"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 ... 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) more

"The Library of Congress' Center for the Book surveys 32 book and book-related programs carried out by governmental, inter-governmental and private agencies in the U.S. to promote books and reading. In an introductory essay John B. Putnam discusses ... "The Book Crisis in the Developing World," and an appendix describes the activities of two important but now defunct organizations, Franklin Book Programs (1952-78) and the U.S. Government Advisory Committee on International Book and Library Programs (1962-77). Two earlier government publications are Books in Human Development, a 1965 report on a conference sponsored by American University and the U.S. Agency for International Development, and Who Is Doing What in International Book and Library Programs (1967), the proceedings of a conference sponsored by the International Relations Office of the American Library Association." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1025) more