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"Une publication commémorative pour marquer les 15 ans du Centre Africain de Formation à l'Edition et à la Diffusion (CAFED) basé à Tunis. Elle comprend un historique du Centre, un compte rendu de sa contribution à la formation aux métiers du livre en Afrique francophone au fil des ans, et de ... more

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Supporting Small and Micro-Publishing Enterprises

Colleen Higgs

In: From Papyrus to Print-Out: The Book in Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Bibliophilia Africana 8 Conference Proceedings, Centre of the Book, Cape Town, 11-14 May 2005

Cora Owens (ed.)

Pretoria; Cape Town: National Library of South Africa, Centre of the Book (2005), pp. 204-213

"The author is the former Manager of the Centre of the Book's Community Publishing Project, and here describes the activities of this innovative new project. The Centre provides funding and technical support for new small publishers, individual writers, and writers' groups in South Africa and helps ... more

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CODESRIA Guide for Authors

Dakar: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) (2005), 44 pp.

"A comprehensive guide for authors – especially students and budding scholars – designed to facilitate communication and understanding between authors and editors at CODESRIA, covering aspects of presentation and organization of manuscripts, notes and reference systems, tables and illustrations, ... more

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Trends in Malaysian Book Publishing

Dato’ Ng Tieh Chuan

[no publisher] (2005), 13 pp.

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The Book Policy in a Democratic Society: The Case of Estonia

Mare Lott, Aile Möldre

Knygotyra, volume 44 (2005), 11 pp.

"The article treats the two sides of book policy – prohibitive and creative, on the example of the Republic of Estonia. If the earlier period of book history was dominated by persecution of authors and prohibition of books, then the contemporary democratic societies manifest freedom of expression, ... more

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Programas, compras oficiales y dotación de textos escolares en América Latina

Richard Uribe Schroeder

Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2005), 100 pp.

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The Book Publishing Market in Brazil

Denise Mota

São Paulo: Canadian Heritage (2005), 75 pp.

"The Brazilian publishing market is optimistic about its near future. According to the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL - Câmara Brasileira do Livro), the main organization of the sector in Brazil, which comprises all professionals at the national level, the prospects are “favorable, considered to be ... more

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The White Ravens 2005: A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature

Barbara Scharioth (ed.)

München: Internationale Jugendbibliothek (2005), 79 pp.

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PICC Position Paper to the Draft Framework for the National Book Policy

Bellville: Print Industries Cluster Council (PICC) (2005), 66 pp.

"In many countries, dedicated plans and policies have been implemented to increase and develop the book publishing sector. In these interventions, books have been recognised as unique products deserving different and exceptional interventions. The salient issues pertaining to book development includ ... more

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Issues in Book Publishing in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Aigboje Higo at 70

Festus A. Adesanoye, Ayo Ojeniyi (eds.)

Aigboje Higo (honoured person)

Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books (2005), xxi, 270 pp.

"This collection of essays was published to honour Chief Aigboje Higo on his 70th birthday. Higo, by many considered to be the doyen of Nigerian book publishing, was a founding father and two-time president of the Nigerian Publishers Association, and for many years Managing Director and later Chairm ... more

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Knowledge Production and Publishing in Africa

Abebe Zegeye

CODESRIA Bulletin (Dakar), issue 3-4 (2005), pp. 31-34

"The point is that Africa, whether South, East or West, is still dominated by Western publishers. They have been doing sterling work. But the fact that only a small section of locals have control over what is published has implications for the kind of material that is published." (GIZ Library Bonn)

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A Rough Guide to Small-Scale and Self-Publishing

Colleen Higgs (ed.)

Cape Town: Centre for the Book (2005), 78 pp.

"This guide is one in a series of excellent resources published by the Community Publishing Project of the Centre of the Book in Cape Town. The project provides funding and technical support for small publishers, individual writers, and writers’ groups in South Africa and helps them to develop pub ... more

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A Practical Guide to Bookselling
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Oluronke Orimalade, Bridget Impey (eds.)

Oxford; Wageningen: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP); Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2005), 108 pp.

"Although the retail book trade in Africa face problems and obstacles of equal magnitude as their publishing colleagues, bookselling in Africa has perhaps received less attention and support than the more “glamorous” area of publishing, but as is rightly pointed out in the foreword of this guide ... more

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Book Donations for Development
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Mauro Rosi

Gwyneth Evans (ed.)

Paris; Ottawa: UNESCO; CODE Canada (2005), 72 pp.

"As a component of international cultural cooperation, the donation of second-hand books is a current practice that is both common and controversial. The practice arose from the realization that bibliographic and documentary resources were unevenly distributed in the world. Book donation programmes ... more

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Sharing Resources: How Library Networks Can Help Reach Education Goals

Ruth Makotsi

Book Aid International (2005), 12 pp.

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Changing Public-Private Partnerships in the African Book Sector

Paul Brickhill, Chris Chirwa, Bengt Lindahl

Oxford: African Books Collective (2005), xiv, 264 pp.

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Get Your Book Published in 30 (relatively) Easy Steps: A Hands-On-Guide for South African Authors

Basil van Rooyen

Johannesburg: Penguin Books South Africa (2005), 386 pp.

"A revised and updated edition of the popular How to Get Published in South Africa (1996), dealing with all the steps involved in finding the right publisher and breaking into print. The focus is on non-fiction, although there is much practical advice here for writers of all genres." (Hans M. Zell, ... more

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Literacy in Africa: A Partnership Model. Books for Africa Operations Handbook

St. Paul, Minn.: Books for Africa (2005), 16 pp.

"Books for Africa recycles books from the American schools and book distribution systems to African schools, libraries and non-governmental organizations. The books are donated, the labour is largely voluntary, and the only major costs are those of transportation. The other major necessity is a dist ... more

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A Practical Guide to Bookselling
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Book Donations for Development
Key Guidance