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Bulgaria: A Book Sector in Difficulty

David Kingham

Strasbourg: Council of Europe, DG IV: Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Environment. Cultural Policy and Action Department (1998), [21 pp.]

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The Book Situation in Romania

Alvaro Garzón

Strasbourg: Council of Europe; UNESCO (1998), [13 pp.]

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Bücher und Märkte: Die Entwicklung des Verlagswesens im frankophonen Westafrika

Claudia Schulz

Nord-Süd Aktuell (Hamburg), volume 12, issue 4 (1998), pp. 736-750

"Zunächst wird eine Übersicht über die Geschichte des Verlagswesens in Afrika, die wichtigsten wirtschaftlichen Akteure und ihre Produkte gegeben, um dann die Gründe für die Schwächen des Buchmarktes zu erörtern. Dabei werden unternehmerische Aspekte wie Kapital, Know-how sowie Vertriebsstruk ... more

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Critical Perspectives on Postcolonial African Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Meena Khorana (ed.)

Westport; London: Greenwood Press (1998), 187 pp.

"An interesting collection of essays that provide a great deal of insight into the depth, complexity, richness and diversity of African children’s books. The contributors examine the major issues relating to African children’s literature from several directions and from a variety of angles. The ... more

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Russlands Buchproduktion und Buchmarkt in Jahre 1997

J. Maisuradse

Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurt Book Fair (1998), 26 pp.

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Buchlandschaften: Das BuchMarktBuch 2

Gerlinde Hinterhölzl, Johannes Seymann (eds.)

Wien: Buchkultur Verlagsgesellschaft (1998), 197 pp.

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Knowledge Dissemination in Africa: The Role of Scholary Journals

Philip G. Altbach, Damtew Teferra (eds.)

Oxford: Bellagio Publishing Network (1998), viii, 140 pp.

"A collection of papers on academic journal publishing and scholarly communication in Africa, which aims to provide a better understanding of the nature, role, current status, and future prospects of journals in the African context. Papers address issues such as the challenges of editing scholarly j ... more

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Planning the Opening and Running of a Bookshop

John Hitchin

Budapest: Center for Publishing Development (1998), 42 pp.

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Books and Children: Proceedings of the ZIBF Indaba 1998, Harare, Zimbabwe, 1-2 August 1998

Harare: Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust (1998), 260 pp.

"The theme of the 1998 Zimbabwe International Book Fair was ‘Books and Children’, and children were the main focus in all the deliberations, from policy debates to storytelling. This is a collection of 56 papers, report-backs and discussions that were presented at the Indaba. The papers are grou ... more

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The South African Publishing Industry Report: Report to the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. Final Report, November 1998

Pretoria: Department of the Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST) (1998), 77 pp.

"A report commissioned by the South African government's Department (now Ministry) of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology to research South Africa's cultural industries and propose strategies for their growth and development. The term "cultural industries" is used here to describe a wide variety o ... more

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Publishing and Development: A Book of Readings

Philip G. Altbach, Damtew Teferra (eds.)

Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Bellagio Publishing Network (1998), xvi, 191 pp.

"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 ... more

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A Guide to Sustainable Book Provision
Key Guidance

Pernille Askerud

Paris: UNESCO (1997), 116 pp.

"While many other publication address the problems of developing local private publishing from a commercial and professional point of view, this guide is specifically designed for the purpose of creating a sustainable and affordable system for the provision of good quality learning materials for sch ... more

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Guidelines for the Conduct and Organization of National Book Sector Consultations

Paris: UNESCO-DANIDA Basic Learning Materials Initiative (1997), 44 pp.

"The UNESCO/DANIDA Basic Learning Materials Initiative originated in the International Consultative Forum on Education for All. The first phase of the programme began in 1993, with a survey of the book sector in selected countries, and culminated in the publication of a manual entitled “A Guide to ... more

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The Economics of Publishing Educational Materials in Africa
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Walter Bgoya, Eero Syrjänen et al.

London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (1997), 147 pp.

"Drawing on research data from 18 African countries, this important study examines the relationship between government policy and decision makers and the educational book industries, concentrating on three main areas concerning textbook publishing in Africa: (1) the business environment, (2) the pub ... lishing industry, and (3) the critical success and failure factors related to book provision. Primary data was gathered through a series of questionnaires delivered to various organizations concerned with textbook provision, as well as follow-up through direct interviews with government officials and those representing the book professions in each country. Secondary data for the study was collected through published and unpublished sources. Individual chapters provide essential background information about textbook publishing and thereafter analyze current market structures and publishing systems, demand and supply, the size and ownership of the publishing industry, market research, and patterns in purchasing and funding of textbooks. A final chapter “Looking Ahead: Issues and Priorities” provides an overall picture of the major issues as they relate to textbook publishing, sets out a number of recommendations what the authors perceive to be priority targets for textbook provision, and suggests an outline for implementation strategies according to a division of responsibilities between governments and Ministries of Education on the one hand, and publishers on the other. A conclusion states that “the basic problem of publishing in Africa is financial: lack of assets, low level of equity capital and difficulties in meeting loan conditions. Lending institutions in Africa do not consider publishing bankable. And even if they did, present interest rates, which are as high as 44 per cent in some countries, would prohibit any publisher from making use of the facility.” An Appendix provides background facts on all the countries covered by the study, including educational indicators such as literacy rates, government expenditure on education, enrolment ratios, pupil/teacher ratio, and school age population projections." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1868) more

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The Future of Indigenous Publishing in Africa

Development Dialogue (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation) (1997), pp. 1-143

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Report on the National Consultation Forum on the Development of Botswana's National Book Policy: Boipuso Conference and Exhibition Centre, Gaborone, Botswana, 6th-8th October, 1997

Gaborone; London: Ministry of Education; Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (1997), 81 pp.

"The report of a consultation forum which brought together 58 participants from book-related organizations and institutions in Botswana, and which was convened to identify the key issues in book development, the problems facing the book industries in Botswana, and the way forward to lead to the esta ... more

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Ikhtarna Laka (We Have Selected for You): A Critique of Egypt's Revolutionary Culture

Menachem Klein

Orient (Opladen), volume 38, issue 4 (1997), pp. 677-691

"Ikhtarna Laka's transformation from an indoctrination/propagandist organ to the nation's most important social science medium was a significant cultural event. In its heyday, the ideological direction of Ikhtarna Laka was distinctive, and the series expressed the schism between abstract knowledge a ... more

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The Glossary of Book Trade Terminology

London: Publishers Association (1997), 19 pp.

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Cost-Effectiveness of Publishing Educational Materials in African Languages
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Maureen Woodhall (ed.)

London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (1997), x, 131 pp.

"The five case studies on the cost-effectiveness of publishing educational materials in national and local African languages, published in this volume, were commissioned in 1996 on behalf of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) by its Working Group on Books and Learning ... more

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The Development and Future of Publishing in Africa: 12 Years After Arusha I

Walter Bgoya

Development Dialogue (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation), issue 1-2 (1997), pp. 15-38

"In this overview of indigenous publishing in Africa today and the industry’s requirements for the future, Walter Bgoya writes: ‘Three scenarios for the future of publishing in Africa are easily discernible: one, African publishing playing an insignificant role, the source of books and reading m ... more

A Guide to Sustainable Book Provision Key Guidance

The Economics of Publishing Educational Materials in Africa Top Insights

Cost-Effectiveness of Publishing Educational Materials in African Languages Top Insights

A Guide to Sustainable Book Provision
Key Guidance

The Economics of Publishing Educational Materials in Africa
Top Insights

Cost-Effectiveness of Publishing Educational Materials in African Languages
Top Insights