"This benchmark volume stems from the papers commissioned for a major international seminar on Publishing in the Third World, held at Bellagio, Italy, in February 1991. It presents the first full scale discussion of publishing in Asia and Africa, and features perspectives from 25 prominent publisher
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s and recognized leaders in the field. It aims to provide a better understanding of the problems and the accomplishments of book publishing in Africa and Asia. Includes discussions of innovative ideas in Third World publishing, loan guarantee programmes, joint marketing and distribution, translation programmes and co-publication. Other papers analyse a number of programmes and initiatives sponsored by Western agencies, the World Bank, and multilateral programmes." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 211)
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"A comprehensive discussion of the origins and development, successes and failures, and opportunities and challenges of the Kenyan book industry, which spans from the time of Kenya's independence to the present day [1992]. Begins by discussing the state of the industry at independence, the coming of
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foreign publishers, the creation of new institutions and the advent of local publishers. Continues with an analysis of the present state of affairs [early 1990s] of all areas of the book sector, concluding that the percentage of books imported is still too high, and recommending strategies for reversing this trend." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 595)
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"Cette recherche propose un bilan statistique de la production litteraire africaine et une analyse des conditions materielles et economiques de production et de circulation des textes, tous deux revises a la lumiere des facteurs sociologiques et ideologiques qui les influencent." (Résumé)
"An overview of plans, strategies, policies and recommendations for textbook provision in Mozambique, especially for primary school texts." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 702)
"A report on the state of the book sector commissioned by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education, funded by the World Bank and Overseas Development Administration, and carried out by the British Council and the Book Development Council." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan
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Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 846)
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"Describes the situation regarding the state of book provision in Angola, examining key issues in book supply, predicting future needs, and reviewing curriculum development, local authorship and local publishing capacity." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008
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, nr. 419)
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"The paucity of textbooks on mass communications in Nigeria, the economic restrictions on the importation of books, the continued increase of mass communications training institutions together with the concomitant increase in the number of trainees and practitioners of this profession, inform the th
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eme of this publication. The sixteen contributions, by experts drawn from both the communications and publishing industry in Nigeria, are divided into four parts: general overview of the publishing industry in Nigeria (4 papers), research needed for communications book production (4), the contents of mass communications books (6) and distribution and production costs (2)." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 749)
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"Contending that book publishing, whether viewed as a business or as an art, needs to be examined on a supra-national level, Curwen combines research and insight to construct a clearer picture that shows "how the pieces of the worldwide book industry fit together." Rather than breaking it down count
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ry by country he takes it by its components. Two introductory chapters, "The Structure of the Book Industry," and "International Trade in Books," are followed by "Market Trends," "Book Distribution," "Libraries," "Reading and Owning Books, " "The Price of Books, " "Copyright, " "Book Printing," and "Electronic Publishing."Conclusions are backed by numerous tables and charts, and statistical appendixes give country-by-country figures. Although there is no bibliography, Curwen shows in his tables the sources of his statistics." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1031)
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