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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
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Russlands Buchproduktion und Buchmarkt in Jahre 1997
Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurt Book Fair (1998), 26 pp.
Buchlandschaften: Das BuchMarktBuch 2
Wien: Buchkultur Verlagsgesellschaft (1998), 197 pp.
Report on the National Consultation Forum on the Development of Botswana's National Book Policy: Boipuso Conference and Exhibition Centre, Gaborone, Botswana, 6th-8th October, 1997
Gaborone; London: Ministry of Education; Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (1997), 81 pp.
"The report of a consultation forum which brought together 58 participants from book-related organizations and institutions in Botswana, and which was convened to identify the key issues in book development, the problems facing the book industries in Botswana, and the way forward to lead to the esta
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Publishing and Book Trade in Kenya
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
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A Guide to Sustainable Book Provision
Key Guides
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
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Guidelines for the Conduct and Organization of National Book Sector Consultations
Paris: UNESCO-DANIDA Basic Learning Materials Initiative (1997), 44 pp.
"The UNESCO/DANIDA Basic Learning Materials Initiative originated in the International Consultative Forum on Education for All. The first phase of the programme began in 1993, with a survey of the book sector in selected countries, and culminated in the publication of a manual entitled “A Guide to
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The Challenge of the Market: Privatization and Publishing in Africa
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
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Publishing in Africa: One Man's Perspective
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
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Afrique, quel marché de la culture? La production et la diffusion des biens culturels et médiatiques de l'Afrique francophone subsaharienne
Paris: Haut Conseil de la Francophonie (1996), 182 pp.
"Examine la production et la distribution de matériel culturel et multimédia en Afrique francophone subsaharienne et l'impact des nouvelles technologies sur les réseaux de communication." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 378)
Les métiers du livre en Afrique francophone: Situation et besoins de formation
Deep Insights
Bordeaux: Agence de la Francophonie (ACCT), Ecole Internationale de la Francophonie (EIF) (1996), 217 pp.
"Un aperçu complet et un rapport de situation sur l'état du livre et des industries du livre dans six pays d'Afrique francophone, dont deux en Afrique de l'Ouest : Côte d'Ivoire (Marie Agathe Amoikon & Omar Sylla) et Sénégal (Madieyna Ndiaye) ; deux en Afrique centrale : Cameroun (David N'dachi
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Publishing and Book Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Annotated Bibliography
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
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The German Book Trade at Home and Abroad
Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurt Book Fair (1995), 311 pp.
Development Directory of Indigenous Publishing
Harare: African Publishers Network (APNET) (1995), xii, 199 pp.
"Contains essays on aspects of indigenous publishing in various African countries, overviews on the state of publishing in specific regions, a directory of book trade publications and reference sources published in five African countries, plus two inventories of (i) African book development organiza
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International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia
Deep Insights
London; Chicago: Fritzroy Dearborn Publishers (1995), xxvi, 736 pp.
"The first part [...] deals with [...] topics as copyright protection, desktop advances, the role of the editor, multinational publishers, scholarly publishing, best-sellers, and more. Major essays explore the nature and impact of the new technologies, changing patterns of readership, scientific pub
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Promoting Technical Publishing in Africa
Wageningen: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (1994), 129 pp.
"The proceedings of an important seminar sponsored by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation of ACP-EU/CTA held in the Netherlands in November 1992 that brought together some 60 professionals from the book industries in 22 countries. The seminar examined the obstacles facing the
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"Provides an insight into the changing book situation in Zambia and highlights the shortage of books in general and books for children in particular. Asserts that the industry has a solid base upon which to build." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 11
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