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Ghana Book Trust Annual Report 2005-2006
Accra: Ghana Book Trust (2006), 51 pp.
"The Ghana Book Trust is an NGO and book donation organization that promotes literacy, library development, and the supply of locally published and imported books to rural schools and libraries in the urban areas. Its works in partnership with CODE and the Sabre Foundation. This is its latest report
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Making Reading Matter: Guidelines for Selecting, Developing and Disseminating Easy Readers for Adults
London & Paris: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2006), 52 pp.
"This useful guide is targeted primarily at libraries that need to support communities by selecting appropriate materials, and adult literacy facilitators and community workers who are seeking suitable reading materials to maintain learners’ interest in keeping up their reading habits. The guide i
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African Books Collective: Mid-Term Review 2006
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2006), 92 pp.
The Politics of Publishing in South Africa
London; Scotsville: Holger Ehling Publishing; University of Natal Press (2006), 300 pp.
"This is a major study on publishing in South Africa, providing an in-depth analysis of the book industry, reviewing its social and historical context, and examining its role as a strategic industry in South Africa's future development. With contributions by some of the country's leading book profes
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Butcher's Copy-Editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-Editors and Proofreaders
Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press, 4th ed., fully revised and upd. (2006), xiv, 543 pp.
"Since its first publication in 1975, Judith Butcher's Copy-editing has become firmly established as a classic reference guide. This fourth edition has been comprehensively revised to provide an up-to-date and clearly presented source of information for all those involved in preparing typescripts an
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This volume gathers contributions presented during the 8th IARTEM conference on learning and educational media, held in Caen (France) in October 2005. The conference reader contains a wide range of contributions from industrialised, transitional and developing countries.
Dossier: Formation au métiers du livre
Takam Tikou (La Joie Par les Livres, Paris), issue 13 (2006), 128 pp.
"Ce numéro spécial de la revue Takam Tikou est consacré à la formation aux métiers du livre en Afrique francophone et dans d'autres régions du monde en développement. Dans une série de courts articles, il examine les questions de formation et les besoins en formation des différents acteurs
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Translating and Publishing African Language(s) and Literature(s): Examples from Nigeria, Ghana and Germany
Frankfurt am Main; London: IKO Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation (2006), 393 pp.
"Examines the challenges of translating African literatures into European languages and, in particular, the problems of translating African voices into German. Chapter 3 is devoted to publishing African literature in Germany, the reception and the book market for African writing, while Chapter 5 loo
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Hunger for Books
Africa Quarterly (New Delhi), volume 46, issue 1 (2006), pp. 28-29
"Indian books have increasingly begun to find a market in Africa and Indian publishers now find it both lucrative and important to attend book fairs in different African countries. One of the advantages that Indian publishers have is in terms of prices. They are able to produce good quality books at
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A Community of Teaching and Learning, Research and Publishing
In: African Scholarly Publishing Essays
Oxford; Uppsala: African Books Collective; International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP); Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (2006), pp. 83-90
"Klaus Fiedler tells the story of the ‘Kachere Books series’ developed at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. Fiedler believes Africa has a lot to offer for academic publishing in Africa,“forget about the handicaps and look at the oppor
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Fremde Welten
Basel: Kinderbuchfonds Baobab, 16th ed. (2006), 131 pp.
Annual Review
London: Book Aid International (2006), 15 pp.
"Annual report of the major UK book charity Book Aid International (BAI), which provides an overview of its work each year, supporting libraries and literate environments in the countries of the South. During the course of 2006 it sent over half a million high-quality books and journal to developing
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Getting Started in Electronic Journal Publishing
Key Guides
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), 5th ed. (2006), 25 pp.
"The 5th edition of a popular guide that provides an overview of the potentials and pitfalls of electronic journal publishing. While not specifically written for an African audience, it is an excellent resource for African journal editors and publishers who are contemplating switching to an electron
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Existenzsicherung kleiner Buchverlage in der Nachgründungsphase
Frankfurt am Main: IKO Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Holger Ehling Publishing (2006), 138 pp.
"Mit der Gründung ist die kritische Phase für junge Unternehmen noch nicht überstanden. Fast die Hälfte aller Neugründungen muss schon nach wenigen Jahren wieder aufgegeben werden. Die Autorin stellt ein praxisorientiertes und branchenspezifisches Instrumentarium vor, mit dessen Hilfe die Teilb
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Política nacional de libros y la lectura
Santiago de Chile: Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes (2006), 16 pp.
La chaîne du livre en Afrique noire francophone: Qui est éditeur, aujourd'hui?
Paris: L'Harmattan (2006), 178 pp.
"Une vue synoptique de la filière du livre et des acteurs qui la composent, dans 14 pays d'Afrique francophone aujourd'hui. L'auteur cherche à faire la lumière sur l'état actuel des industries du livre dans ces pays et, pour chaque pays, fournit un contexte historique et éducatif, des chiffres
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Buchkunde: Die historische Entwicklung des Buches von der Keilschrift bis zur Gegenwart
Wiesbaden: VMA-Verlag, Sonderausg. der 6., überarb. und erg. Aufl. (2006), 396 pp.
"Die erstmals im Jahre 1985 erschiene "Buchkunde" wurde zu einem bis heute unübertroffenen Standardwerk für Bibliothekare und Buchgestalter, sowie für den grossen Leserkreis der kulturgeschichtlich Interessierten. Die hier vorliegende 6. überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage berücksichtigt die Ve
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