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The Rise of E-Reading

Lee Rainie, Kathryn Zickuhr, Kristen Purcell, Mary Madden, Joanna Brenner

Washington, DC: Pew Research Center, Internet & American Life Project (2012), 68 pp.

"The rise of e-books in American culture is part of a larger story about a shift from printed to digital material. Using a broader definition of e-content in a survey ending in December 2011, some 43% of Americans age 16 and older say they have either read an e-book in the past year or have read oth ... more

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The Participatory Turn in the Publishing Industry: Rhetorics and Practices

Francesca Pasquali

CM: Èasopis za Upravljanje Komuniciranjem = Communication Management Quarterly, volume 6, issue 21 (2011), pp. 203-219

"One of the cultural and media areas in which the issue of participation – with all its ambiguity – has recently emerged to full significance is the area of literature and publishing. Following the music, film and television industries, the publishing industry is in fact facing a vast renewal du ... more

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The Global EBook Market: Current Conditions and Future Projections

Rüdiger Wischenbart

[author] (2011), 39 pp.

"In Europe, Germany and France are ahead in digitally embracing trade books, notably !ction, yet are clearly behind the US and UK. But countries as diverse as Austria, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden have recently seen the implementation of an ebook distribution infrastructure, and at lea ... more

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No Shelf Required: E-Books in Libraries

Sue Polanka (ed.)

Chicago: American Library Association (2011), xiii, 182 pp.

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Digital Publishing in Developing Countries
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Octavio Kulesz

Paris: International Alliance of Independent Publishers (2011), 155 pp.

"Is it conceivable that there may be an autonomous evolution of digital publications in developing countries, entirely independent of the richest nations? What support policies could be implemented to promote the growth of this new industry and accompany traditional actors in the process of adapting ... more

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Publishing for Profit: Successful Bottom-Line Management for Book Publishers
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Thomas Woll

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, revised and expanded 4th ed. (2010), xxvi, 373 pp.

Publishing for Profit is all about the business side of publishing. It focuses on managerial organization (e.g. defining market niches, budgeting, cash flow) and functional organization strategies and techniques (e.g. editorial process management, sales, subsidiary rights, fulfilment). A special cha ... more

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Scholarly Publishing in Africa: Opportunities & Impediments

Solani Ngobeni (ed.)

Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa (2010), xxv, 378 pp.

"The proceedings of a conference held at the Africa Institute of South Africa in 2009, this is a major new collection of essays on the state of scholarly publishing in Africa, with a strong emphasis on the situation in South Africa. The conference was convened, and the papers published, in an attemp ... t to influence “policymakers and other relevant stakeholders in developing an enabling environment for scholarly publishing to thrive.” Containing a total of 26 papers – all of them, usefully, preceded by abstracts – content is arranged under seven sections: (i) The State of Research Publishing in Africa, (ii) The State of Scholarly Publishing in Africa, (iii) The Challenges of Book Distribution, (iv) The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Scholarly Publishing, (v) Alternative Publishing Models, (vi) The Politics of Peer Review in Scholarly Publishing, and (vii) Scholarly Publishing and Intellectual Property Development in Africa. While the majority of the contributors are from South Africa, other contributors include Kenyan veteran publisher Henry Chakava, James Currey of James Currey Publishers, Mary Jay, Chief Executive of the Oxford-based African Books Collective, and a number of academics from the West African region. The book is particularly strong in overviews of scholarly publishing in South Africa, covering both book and journal publishing. It offers some interesting discussions and fresh insights about alternative publishing and distribution models, with articles reporting about new initiatives and strategy approaches, and also including papers on the politics and practise of the peer review process, and on South African intellectual property rights. One or two papers, by academics from other regions of Africa, unfortunately are weak and poorly informed about the current state of scholarly publishing in Africa, for example citing literature that goes back to books and articles published in the 1970s and 1980s. However, the book can be seen as a useful companion to ‘African Scholarly Publishing Essays’, edited by Alois Mlambo, and published by African Books Collective in 2006." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2581) more

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PA Guide to Going Digital

Linda Bennett

London: Publishers Association (2010), viii, 208 pp.

This guide is constructed partly as a "how to" guide, partly as a survey of markets and models, focusing especially on e-books and e-content. It also includes sections on audiobooks and digital printing.

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