretoria: Department of the Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST) (1998), 77 pp.

"A report commissioned by the South African government's Department (now Ministry) of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology to research South Africa's cultural industries and propose strategies for their growth and development. The term "cultural industries" is used here to describe a wide variety o ... more

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The Future of Indigenous Publishing in Africa

Development Dialogue (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation) (1997), pp. 1-143

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The Development and Future of Publishing in Africa: 12 Years After Arusha I

Walter Bgoya

Development Dialogue (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation), issue 1-2 (1997), pp. 15-38

"In this overview of indigenous publishing in Africa today and the industry’s requirements for the future, Walter Bgoya writes: ‘Three scenarios for the future of publishing in Africa are easily discernible: one, African publishing playing an insignificant role, the source of books and reading m ... more

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Ikhtarna Laka (We Have Selected for You): A Critique of Egypt's Revolutionary Culture

Menachem Klein

Orient (Opladen), volume 38, issue 4 (1997), pp. 677-691

"Ikhtarna Laka's transformation from an indoctrination/propagandist organ to the nation's most important social science medium was a significant cultural event. In its heyday, the ideological direction of Ikhtarna Laka was distinctive, and the series expressed the schism between abstract knowledge a ... more

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Dictionary of Printing and Publishing

Peter H. Collin

Teddington: Peter Collin, 2nd ed. (1997), 348 pp.

"Includes clear definitions of over 9,000 words and expressions covering a wide range of topics relating to the printing and publishing industries: including papermaking, ink, printing and binding machines, typesetting, desktop publishing, editing, commissioning, contracts and rights." (Back cover)

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A Guide to Sustainable Book Provision
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Pernille Askerud

Paris: UNESCO (1997), 116 pp.

"While many other publication address the problems of developing local private publishing from a commercial and professional point of view, this guide is specifically designed for the purpose of creating a sustainable and affordable system for the provision of good quality learning materials for sch ... more

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Publishing and Book Trade in Kenya

Ruth Makotsi, Lili Nyariki

Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers;Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (1997), xvi, 172 pp.

"Financed by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, this is a major and in-depth study of the problems and obstacles encountered by the Kenyan publishing industry in the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of their books. The first four of seven chapters provide the historical background and present ... more

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The Challenge of the Market: Privatization and Publishing in Africa

Philip G. Altbach (ed.)

Bellagio Publishing Network (1996), 114 pp.

"This collection of papers focuses on the transition from state to private sector publishing in Africa. Two overview evaluations draw attention to the fact that the road to privatization is not necessarily an easy one, and that there are costs as well as benefits involved. Four cases studies, from G ... more

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The African Publisher: The Cultural Politics of Indigenous Publishing in Benin and Côte D’Ivoire

Simon Adetona Akindes

Athens, Ohio: Ohio University, Doctoral Thesis (1996), 260 pp.

"This PhD thesis, “theoretically informed by Giroux's concepts of border and critical pedagogy”, examines how indigenous publishers manage to give a voice to cultures in an environment characterized by conflicting interests mediated by the State. It aims to provide an understanding of “the int ... more

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Manufacturing and Consuming Knowledge: African Libraries and Publishing

Paul Tiyamba Zeleza

Development in Practice, volume 6, issue 4 (1996), pp. 293-303

"The article examines the problems facing African scholars and publishers, in the context of rapid developments in information technology and a deepening economic gulf between industrialised and Third World countries. Many of these problems, and conventional responses to them from libraries, publish ... more

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Publishing at the Service of Evangelization: Proceedings of the Seminar of the Catholic Publishers in Africa, Nairobi, 12-24 February 1996

Raymond Boisvert, Teresa Marcazzan (eds.)

Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa (1996), 192 pp.

"The report and papers of a two-week seminar organized by the Daughters of St. Paul which brought together representatives of 17 Catholic publishing houses from 13 African countries. The proceedings of the meeting focused on the role of the Catholic Church in publishing in Africa, but there are also ... more

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Encyclopedia of the Book

Geoffrey Ashall Glaister

Donald Farren (introduction)

New Castle, Del.; London: Oak Knoll Press;British Library, 2nd ed. (1996), xxiii, 551 pp.

"Containing nearly 4,000 entries of defined terms, Glaister's encyclopedia remains the definitive source on the book as an object and on bookmaking as a trade. There are entries for people (bookseller Thomas Gosden); businesses (Pelican Press); places (Little Britain); slang terms (the French livres ... more

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Creating a Conducive Environment for Book Publishing: Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference on Book Development, 27 April 1995, and the Third National Conference on Book Development, 14 May 1996, Held at the Conference Centre, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Chukwuemeka Ike

Awka: Nigerian Book Foundation (1996), 249 pp.

"Brings together the various presentations made at these two Nigerian Book Foundation conferences, as well as including the recommendations put forward at the meetings, and the text of the addresses presented during the formal opening ceremonies. The NBF's second conference concentrated on the need ... more

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Publishing and Book Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Annotated Bibliography

Hans M. Zell, Cécile Lomer

London: Hans Zell Publishers (1996), x, 409 pp.

"Contains over 2,200 entries covering books, serials, reference sources, reports, papers in edited collections, book-sector studies and similar documents, and periodical articles drawn from literature published in over 360 journals and magazines. Most entries have a short annotation. Supplementary v ... more

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Publishing in Africa: One Man's Perspective

Henry Chakava

Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers;Bellagio Publishing Network (1996), 182 pp.

"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 publ ... more

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Making Books Available and Affordable: Proceedings of the First Annual National Conference on Book Development, Held at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, April 25-29, 1994

Ezenwa-Ohaeto

Awka: Nigerian Book Foundation (1995), 136 pp.

"The papers from a conference organized by the Nigerian Book Foundation, which examined four possible solutions to overcome some of the formidable problems faced by the Nigerian book industries: (i) book subsidy schemes, (ii) self-sufficiency in materials for book production, (iii) exploitation of n ... more

The African Writers’ Handbook Key Guidance

A Guide to Sustainable Book Provision Key Guidance

The African Writers’ Handbook
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A Guide to Sustainable Book Provision
Key Guidance