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"This is the second in a series of annual reviews of select new literature in English that has appeared on the topic of publishing and book development in sub-Saharan Africa. Extensively annotated and/or with abstracts, the present list brings together new literature published during the course of 2 ... more

Coming of Age: Strides in African Publishing, Essays in Honour of Dr Henry Chakava at 70

Henry Chakava (honoured person)
Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers (2016), xxvii, 288 pp.
"Offers up-to-date insights into the state of library and information science (LIS) in the Middle East and North Africa. Covered topics include information literacy, intellectual property, LIS education and research, publishing and more. This timely contribution thus presents vital areas of research ... more
"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 ... more

Bibliodiversité: Manifeste pour une édition indépendante

Paris: Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer (2016), 124 pp.
"This report explores how, in recent years, the book publishing industry has transcended limitations of format, scope, reach and audience, and has overcome its own culture and traditions, to integrate itself in the creation, production, distribution and consumption of media content, worldwide. It dr ... more
"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 ... more

Book Printing Dictionary

Thomson Reuters (2013), 24 pp.

Manuel pratique d’édition pour l’Afrique francophone

Paris; Tunis: Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF);Centre Africain de Formation à l’Édition et à la Diffusion, 3rd ed. (2012), 248 pp.

Print, Text and Book Cultures in South Africa

Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press (2012), 476 pp.
"This book explores the power of print and the politics of the book in South Africa from a range of disciplinary perspectives—historical, bibliographic, literary-critical, sociological, and cultural studies. The essays collected here, by leading international scholars, address a range of topics as ... more

Arab Media: Globalization and Emerging Media Industries

Cambridge, UK; Maldon, Mass.: Polity Press (2011), ix, 206 pp.
"This book provides a clear and authoritative introduction to the emerging Arab media industries in the context of globalization and its impacts, with a focus on publishing, press, broadcasting, cinema and new media. Through detailed discussions of the regulation and economics of these industries, t ... more

Arabic Books

In: Arab Media: Globalization and Emerging Media Industries
Noha Mellor; Muhammad Ayish; Nabil Dajani; Khalil Rinnawi (eds.)
Cambridge; Maldon, Mass.: Polity Press (2011), pp. 29-44

Copyleft-Verlage

In: Argentina Copyleft! Neue Spielregeln für das digitale Zeitalter? Ein Blick nach Argentinien
Berlin: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2010), pp. 83-89

Valor y símbolo: Dos siglos de industrias culturales en la Argentina

Buenos Aires: Presidencia de la Nación, Secretaría de Cultura;Sistema de Información Cultural de la Argentina (SInCA) (2010), 189 pp.
"Este texto está dividido en seis capítulos que indagan, en el tiempo, los campos culturales de los diarios y revistas, los libros, los discos, las películas, la radio y la televisión. Es una obra colectiva que incluye investigaciones, estadísticas y cartografías generadas por el Sistema de In ... more
"Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Auswirkungen der digitalen Ökonomie auf die Buchbranche. Während sich die Branche über einen langen Zeitraum in einem relativ stabilen Marktumfeld befand, ergeben sich aus der Digitalisierung ihres Kernprodukts und der Entwicklung neuer Technologien wie z.B ... more

Una especie de industria fabril: Libros

In: Valor y símbolo: dos siglos de industrias culturales en la Argentina
Natalia Calcagno; Gabriel D. Lerman (dir.)
[Buenos Aires]: Presidencia de la Nación, Secretaría de Cultura;Sistema de Información Cultural de la Argentina (SInCA) (2010), pp. 46-71

Media and Identity in Africa

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), xvii, 333 pp.
"A paper presented to an international colloquium "Culture and Creativity as Vectors of Development" held in Brussels, April 2-3, 2009. The author provides an overview of the current state of book publishing in the ACP countries of francophone Africa, and their impact as an integral part of the cult ... more