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National Book Policy: A Guide for Users in the Field
Key Guides
Paris: UNESCO, 2nd revised ed. (2005), 68 pp.
"A useful practical guide for all those involved in setting up book policy strategies, and the formulation and adoption of national book acts, especially those in the developing world. It sets out the objectives of a national book policy, and then deals with a review of the sub-sectors concerned (i.
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Book Donations for Development
Key Guides
Paris; Ottawa: UNESCO; CODE Canada (2005), 72 pp.
"As a component of international cultural cooperation, the donation of second-hand books is a current practice that is both common and controversial. The practice arose from the realization that bibliographic and documentary resources were unevenly distributed in the world. Book donation programmes
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Supporting Small and Micro-Publishing Enterprises
In: From Papyrus to Print-Out: The Book in Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Bibliophilia Africana 8 Conference Proceedings, Centre of the Book, Cape Town, 11-14 May 2005
Pretoria; Cape Town: National Library of South Africa, Centre of the Book (2005), pp. 204-213
"The author is the former Manager of the Centre of the Book's Community Publishing Project, and here describes the activities of this innovative new project. The Centre provides funding and technical support for new small publishers, individual writers, and writers' groups in South Africa and helps
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Manual de edición literaria y no literaria
México, DF: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) (2005), xxii, 185 pp.
"En una industria cada vez más apremiada por los resultados económicos, los principios que se presentan aquí son un alegato a favor del lenguaje, de la buena escritura, de la coherencia interna, así como de las buenas relaciones entre quienes escriben los manuscritos y quienes ayudan a convertir
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A Practical Guide to Bookselling
Key Guides
Oxford; Wageningen: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP); Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2005), 108 pp.
"Although the retail book trade in Africa face problems and obstacles of equal magnitude as their publishing colleagues, bookselling in Africa has perhaps received less attention and support than the more “glamorous” area of publishing, but as is rightly pointed out in the foreword of this guide
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A Rough Guide to Small-Scale and Self-Publishing
Cape Town: Centre for the Book (2005), 78 pp.
"This guide is one in a series of excellent resources published by the Community Publishing Project of the Centre of the Book in Cape Town. The project provides funding and technical support for small publishers, individual writers, and writers’ groups in South Africa and helps them to develop pub
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Issues in Book Publishing in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Aigboje Higo at 70
Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books (2005), xxi, 270 pp.
"This collection of essays was published to honour Chief Aigboje Higo on his 70th birthday. Higo, by many considered to be the doyen of Nigerian book publishing, was a founding father and two-time president of the Nigerian Publishers Association, and for many years Managing Director and later Chairm
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Annuaire des stagiaires 1991-2005. 15e anniversaire CAFED
Paris; Tunis: Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie; Centre Africain de Formation à l'Edition et à la Diffusion (CAFED) (2005), 136 pp.
"Une publication commémorative pour marquer les 15 ans du Centre Africain de Formation à l'Edition et à la Diffusion (CAFED) basé à Tunis. Elle comprend un historique du Centre, un compte rendu de sa contribution à la formation aux métiers du livre en Afrique francophone au fil des ans, et de
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Literacy in Africa: A Partnership Model. Books for Africa Operations Handbook
St. Paul, Minn.: Books for Africa (2005), 16 pp.
"Books for Africa recycles books from the American schools and book distribution systems to African schools, libraries and non-governmental organizations. The books are donated, the labour is largely voluntary, and the only major costs are those of transportation. The other major necessity is a dist
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Editer dans l’espace francophone: Législation, diffusion, distribution et commercialisation du livre
Key Guides
Paris: Alliance des Éditeurs Independents (2005), 284 pp.
"Un inventaire exhaustif de tous les aspects de l'état du livre dans le monde francophone, y compris la production, la législation relative au livre, les droits d'auteur et la fiscalité, les politiques nationales du livre, ainsi que la commercialisation et la distribution. Comprend des sections s
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Book Aid International: 50 Years of Sharing Information (1953-2004)
African Research & Documentation, issue 95 (2004), pp. 35-44
"2004 marked the 50th anniversary of the major UK book charity Book Aid International (BAI), which is active in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and is involved in strengthening the book chain, building capacity, and leadership skills, supporting advocacy and resource mobilization, hosting trai
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The Affordability of School Textbooks in Kenya: Consumer Experiences in the Transformation to a Liberalising Economy
Nordic Journal of African Studies, volume 13, issue 2 (2004), pp. 175-187
"The growth of educational publishing in Kenya depends heavily on the disposable income of its customers. This article looks at the incomes of both actual and potential customers, and how they prioritize their spending. The findings are based on extensive research carried out by the author between 1
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Livres et bibliothèques pour enfants: L’Afrique et la France, coopération pour l’accès au livre
[no publisher] (2004), 13 pp.
"Une communication présentée à la 70e Conférence générale de l'IFLA qui s'est tenue à Buenos Aires en août 2004, qui fait le point sur la collaboration internationale entre la France et les pays d'Afrique dans le domaine de l'édition de livres pour enfants et de l'accès aux livres par les
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Les livres et la lecture des enfants en Afrique francophone et le travail de La Joie par les livres
[no publisher] (2004), 11 pp.
"Document présenté au 29e congrès mondial d'IBBY qui s'est tenu au Cape Town en septembre 2004. Décrit les livres pour enfants et la lecture en Afrique francophone, la coopération culturelle entre la France et les pays d'Afrique - en particulier dans le développement des bibliothèques publiqu
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Information and Training Resources for the Book Chain 2004
London: Book Aid International (2004), 76 pp.
"The seventh edition of a very useful and attractively presented catalogue, which contains a collection of resources designed for building the capacity and supporting the training strategies of all stakeholders in the book chain, especially in Africa and the Caribbean. The material was chosen throug
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Kenya Publishing Market Profile 2004
London: Publishers Association; British Council (2004), 66 pp.
"An analysis of the book markets in Kenya, providing general background, details of the education system, together with overviews of the general, academic and professional, and school book markets, and supported by a wide range of appendices and tables." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in
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