"Obwohl sich Kolumbien inzwischen zu einem der wichtigsten Buchexporteure Lateinamerikas entwickelt hat, ist die rasante Entwicklung der kolumbianischen Buchproduktion und Buchkultur bisher im Verborgenen verlaufen. Inka Ihmels bietet eine vor Ort recherchierte Darstellung der vier wichtigsten Einfl
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ussfaktoren der Buchkultur in Kolumbien: Die Entwicklung des kolumbianischen Buchmarktes, die Entstehung des Kinder- und Jugendbuchmarktes, das Wachstum der kolumbianischen Bibliothekslandschaft und das Wirken der verschiedenen Institutionen zur Leseförderung. Die Verbreitung des Buches in der kolumbianischen Gesellschaft wird aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln beleuchtet und die wichtigsten Akteure auf dem Buchmarkt, in der Bibliothekslandschaft und in der Leseförderung vorgestellt." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Offre une approche socio-économique de l'édition et des marchés du livre au Burkina Faso. Il examine les aspects infrastructurels et le cadre organisationnel de la filière du livre et aborde des questions telles que les méthodes de distribution et l'émergence de librairies non conventionnelle
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s à Ouagadougou, connues sous le nom de « librairies par terre." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 445)
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"Aquí se procura estudiar la industria editorial argentina en un período de 120 años, lapso en el que se advierten los avatares de una autonomía amenazada, ora por la política, ora por el mercado. Para hacerlo, se dividió el período de estudio en las siguientes etapas: 1880-1899: el surgimien
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to de un mercado editorial, a cargo de Sergio Pastormerlo; 1900-1919: la época de organización del espacio editorial, a cargo de Margarita Merbilháa; 1920-1937: la emergencia del editor moderno, a cargo de Verónica Delgado y Fabio Espósito; 1938-1955: la "época de oro" de la industria editorial, a cargo de José Luis de Diego, quien dirigió los trabajos de investigación; 1956-1975: la consolidación del mercado interno, a cargo de Amelia Aguado; 1976-1989: la crisis de la industria editorial durante la dictadura y la democracia, a cargo de José Luis de Diego; 1990-2000: la concentración y la polarización de la industria editorial, a cargo de Malena Botto, y un anexo cronológico sobre aspectos legales e institucionales de la industria editorial argentina, a cargo de Silvia Naciff." (Página web Fondo de Cultura Económica, 06.02.2011)
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"An analysis of the book markets in Nigeria, providing general background, details of the education system, together with overviews of the general, academic and professional, and school book markets, and supported by a wide range of appendices and tables." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading
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in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 849)
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"Une vue synoptique de la filière du livre et des acteurs qui la composent, dans 14 pays d'Afrique francophone aujourd'hui. L'auteur cherche à faire la lumière sur l'état actuel des industries du livre dans ces pays et, pour chaque pays, fournit un contexte historique et éducatif, des chiffres
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sur les importations de livres (livres importés de France), une évaluation de l'« environnement du livre » avec de brèves informations sur les principales bibliothèques publiques et universitaires, les principales librairies, suivies de descriptions et de profils d'éditeurs et de la nature de leur liste, d'auteurs notables, de domaines de spécialisation, etc. Apparemment, les informations recueillies pour cet ouvrage étaient basées sur une série de questionnaires envoyés aux éditeurs, qui n'ont pas tous répondu. Il est assez surprenant de constater qu'aucun détail sur les associations professionnelles du livre n'est mentionné pour aucun des pays, ni le rôle joué par des organisations panafricaines telles que le Réseau des éditeurs africains. L'ouvrage est également dépourvu de tout appareil documentaire." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 408)
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"This collection of essays was published to honour Chief Aigboje Higo on his 70th birthday. Higo, by many considered to be the doyen of Nigerian book publishing, was a founding father and two-time president of the Nigerian Publishers Association, and for many years Managing Director and later Chairm
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an of Heinemann Educational Publishers (Nigeria) plc. The 15 contributions that are brought together in this Festschrift include essays by many prominent members of the African book professions, including Bodunde Bankole, Henry Chakava, Ayo Odeniyi, the late Victor Nwankwo, as well as Keith Sambrook, a former director of Heinemann's in the UK, whose chapter recounts the story of his visit to Nigeria in 1964 when he and the late Alan Hill (then Chair of Heinemann's) met up with Aig Higo and asked him to join HEB and take charge of their business in Nigeria and West Africa. There are also papers on the economics of publishing, training for book industry personnel, and Bodunde Bankole presents an interesting account of the history and development of the Nigerian Publishers Association and its collaboration with international book trade organizations to provide more visibility for Nigerian book publishing output. A flawed index apart, this is a valuable source of information on the development of publishing and the book trade in Nigeria, and also provides useful overviews of publishing practise in the country." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 755)
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"The Brazilian publishing market is optimistic about its near future. According to the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL - Câmara Brasileira do Livro), the main organization of the sector in Brazil, which comprises all professionals at the national level, the prospects are “favorable, considered to be
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the best in 20 years.” In the short term, the forecast for 2005 is for sales expansion and growth in book production, with title prices staying the same for the next two years without scheduled increases. Both factors result from government initiatives that became effective at the beginning of 2005, for the purpose of reducing taxes related to the book publishing sector. In the long term, throughout the remaining of this decade, a general market expansion is expected with an increase in the number of readers." (Executive summary)
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"In many countries, dedicated plans and policies have been implemented to increase and develop the book publishing sector. In these interventions, books have been recognised as unique products deserving different and exceptional interventions. The salient issues pertaining to book development includ
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e: investment in local authorship and translations; adequate copyright protection; financial assistance to the private sector through subsidies, incentives etc. in various forms; identifying the factors influencing the cost of books and developing strategies to reduce these; securing the necessary political will so that the sector is afforded priority status; human resource development. A South African policy would need to include the above issues, and specific attention would also need to be paid to those factors that would ensure the active participation of those previously marginalised." (Executive summary, page 7-8)
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"A short but succinct four page overview of the book publishing industry in Nigeria, which has been in steady decline since the 1980s: "At one stage, prospects for the book industry in Nigeria appeared rosy. The Federal Government established paper and pulp making industries, and an elaborate plan w
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as drawn up for achieving self- sufficiency in the production of books for the nursery/primary, secondary, and tertiary tiers of education. Unfortunately all that, or most of it, collapsed following the nation's economic downturn of the 1980s. Book famine descended on Nigeria." The author examines various initiatives to improve the state of the book sector to make it meet the needs of the educational system, government decrees regarding indigenous publishing, national book policies (or the lack of it rather at the present time), a national book development council (which has been dormant for years), and other interventions." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 799)
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"A comprehensive analysis of the South African book markets, providing general background, details of the education system, together with overviews of the general, academic and professional, and school book markets, and supported by a wide range of appendices and tables." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing,
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Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 971)
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"An analysis of the book markets in Kenya, providing general background, details of the education system, together with overviews of the general, academic and professional, and school book markets, and supported by a wide range of appendices and tables." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in
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Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 589)
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