"Loosely divided into three sections that focus on the past, the present, and the future, the papers in the proceedings of the 2005 Bibliophilia Africana conference offer a wide variety of contributions on the state of the book in Africa, and on topics such as promoting a reading culture, book and newspaper publishing, collecting books and archival materials, preservation of books and oral literature, public libraries, and accessibility of literature. There also some papers on the impact of new technology and the Internet on book development and publishing. The volume includes book related experiences from South and Southern Africa, as well as contributions from Argentina, the USA, and the UK." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 303)