"Diese Monografie bietet einen systematischen Überblick zu internationalen Buchmärkten und beleuchtet die Strukturen hinter dem globalen Fluss von Buchcontent. In detaillierter Recherche zusammengetragene Zahlen, Daten und Fakten zur Branche werden mit Grundlagen der Buchverlagswirtschaft kombinie
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rt und um neue empirische Erkenntnisse ergänzt. Ein spezieller Fokus liegt auf Buchmessen und ihrer Rolle für die Branche, mit Befunden aus Feldforschung auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse und der Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Außerdem wird ein Ausblick auf die Buchwirtschaft in Zeiten der Corona-Krise gegeben. Zielgruppe der Monografie sind alle Personen, die sich mit der Buchbranche - auch aus globaler Perspektive und hinsichtlich neuer (digitaler) Trends und Entwicklungen - vertraut machen möchten." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Das Wissen um Zusammenhänge im internationalen Buchgeschäft gewinnt in einem zunehmend globalisierten Buchmarkt an Bedeutung. In ökonomischer Hinsicht gilt es, Chancen und Risiken gegeneinander abzuwägen. In kultureller Hinsicht müssen die Auswirkungen eines transnationalen Buchmarktes hinterf
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ragt werden. Der vorliegende Band liefert Zahlen und Fakten, aber spricht auch grundsätzliche Probleme und buchpolitische Fragestellungen an." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"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
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el desarrollo de una cultura impresa local, que se vio delineada por políticas estatales, movilidades transnacionales y no pocos agentes y producciones que activaron cambios de relevancia dentro del espacio cultural nacional. El libro plantea un recorrido que parte desde el siglo XVI, antes de la llegada de la imprenta al territorio neogranadino, y se extiende hasta los albores del siglo XXI para examinar las nuevas condiciones del mundo del libro. Entre ambas orillas, se analiza el dinamismo tomado por el mundo impreso y sus mediado-res durante el siglo XIX, así como lo ocurrido en el siglo XX, cuando se produjo el momento de mayor modernización editorial y expansión de los grupos lectores colombianos." (Descripción de la casa editorial)
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"International trade in creative industries showed sustained growth in the last decade. The global market for traded creative goods and services totaled a record $547billion in 2012, as compared to $302 billion in 2003. Exports from developing countries, led by Asian countries, were growing faster t
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han exports from developed countries. Among developed country regions, Europe is the largest exporter of creative goods. In 2012, the top 5 creative goods exporters included Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium. Exports of creative goods from developed economies grew during the period 2003 to 2012, with export earnings rising from $134 billion to $197 billion. Among developing countries, China is the largest exporter of creative goods. In 2012, the top 5 exporters were China, Hong Kong, China, India, Turkey and South Korea. Exports of creative goods from developing economies grew during the period 2003 to 2012, with export earnings rising from $87 billion to $272 billion. Developing countries are playing an increasingly important role in international trade in creative industries." (Executive summary)
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"Diese Masterarbeit ist eine umfassend dokumentierte Studie über die Rolle der britischen multinationalen Verlage in Afrika und ihrer Niederlassungen und Tochtergesellschaften auf dem Kontinent. Zunächst werden die Hintergründe der Aktivitäten britischer multinationaler Verlage in Afrika in der
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Zeit vor der Unabhängigkeit und ihre anhaltende Dominanz in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren dargelegt sowie Aspekte der staatlichen Kontrolle des afrikanischen Verlagswesens zu dieser Zeit untersucht. Dann wird die Zeit der 1980er und 1990er Jahre beschrieben, als einheimische afrikanische Verlage zunehmend in den Vordergrund traten. Ein weiteres Kapitel befasst sich mit dem heutigen Stand des Verlagswesens und der Buchentwicklung in Afrika und geht der Frage nach, ob der Vorwurf der Dominanz oder Ausbeutung durch die multinationalen Unternehmen heute noch gerechtfertigt ist. Kritisch hinterfragt wird auch die Rolle der Weltbank bei der Bereitstellung von Büchern für Afrika und die abnehmende Rolle der Geberorganisationen bei der Unterstützung autonomer afrikanischer Verlage und des Buchsektors im Allgemeinen." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, nr. 2577, online at: http://www.hanszell.co.uk/pbrssa/index.shtml)
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"Alors que l’UNESCO a adopté, en 2005, une Convention sur la protection et la promotion de la diversité des expressions culturelles entendant ainsi soutenir la bibliodiversité, la présente étude entend démontrer que les échanges de livres, et plus précisément d’albums jeunesse, entre la
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France et l’Afrique francophone demeurent fortement déséquilibrés. Entre prédation française et difficultés d’accès aux marchés du Nord pour les éditeurs africains, des alternatives se mettent en place et portent la volonté d’un rééquilibrage des flux. Une nouvelle façon d’éditer, interculturelle et plus solidaire, fait également jour et incite à de plus respectueux échanges entres les professionnels et les cultures…pour éveiller au monde les jeunes lecteurs, citoyens de demain ?" (Note de synthèse)
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"El presente trabajo demuestra que existe una notable asimetría en el intercambio comercial de libros entre España y América Latina. Esta afirmación se sustenta en el comparativo que involucra exportaciones e importaciones de España y América Latina durante 2006 y 2007. Para explicar algunas d
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e las causas más evidentes de este desequilibrio, se presenta un panorama general de la situación de la industria editorial en los países latinoamericanos: debilidades más visibles, índices de lectura y el poder adquisitivo de su población. Cada uno de estos aspectos se contrasta con la situación en España, con el fin de aproximarnos a la comprensión de por qué el país ibérico domina el comercio internacional del libro en castellano. Al final se presenta una serie de medidas de realización inmediata que buscan atenuar el desequilibrio y fomentar, con base en la libre circulación del libro, el intercambio comercial entre los países de América Latina." (Resumen)
