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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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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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The Business of Books 2015: An Overview of Market Trends in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America
Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurt Book Fair, revised and updated ed. (2015), 14 pp.
"The Business of Books 2015" looks at the developments and driving forces shaping the international book business today. The study provides data, in most cases going back between five and 10 years, to give the readers a more comprehensive understanding of today’s situation. In particular, the repo
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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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Der Buchmarkt in Slowenien
Erlangen: Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Buchwissenschaft (2014), 24 pp.
"Die Faszination des slowenischen Buchmarkts ergibt sich aus mehreren Merkmalen. Zum einen handelt es sich europaweit gesehen um den kleinsten abgrenzbaren Buchmarkt, wenn man von Island absieht. Kleinstaaten wie Liechtenstein, Monaco oder San Marino gehören sprachlich zu dem größeren deutschen b
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Einführung in die Buchwissenschaft
Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (wbg) (2014), 142 pp.
"Diese Einführung stellt die wichtigsten Informationen zur Buchwissenschaft zusammen. Sie macht mit der Geschichte des Faches und seinen zentralen Problemen und Fragestellungen vertraut und erläutert Theorien und Methoden, jeweils mit hilfreichen Literaturangaben und weiterführenden Hinweisen. Da
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Le livre en Afrique francophone: Nouvelles perspectives éditoriales
French Studies in Southern Africa, volume 44, issue 2 (2014), pp. 120-143
"Cet article examine les dynamiques de délocalisation qui caractérisent l'économie du livre africain dans le champ littéraire africain francophone, en particulier depuis 1990. Il montre qu'il existe une histoire de l'édition en Afrique - fragmentée certes, mais réelle - loin de tous les mythe
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The History of the Book in 100 Books: The Complete Story, from Egypt to e-book
London: British Library (2014), 288 pp.
"In The History of the Book in 100 Books, the authors explore 100 books that have played a critical role in the creation and expansion of books and all that they bring - literacy, numeracy, expansion of knowledge, religion, political theory, oppression, liberation, and much more. The book is ordered
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Textbook Development in Low Income Countries: A Guide for Policy and Practice
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), 199 pp.
Ten Books That Shaped the British Empire: Creating an Imperial Commons
Durham; London: Duke University Press (2014), ix, 283 pp.
"Combining insights from imperial studies and transnational book history, this provocative collection opens new vistas on both fields through ten accessible essays, each devoted to a single book. Contributors revisit well-known works associated with the British empire, including Charlotte Brontë's
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Verlagswirtschaft: Ökonomische, rechtliche und organisatorische Grundlagen
Konstanz: UVK, 3., neubearb. und erw. Aufl. (2014), 436 pp.
"Wulf D. von Lucius stellt alle Aufgabenbereiche und Tätigkeitsfelder im Buch- und Zeitschriftenverlag vor. Grundlagen, Funktionen und Zusammenspiel von Programmarbeit, Herstellung und Kalkulation, Werbung, Vertrieb, Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit werden unter betriebs- und marktwirtschaftliche
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50 Years of Independence: Reflections on the Role of Publishing and Progressive African Intellectuals
Africa Spectrum, volume 49, issue 3 (2014), pp. 107-119
"In this contribution, the role of progressive African intellectuals fifty years after independence in the context of African postcolonial, political and socio-economic conditions is examined. African intellectuals have been marginalized by the African state, and progressive intellectuals have been
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El negocio de la edición digital
México, DF: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) (2014), xvi, 344 pp.
"La publicación electrónica exige a los editores contemporáneos reaprender su oficio y experimentar con nuevos modos de gestión, distribución y venta propios de esta naciente rama. Este manual presenta algunos de los avances tecnológicos que han producido la revolución digital y pasa revista
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Brazil
Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurter Buchmesse (2013), 10 pp.
