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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 ... more

Manuscript and Print in the Islamic Tradition

Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter (2022), viii, 374 pp.
"This volume explores and calls into question certain commonly held assumptions about writing and technological advancement in the Islamic tradition. In particular, it challenges the idea that mechanical print naturally and inevitably displaces handwritten texts as well as the notion that the so-cal ... more
"Engagement with Christian manuscripts – Eastern and Western – and with ancient and rare printed books makes evident a growing interest in material and codicological aspects of our book heritage. In other words, it evinces an emerging curiosity about the non-textual realities of books – at lea ... more

Lectores, editores y cultura impresa en Colombia, siglos XVI-XXI

Bogotá: Editorial Utadeo;Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2018), 496 pp.
"Las contribuciones reunidas en este volumen buscan dar un paso en el esfuerzo por exami-nar las condiciones y problemas que han rodeado y rodean la producción, circulación y usos del libro en un país poco conocedor de su historia libresca y editorial. Los textos reconstruyen diversos momentos en ... more

Mercado editorial brasileiro

São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA) (2018), 61 pp.
"Tendo como pressuposto inicial a afirmação de que o ato de compra de um livro indica uma demanda cultural por parte do comprador ou do potencial leitor, e assumindo a correlata afirmação de que os títulos mais difundidos em determinada sociedade em dada época podem indicar suas dominantes cul ... more

Reclams Sachlexikon des Buches

Stuttgart: Reclam, 3., vollst. überarb. und aktual. Aufl. (2015), 475 pp.
"Dieses Sachlexikon bietet nun bereits in dritter, gründlich überarbeiteter und ergänzter Auflage Grundlagenwissen rund um das Medium Buch: von der Handschrift über das gedruckte Buch bis zum E-Book. Auch andere Schriftmedien wie das Flugblatt, die Zeitung oder die Zeitschrift sind berücksichti ... more
"Combining insights from imperial studies and transnational book history, this provocative collection opens new vistas on both fields through ten accessible essays, each devoted to a single book. Contributors revisit well-known works associated with the British empire, including Charlotte Brontë's ... more

A History of the Book in 100 Books

London: British Library (2014), 288 pp.

The Sacred Book

In: The Book: A Global History
Michael F. Suarez; H. R. Woudhuysen (eds.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2013), pp. 19-38

The Book: A Global History

Oxford: Oxford University Press (2013), xx, 748 pp.
"A concise edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Book, this book features the 51 articles from the Companion plus 3 brand new chapters in one affordable volume. The 54 chapters introduce readers to the fascinating world of book history. Including 21 thematic studies on topics such ... more

The History of the Book in the Muslim World

In: The Book: A Global History
Michael F. Suarez; H. R. Woudhuysen (eds.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2013), pp. 524-552

Missionary Printing

In: The Book: A Global History
Michael F. Suarez; H. R. Woudhuysen (eds.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2013), pp. 107-115
"As Europeans began to travel to all corners of the earth beginning in the 15th century, they were determined not only to conquer new lands but also to spread their faith. From Johann Gutenberg they had learned the power of the printed word, and were determined to use this revolutionary new technolo ... more
"There is a key and oft-repeated assumption that the book is not indigenous to Africa, and has a relatively short history here.1 Thus, to tell the story of the book in Africa, some would start with the coming of the first printing presses, brought to missions, colonies, and trading posts around the ... more
"As the manuscript treasures in the libraries of Timbuktu and throughout the northwestern quarter of Africa become known, many questions are raised. How did a manuscript culture flourish in the Sahara and in Muslim Africa more generally? Under what conditions did African intellectuals thrive, and ho ... more

The Historic "Core Curriculum" and the Book Market in Islamic West Africa

In: The Trans-Saharan Book Trade
Bruce S. Hall; Charles C. Stewart (eds.)
Brill (2011), pp. 109-174
"Much work has been done to map out the contours of Islamic intellectual production in West Africa before the twentieth century. However, we still do not understand very well the process by which ideas and texts circulated in the region. Lists of specific books imported by West Africans during the n ... more

Arabic Books

In: Arab Media: Globalization and Emerging Media Industries
Noha Mellor; Muhammad Ayish; Nabil Dajani; Khalil Rinnawi (eds.)
Cambridge; Maldon, Mass.: Polity Press (2011), pp. 29-44

Una especie de industria fabril: Libros

In: Valor y símbolo: dos siglos de industrias culturales en la Argentina
Natalia Calcagno; Gabriel D. Lerman (dir.)
[Buenos Aires]: Presidencia de la Nación, Secretaría de Cultura;Sistema de Información Cultural de la Argentina (SInCA) (2010), pp. 46-71

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 ... more
"The author believes that, in many respects, the history of the book remains ‘terra incognita’, despite the work that has been done in the field, and here presents a brief survey of the research that has been conducted on this topic in Germany, France and Tunisia, and the literature that is avai ... more