"Co-published with the Obor Foundation this is a collection of nine articles/reprints (previously published elsewhere) on key issues affecting the book industries in the developing world. They cover topics such as multinationals and Third World publishing, the economics of publishing, copyright, dis
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tribution, educational publishing and book provision, the transition from state to private sector publishing, and electronic publishing and new technologies that have transformed the book publishing process." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 215)
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"A second revised edition of a classic guide to publishing (though now inevitably very much dated), which describes each part of the process clearly and simply. Covers editorial preparation, production, promotion and distribution, as well as the publisher's relationship with authors, printers, books
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ellers, librarians and educators. Gives special attention to the problems of publishing in developing countries, and an African edition was published by the University of Lagos Press in 1990." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2485)
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"Based on the findings of a detailed survey of publishers in various parts of the developing world, this classic study identifies the key problems for the book industries in the countries of the South. Offers a general picture of the state of publishing in each of the regions, including Africa, and
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proposes a range of strategies to help strengthen the book sector." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 242)
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"This books deals explicitly with techniques which will help developing countries to establish book-publishing programs. It traces the various steps from beginning to end, including economics and specialized publishing, encouragement of literacy and reading development, the role of libraries, rights
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and contracts, and distribution, this latter encompassing retail bookstores and training." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1105)
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"Assesses socioeconomic, geographic, and other conditions in East and West Africa as they relate to the possibility of setting up an indigenous book publishing and distribution system." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr.
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