"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 ... onakry, Guinea) – two African writers-editors/academics M. Mulokozi (Tanzania) and Damtew Teferra (Ethiopia); a woman publisher from India, Urvashi Butalia (Kali for Women, New Delhi), and Thomas Clayton, an American academic, look at the situation of indigenous language publishing in Africa, analyzing the problems, and offering possible prescriptions for advancing the cause of publishing in African languages. The contributors examine the situation in the various countries and regions covered, including issues such as colonial heritage, lack of national publishing policies, ambiguities towards the use of mother tongue in education beyond the first few years of primary school, forbidding economics of minority language publishing, as well as other aspects such as orthography, and technical issues related to management of the publishing and printing industries. The papers provide informative overviews of publishing in indigenous languages in African countries and elsewhere." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2084) more

"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 ... 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) more

"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 ... ournals in Africa, the significance of the new information technology for African journals, African journals in a digital environment, and journals marketing on the Internet. There is also a case study of the “tribulations” and problems encountered by a science journal published in Ethiopia. A paper on Latin America and the Caribbean rounds off the volume, and provides both comparisons and contrasts with Africa." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1917) more