Filter
844
Featured
360
18
36
Topics
171
166
151
92
86
70
50
47
44
35
28
26
26
25
24
23
22
22
21
21
19
18
17
16
14
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Language
Document type
139
62
51
40
32
26
25
17
14
13
11
8
7
6
6
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Countries
Authors & Publishers
Media focus
Publication Years
Methods applied
Journals
Output Type
Du manuscrit au lecteur: Guide de l'editeur
Key Guides
Bamako; Bonn: Editions Jamana; Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (DSE) (2001), 183 pp.
Register of African Publishing Consultants = Registre des consultants de l'edition Africaine = Registro dos consultants de editores africanos
Harare: African Publishers Network (APNET), 2nd ed. (2001), 117 pp.
"This register is arranged alphabetically by country, including complete contact details of the consultants, their educational background and qualifications, professional experience, and specialist areas of expertise." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr
...
Distribution of Ideas: Book Production and Publishing in Egypt, Lebanon, and the Middle East
In: Mass Media, Politics and Society in the Middle East
Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2001), pp. 159-173
Techniques et coûts de fabrication du livre: Guide du fabricant
Key Guides
Bamako: Editions Donniya; Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (DSE) (2001), 153 pp.
Indaba 2000: Millennium Marketplace
Harare: Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust (2001), 272 pp.
"The Zimbabwe International Book Fair annual ‘Indaba’ in 2000 focused on a major weakness in the African book scene, that of marketing. Forty-three papers reflect the wide mixture of professionals involved from all parts of the book chain and the diverse nature of the theme. Papers from plenary
...
Young People’s Reading in South Africa: A Pilot Project
Pretoria: University of South Africa, Faculty of Arts, Department of Information Science (2001), 165 pp.
"This survey and report is the result of a pilot project and survey of the reading interests and information use of South African children and young adults. It was carried out in primary and secondary schools in Pretoria, and provides insight into children and young adult's reading interests and inf
...
Now and in the Next Millenium, 1990s-3000 CE: Assessing Africa’s Scholarly Publishing Needs and Industry
Kampala: RA-Global Communications; JARP, 2nd and expanded ed. (2001), 250 pp.
"A collection of papers on various aspects of scholarly writing and publishing in Africa, mostly by African academics based in the diaspora." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2264)
Buchproduktion und Verlagswesen im Iran
Orient (Opladen), volume 42, issue 4 (2001), pp. 659-676
"Mit dem Amtsantritt von Präsident Hatami im Iran ist ein Reformprozess in Gang gekommen, der sich nicht zuletzt in der Kulturpolitik auswirkt. Im Mittelpunkt des vorliegenden Berichts stehen die Strukturen des Verlagswesens und der Buchproduktion im staatlichen und privaten Sektor im Iran. Die ira
...
Upgrading Book Distribution in Africa
London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2001), xx, 252 pp.
"This study is currently the most comprehensive survey of textbook distribution in sub-Saharan Africa. If offers a detailed survey and analysis of the key policy issues affecting book distribution in Africa today. The study was organized and co-ordinated by International Book Development Ltd. in Lon
...
Textbooks and Learning Materials 1990-1999
Paris: UNESCO (2000), 72 pp.
"This survey is one of a series prepared for the UNESCO Education for All (EFA) Assessment, under the auspices of the UNESCO Division of Basic Education and the United Kingdom Department of International Development for the International Consultative Forum on Education for All. The EFA objectives ar
...
Books for Schools: Improving Access to Supplementary Reading Materials in Africa
London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2000), xii, 200 pp.
"The aim of this study was to examine some of the models through which the school population in Africa gain access to supplementary reading material, and to reach some conclusions which methods work best, and in which circumstances, and to recommend strategies that are affordable and sustainable. Gi
...
Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers, and the Novel in Nigeria
Princeton, New Jers.: Princeton University Press (2000), 340 pp.
"This is an impressive and innovative study, and perhaps one of the most comprehensive sociological analyses of a literary system ever written. While the book is primarily devoted to an analysis and understanding of the novel in Nigeria, chapter 2:“The Nigerian Fiction Complex” (pp. 26-119), off
...
Women and Activism: ZIBF Women Writers. Conference 1999
Harare: Zimbabwe Women Writers (2000), 160 pp.
"A collection of twenty-four papers and discussions from a conference on women writers that took place during the Zimbabwe International Book Fair in 1999. It includes papers by a variety of voices of women from around the world, including major African women writers. A series of country reports inc
...
Restructuring the Book Sector: The example of Mongolia
Paris; Ulaanbaatar: UNESCO; MFOS Centre for Scientific & Technological Information (2000), 55 pp.
Textbooks for Developing Economies: Why Projects Fail?
Budapest: Center for Publishing Development (2000), 7 pp.
Financial Management for Book Publishers in Developing Market Economies
Budapest: Center for Publishing Development (2000), 199 pp.
"This book aims to assist private and state publishers, and NGO publishers operating within young market economies, in understanding how better to handle the financial management of their organizations during a period of rapid change; to develop stronger, larger, more profitable, more valuable organ
...
"Une synthèse des politiques de plusieurs pays africains francophones en matière de développement et d'utilisation des langues africaines en tant que stratégie essentielle pour l'amélioration et l'expansion des programmes d'éducation, et la fourniture de matériel didactique pertinent." (Hans
...
African Writers - Publishers Seminar: A Report
Development Dialogue (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation), issue 1-2 (2000), pp. 49-83
"The African Writers-Publishers seminar (Arusha III) was held at Tarangire Sopa Lodge, Arusha, Tanzania, in February 1998. The aim of the seminar was to facilitate not only a better understanding of the publishing process - and to "demystify" it - but to establish a spirit of mutual confidence betwe
...