"An examination of '' [...] the position of books in the service of international understanding and international trade in books, including distribution networks and problems. It then turns to the standards that have been set and other measures to liberalize the flow of books." (Introduction). A lon
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g list of various kinds of information is given: facts and figures on production, exports and imports, and trade by category of book; distribution networks and problems, such as rights, language, transport charges, and quotas and frontier formalities; brief descriptions of agreements that set standards, such as the Berne and Universal Copyright Convention; and measures to ease the flow of books, such as GATT, UNCTAD, the UNESCO Coupon Scheme, the Universal Postal Union, the International Air Transport Association, government initiatives, and activities by book professionals. Contains a select bibliography." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1121)
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"A description of the book trade in the seven major English-speaking countries of the world, which, grouped by size of market, are the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Republic of South Africa, Australia, India, and New Zealand. A special section gives eleven minor markets in alphabetical
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order; they are Bangladesh, Ghana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. The aim is "to develop indicators of the strengths and weaknesses of the constituent markets, to analyze the general state and direction of growth of the book industry, and to interrelate these factors so as to provide a firm basis for decision-making in public." Information for each country is accompanied by numerous tables, and for the seven major countries, by profiles of a few representative publishing houses. An Executive Summary condenses the total findings, and a 13-page introduction summarizes the findings in terms of certain important trends. At the end of the second volume are conclusions. Index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1069)
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"L'auteur, au début de cette étude, décrit le commerce du livre dans divers Etats. Il compare les statistiques de production du livre dans 60 pays. Il traite ensuite des sujets suivants : les barrières commerciales actuelles, les efforts entrepris par l'Unesco dans ce domaine, le droit d'auteur,
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les problèmes linguistiques, l'alphabétisation, les bibliothèques et les échanges de livres. Intéressants tableaux et annexes complètent cette étude." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 176, topic code 19)
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"At the beginning of this study the author describes the book trade in various countries. He compares the book production statistics for 60 countries. Then he deals with the following subjects: the present trade barriers, the work done by Unesco in this field, copyright, linguistic problems, literac
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y skills, libraries and exchanges of books. Useful tables and annexes complete this study." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 177, topic code 19)
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