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Inside De Caliphate's Classroom: Textbooks, Guidance Literature, and Indoctrination Methods of the Islamic State
Washington, DC: Washington Institute for Near East Policy (2016), xii, 76 pp.
"The study is divided into three parts, the first of which describes the Islamic State’s publishing house, Maktabat al-Himma, and its activities and offers a rough chronology of when the group published various works. The second part examines the group’s classroom textbooks, drawing comparisons
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Publishing & the Book in Africa: A Literature Review for 2015
Zell Publishing Consultants (2016), 39 pp.
"A review of select new literature in English that has appeared on the topic of publishing and book development in Africa published during the course of 2015. It covers books, papers in edited collections, journal articles, Internet documents and reports, interviews, as well as a number of blog post
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Guide to Developing Open Textbooks
Burnaby: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2016), 62 pp.
"The Guide to Developing Open Textbooks has been developed to assist teachers, teaching support personnel and educational technology administrators to: 1. understand the value of open education, OER and open textbooks for teaching and learning; 2. appreciate the potential value of developing an open
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Digital Scholarly Editing: Theories and Practices
Cambridge (UK): Open Book Publishers (2016), xv, 272 pp.
"This volume presents the state of the art in digital scholarly editing. Drawing together the work of established and emerging researchers, it gives pause at a crucial moment in the history of technology in order to offer a sustained reflection on the practices involved in producing, editing and rea
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Annual Review 2015
London: Book Aid International (2015), 19 pp.
Buying, protecting and selling rights: Wie man urheberrechtlich geschützte Texte erwirbt, sichert und verbreitet
Frankfurt am Main: Bramann, 2., vollst. neu bearb. und aktualisierte Aufl. (2015), 93 pp.
"Erwerb, Sicherung und Verbreitung der Nutzungsrechte, die ein Autor einem Verlag überträgt, sind zentrale Aufgaben der Verlage. ›Buying, Protecting and Selling Rights‹ versteht sich als Plädoyer für diese Vertragswerte. Denn sie bilden die Grundlage einer langfristigen Beziehung zwischen Au
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Where Have All the Textbooks Gone? Toward Sustainable Provision of Teaching and Learning Materials in Sub-Saharan Africa
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: World Bank Group (2015), xxiii, 266 pp.
"The key role of textbooks and other teaching and learning materials (TLMs) in enhancing the quality of learning is almost universally recognized. Numerous factors are involved in provision of TLMs, including curriculum, literacy and numeracy, language of instruction policy, procurement and distribu
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Reclams Sachlexikon des Buches
Stuttgart: Reclam, 3., vollst. überarb. und aktual. Aufl. (2015), 475 pp.
"Dieses Sachlexikon bietet nun bereits in dritter, gründlich überarbeiteter und ergänzter Auflage Grundlagenwissen rund um das Medium Buch: von der Handschrift über das gedruckte Buch bis zum E-Book. Auch andere Schriftmedien wie das Flugblatt, die Zeitung oder die Zeitschrift sind berücksichti
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Book Donation Programmes for Africa: Time for a Reappraisal? Part I
Zell Publishing Consultants (2015), 109 pp.
"This investigation attempts to shed more light on current book donation practices, and provides an overview and profiles of the work of the principal book aid organizations active in the English-speaking parts of sub-Saharan Africa; describing how they differ in their approach and strategies, donat
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Indonesia
Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurter Buchmesse (2015), 7 pp.
A guide for strengthening gender equality and inclusiveness in teaching and learning materials
Washington, DC: USAID (2015), IV, 28 pp.
Buchmarkt, Buchindustrie und Buchmessen in Deutschland, Spanien und Lateinamerika
Berlin; Münster: Lit (2015), 313 pp.
"Die spanische und lateinamerikanische Literatur und ihre institutionelle und mediale Vermittlung in den deutschen Buchmarkt sind Gegenstand des vorliegenden Bandes. Die Interferenzen zwischen dem spanisch- und dem deutschsprachigen Literaturbetrieb werden von ausgewiesenen Experten aus Wissenschaft
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Getting Textbooks to Every Child in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategies for Addressing the High Cost and Low Availability Problem
Washington, DC: World Bank (2015), xv, 106 pp.
"The objective of the study is to identify the cost and financing constraints to text book provision and thereby help countries remove constraints on timely provision of affordable textbooks to all students in primary and secondary education. To this end, the study focuses exclusively on cost and fi
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Wie ich Bücher gestalte
Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag (2015), 77 pp.
"So wichtig die Gestaltung von Umschlag und Einband eines Buches für Leser, Autoren, Verlag und Buchhandel ist, die Innentypographie ist eine mindestens ebenso wichtige Vermittlerin von Struktur und hilft bei der Orientierung. Sie kann ernsthaft sein oder spielerisch, sie kann historische Elemente
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Le don de livre, mais à quel prix, et en échange de quoi ? (Book donation programmes for Africa, part 2)
[author] (2015), 76 pp.
"Un des arguments prioritaires du don de livre en Afrique, c’est qu’il n’y a pas (ou pas assez) de livres. C’est en fait, peut-être, l’inverse: il y a un monopole du livre étranger qui ne permettrait pas au livre africain de rayonner suffisamment pour être connu/reconnu dans le monde. L
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Evolución y tendencias digitales en Latinoamérica
Bookwire (2015), 43 pp.
"Este documento ofrece una serie de cifras y perspectivas claves para ayudar a los profesionales del sector editorial de todo el mundo a entender la transformación que está teniendo lugar en los mercados en idioma español y portugués, así como las oportunidades de negocio derivadas de dicha tra
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An Overview of the Digital Evolution of Mexican Publishing Market
Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurt Book Fair; Bookwire (2015), 11 pp.
The World Through Picture Books: Librarians’ Favourite Books from Their Country
The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2nd ed. (2015), 218 pp.
"We are very happy to publish the second edition of The World through Picture Books, enriched with sixteen new annotated lists. This new edition proves even more the very enthusiastic, skilled participation of librarians and the great success of this international programme. The programme deals with
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