Filter
841
Featured
358
19
35
Topics
170
165
151
92
86
70
49
47
44
34
28
25
25
25
24
23
22
21
21
20
19
18
17
16
14
14
14
13
13
12
12
11
10
10
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
6
5
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
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
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
Language
Document type
139
62
51
39
32
26
25
17
14
13
11
8
7
6
6
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Countries / Regions
Authors & Publishers
Media focus
Publication Years
Methods applied
Journals
Output Type
"In this paper, I will try to briefly summarize the present state of electronic publishing of science in the People’s Republic of China, and to explore how Chinese scientific publishers seem to be more successful in resolving the very same issues that confront their Western counterparts." (Introdu
...
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
...
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
...
Livres d'images d'Afrique noire: Auteurs-Illustrateurs Africains: Catalogue des collections des bibliothèques pour enfants de la Ville de Paris
Paris: Paris-Bibliothèques Éditions (2001), 116 pp.
"Un catalogue et une bibliographie attrayants des livres pour enfants d'auteurs africains et des travaux d'illustrateurs africains de livres pour enfants, conservés dans les collections des bibliothèques de la ville de Paris. Inclut des titres en français et en anglais, avec un index des auteurs
...
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
...
"Through four case studies, this book examines some of the key issues in funding provision of textbooks and training materials in Africa. The case studies, contributed by experts in textbook production and distribution, offer individual country perspectives from The Gambia, Lesotho, Mozambique and C
...
Marketing and Promoting Agricultural and Rural Development Publications: A Practical Guide
Key Guides
Oxford; Wageningen: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP); Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2000), x, 70 pp.
"Produced in landscape format and attractively designed, this is a valuable practical marketing manual that aims to assist small publishers to make sense of the publishing world, particularly NGOs with publishing activities, but where publishing is not the core function. The manual will guide them t
...
Book and Publishing Assistance Programs: A Review and Inventory
Deep Insights
Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Bellagio Publishing Network, 2nd revised ed. (2000), v, 168 pp.
"First published in 1993, and with a new introductory essay providing an overview of significant developments since publication of the first edition, this is a survey of the various agencies and assistance programmes that are involved with publishing and book development in Africa and in other parts
...
Textbooks for Developing Economies: Why Projects Fail?
Budapest: Center for Publishing Development (2000), 7 pp.
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
...
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
...
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
...
"This excellent manual is intended as a guide for running training courses or workshops for groups of writers, illustrators, editors and others involved in producing popular reading material. Divided into six chapters, the manual takes the reader through various stages: how to develop a gender persp
...
"A ground-breaking study commissioned by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials on the fiscal, legal, communication, and other constraints of intra-African book trade. The study was designed to present information on the poten
...
The African Books Collective
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2000), 73 pp.
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
...
