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The African Publishers’ Networking Directory 1999/2000
Oxford: African Books Collective, 3rd ed. (1999), 72 pp.
"A reference guide and networking tool for all those interested in the book industries and book development in Africa. The directory provides detailed information on some 300 major and/or most active publishers operating in Africa [at 1999], giving very full information for each entry, including nam
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Donor Support for Textbooks in Africa
In: Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
Washington, DC: World Bank (1999), pp. 115-122
"Analyzes the impact of donor support for book purchases on both the education systems and the domestic publishing industry. The author (formerly with the British Council in Lagos) identifies a number of positive impacts of textbook donation programmes, and suggests ways of improving the delivery of
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Toward Literate Societies: Publishing in Local Languages
In: Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
Washington, DC: World Bank (1999), pp. 24-33
"An analysis of publishing in African languages in four countries of francophone Africa (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal), where the Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (German Foundation for International Development, now part of GIZ), in cooperation with other agencies, has be
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Donor Support for Book Imports
In: Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
Washington, DC: World Bank (1999), pp. 106-114
"Examines the question of aid for book imports in the francophone region of Africa, and takes a critical look at some current strategies for aid schemes in terms of their effectiveness and cost-efficiency." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2245)
A Global Partnership Experience: EDICEF in Cameroon
In: Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
Washington, DC: World Bank (1999), pp. 180-185
"The partnership between EDICEF (part of the French Hachette Group) and Edition CLE of Yaoundé in Cameroon is used to draw general conclusions about publishing partnerships between industrial and developing countries, examining which aspects work and those that are rendered difficult by the intrins
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Indaba 99: Women's Voices. Gender, Books and Development
Harare: Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust (1999), 296 pp.
"A collection of thirty-six papers, report-backs and discussions from the Zimbabwe International Book Fair Indaba 1999. The papers are grouped in four parts: those from the plenary sessions; Publishing; Writing; Research; and Access." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa,
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Gender Dynamics as Portrayed in Children's Books in Tanzania
In: Education and Social Change: Empirical Studies for the Improvement of Education in Eastern Africa
The ABC of Book Publishing: A Training Manual for NGOs in Africa
Key Guidance
Kampala; Wageningen: JANyeko Publishing Centre; Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (1999), 116 pp.
"This is probably one of the first training manuals for African publishers to come from an African imprint, and this one – co-published with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation ACP-EU – is targeted primarily at NGOs with publishing activities. It aims to equip users with
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The African Writers’ Handbook
Key Guidance
Oxford: African Books Collective (1999), xxiv, 432 pp.
"This handbook is not only a very useful reference tool for writers, but also presents something of a benchmark volume on the sensitive and sometimes hotly debated issue of author-publisher relations. The book aims to provide all the answers African writers will want to know about publishing, how to
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El mercado editorial en lengua española
In: Las industrias culturales en la integración latinoamericana
México, DF; Caracas: Grijalbo; Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA) (1999), pp. 283-310
Amabhuku: Illustrations d’Afrique = Illustrations from Africa
Paris: Amis de la Joie par les Livres (1999), 88 pp.
"Each year the Bologna Book Fair, the leading international showcase for children’s book publishing, honours a different “guest country” and its illustrators through special exhibits and events. At the 1999 Fair it was the turn of Africa, and this coincided with a competition and exhibition of
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The Writer's Reference Guide to Spanish
Austin: University of Texas Press (1999), vii, 274 pp.
"This reference guide provides comprehensive information on how the Spanish language is copyedited for publication. The book covers these major areas: language basics: capitalization, word division, spelling, and punctuation; language conventions: abbreviations, professional and personal titles, nam
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Publishing in African Languages: Challenges and Prospects
Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Bellagio Publishing Network (1999), 163 pp.
"A collection of essays on an important ongoing debate, the publication of material in indigenous languages. Three African publishers – Dumisani Ntshangase (Juta Publishers, South Africa), Victor Nwankwo (Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, Nigeria), and Mamadou Aliou Sow (Les Editions Ganndal, C
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Actes assises nationales: Des livres pour le développement: De la dotation en ouvrages à l'appui à l'e´dition, Lille, 11 et 12 décembre 1998
Grenoble: Culture et Développement (1998), 204 pp.
"Sur les bibliothèques, le développement du livre, la promotion de la lecture et les programmes de dons de livres." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 365)
An Introduction to Publishing Management
Key Guidance
London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (1998), xi, 123 pp.
"This is an excellent, concise introduction to publishing management, published in a series that focuses on the issues involved in publishing and developing educational materials in Africa. However, the book is equally valuable to the book professions elsewhere in the developing world, and while muc
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Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
Top Insights
Washington, DC: World Bank (1998), ix, 229 pp.
"This is something of a benchmark volume on the subject of publishing and book development in Africa (and in some other developing countries). It contains the proceedings, and reflects the thinking and the deliberations that emerged from a seminar on“Understanding the Educational Book Industry”,
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The Book Sector in Albania
Budapest: Center for Publishing Development (1998), [19 pp.]
