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Self-Publishing of Academic Textbooks in South Africa: Fact or Fiction?
Mousaion, volume 26, issue 1 (2008), pp. 71-89
"Aims to explore the nature and the reasons behind the self-publishing of academic textbooks in the higher education environment of South Africa. Through the collection of secondary data the authors describe the academic publishing landscape in relation to current trends in higher education in South
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Handbook on Book Paper and the Environment
New York; Washington, DC: Association of American Publishers (2008), 61 pp.
Book and Journals Assistance and Donation Programmes
In: Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
Glais Bheinn, Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing (2008), pp. 376-389
"This section of a major bibliography consists of 55 selected and critically annotated entries on book publishing assistance programmes in Africa published mainly between 1990-2006." (commbox)
Publishing in Africa: Where Are We Now? Part One: Some Spurious Claims Debunked
Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community, volume 19, issue 4 (2008), pp. 187-195
"An attempt to analyze the state of the book industries in sub-Saharan Africa thirty-five years after the major conference on publishing and book development in Africa that was held at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria, in 1973. Part one of this two-part article starts
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Towards the Professionalisation of Editing in South Africa
Southern African Linguistics and applied Language Studies, volume 26, issue 4 (2008), pp. 479-493
"In South Africa, the professional status of editors remains largely undefined. In certain industries, such as the publishing industry, editing is regarded as a professional activity, requiring well-defined, high-level skills linked to particular qualifications and experience. In other sectors, edit
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The University of Zambia School of Law Book Project: Post Project Evaluation Report
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2008), 47 pp.
"In 2002, the Embassy of Sweden (EoS) and the School of Law (SoL) entered into an agreement which resulted into the School of Law Book Project (SoLBP). The objectives of the Project included; improving the teaching environment by ensuring that basic materials for each course were available, revampin
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Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature
Oxford; Athens, Ohio: James Currey Publishers; Ohio University Press (2008), 349 pp.
"James Currey was the editor in charge of the African Writers Series (AWS) at Heinemann Educational Books from 1967 to 1984. Together with his colleagues Henry Chakava in Kenya, Aig Higo in Nigeria, and Keith Sambrook in London they published the first 270 titles in the series. This fascinating and
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Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
Deep Insights
Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 3rd ed. (2008), xlix, 712 pp.
Dicionário do livro: Da escrita ao livro electrónico
Coimbra: Almedina (2008), 1285 pp.
Textbooks and School Library Provision in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Washington, DC: World Bank, Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA), Africa Region Human Development Department (2008), xxxii, 98 pp.
"This World Bank study discusses secondary textbook and school library availability in Africa, its cost and financing, and its distribution and publishing. The study’s objective was to analyze the issues and provide some options and strategies for improvement. Reforms are urgently required in the
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The History of the Book in French-Speaking Africa: Where the Research Stands at Present
English in Africa, volume 35, issue 1 (2008), pp. 89-96
"The author believes that, in many respects, the history of the book remains ‘terra incognita’, despite the work that has been done in the field, and here presents a brief survey of the research that has been conducted on this topic in Germany, France and Tunisia, and the literature that is avai
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Publishing Educational Materials: Techniques and Tools for Editors and Writers
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), 85 pp.
"This manual is designed to provide you with practical guidance in the work and business of writing and editing textbooks, whether you are currently working in the field, or you are studying toward it. More specifically, the manual will: provide an overview of the editing process and a basic underst
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Editing Educational Materials: A Course for Editors in Sub-Saharan Africa
Key Guides
Vancouver; Washington, DC: Commonwealth of Learning (COL); World Bank (2007), 65 pp.
"This is an excellent resource for all those keen to acquire editorial skills. It is part of a series of distance learning tools currently being developed by the World Bank’s API in collaboration with the African Publishers Network and partner universities. Each self-learning programme will consis
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Status quo der betriebswirtschaftlichen Erfolgsfaktoren bei Büchern
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 55, issue 3 (2007), pp. 412-441
"In diesem Aufsatz wird der Status quo der theoretischen und empirischen Erfolgsfaktorenforschung für belletristische Bücher aufgezeigt. Die abgeleiteten Einflussfaktoren, die zentrale Steuerungsgrößen für das Management der Verlagshäuser darstellen, werden nach den vier Elementen des Marketin
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Bogotá: Welthauptstadt des Buches 2007: Eine Analyse der Buchkultur in Kolumbien
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz (2007), 168 pp.
"Obwohl sich Kolumbien inzwischen zu einem der wichtigsten Buchexporteure Lateinamerikas entwickelt hat, ist die rasante Entwicklung der kolumbianischen Buchproduktion und Buchkultur bisher im Verborgenen verlaufen. Inka Ihmels bietet eine vor Ort recherchierte Darstellung der vier wichtigsten Einfl
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African Children’s Literature: A Bibliography
Bloomington, Indiana; Milton Keynes, UK: AuthorHouse (2007), 290 pp.
"This bibliography, by a Kenyan scholar and children’s author, lists 1,759 titles in English and in Kiswahili. In her introduction the author states that a proportion of the books were personally examined by her, while other entries are based on listings in Kenya Books in Print, publishers’ cata
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An Exploration of the State of Self-Publishing in the Academic Publishing Sector of South Africa
Pretoria: University of South Africa, Master Thesis (2007), 215 pp.
"The academic publishing sector in South Africa is facing many changes and challenges in the post-1994 democracy, with most of the changes brought about by the Higher Education Act No. 101 of 1997. A recent challenge, or threat, to commercial publishers is the phenomenon, and proliferation, of self-
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