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"Following on an earlier study (Makotsi, 2000) on the inter-African book trade that was commissioned by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa: Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (ADEA) in association with the African Publishers Network (APNET), ADEA recommended that A
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PNET should facilitate the sharing of information between national publishers’ associations as it relates to the different procedures that need to be followed when exporting books from/to a particular African country, and with which all publishers and booksellers need to be familiar when embarking on the export of their books to another African country. Each national book trade association was asked to complete a detailed questionnaire setting out procedures, and the legal and fiscal regulations in each country. A total of 29 national book trade associations responded and completed questionnaires. Each country response offers useful information not only on aspects of book export/import procedures and financial aspects (e.g. customs tariffs on imports, exemptions, tax systems on inputs, other taxes such as VAT, export regulations, cost of financial transactions such as bank transfers, etc.), but also a variety of information on the “book chain” in each country, for example number and type of publishers, printers, booksellers and book distributors, public libraries, legislation on copyright, book trade associations, national book policy situation, and other information relating to the state of the book in each country. This a valuable and information-rich resource." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1890)
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"A detailed account of the marketing methods and strategies employed by the Oxford-based African Books Collective, to promote and sell a very wide range of African-published books in the countries of the North. It describes the type of promotional materials produced, mailing lists and other marketin
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g tools used, exhibits, Web site marketing, selling to particular markets (retail book trade, academic markets, children’s books, African literature, etc.), together with an assessment of trends and constraints, and an evaluation of future markets prospects for African-published material." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1281)
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"This book fills a gap in book marketing literature, as it focuses on marketing books in developing countries. It is, indeed, "a handbook on good practice". How much should you spend for your marketing budget? How to write effective copy? How much time does it take before the first book reviews appe
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ar? Is it worthwile to attend the Frankfurt book fair? When should editors rent direct mailing lists? How to organize the overseas distribution? The author gives no simple recipes in this book, but he describes the experiences he has accumulated for more than thirty years of professional life in Africa-related publishing. The text is organised into four parts: Marketing and Promotion, Overseas Distribution and Rights Sales, Case Studies, and Resources. Five case studies deal with book marketing and distribution in Africa, India, the Caribbean and the Pacific, and the sixth case study highlights the experience of African Books Collective in marketing African books worldwide. A special chapter presents an overview of the internet as a tool for book professions in developing countries. This handbook is an excellent overview of the current state in marketing academic books in developing countries." (CAMECO Media Forum)
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"A ground-breaking study commissioned by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials on the fiscal, legal, communication, and other constraints of intra-African book trade. The study was designed to present information on the poten
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tial of the book industry in African countries, their capacity to trade with each other, reviewing the policies that govern the publishing sector, and the opportunities and barriers that promote or hinder such trade. Phase one of the project focused on the book trade in the Southern African region, but also gathered comparative case study material and overviews of national book industries in East and West Africa. It includes a number of recommendations addressed to African governments, African publishers, and national publishers’ associations. The second part of the study examines policies on intra-African book trade in books, and makes recommendations on how regional economic policies could be more responsive to the needs of the African book industries." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1894)
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"The purpose of this study is to provide a document that endeavors to stimulate renewed and further awareness, first, of the dire need for U.S. books in less developed countries, and, second, of possible ways by which this need may be met, at least partially, under present conditions at home and abr
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oad." Preface by John Y. Cole, Executivc Director, The Center for the Book. Obviously, all developing countries could not be covered, nor could all organizations; the author has been selective. He discusses the faltering state of U.S. book exports, the influence of multinational publishing, the impact of English-language publishing in continental Europe, various assistance programs in the U.S. and other countries, and deterrents to U.S. book exporting. "Sources of Information" constitutes a bibliography. Appendixes give the U.S.I.A. book promotion and translation programs in 1982 and statistics on the export of U.S. books by types and on the Informational Media Guarantee Program, the Joint Indo-American Textbook Program; the U.S.I.A.-sponsored book publishing program from 1951 through 1980; and the Asia Foundation's distribution of books and journals by countries 1954-1981." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 994)
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"In two parts: 'International Book Year Plus Ten' and 'Toward a Reading Society: Targets for the 80s.' The first of these is an analysis of present trends and forecasts for the future such as problems facing governments and all who are concerned with the production and distribution of books in an in
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creasingly complex and interdependent world. The second takes into consideration the results of national and international action over the past two years, puts forward measures to overcome the obstacles to book development identified in the first part, and proposes a new program." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1125)
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