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Editores y políticas editoriales en Argentina, 1880-2000
Buenos Aires: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) (2006), 267 pp.
"Aquí se procura estudiar la industria editorial argentina en un período de 120 años, lapso en el que se advierten los avatares de una autonomía amenazada, ora por la política, ora por el mercado. Para hacerlo, se dividió el período de estudio en las siguientes etapas: 1880-1899: el surgimien
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Buchkunde: Die historische Entwicklung des Buches von der Keilschrift bis zur Gegenwart
Wiesbaden: VMA-Verlag, Sonderausg. der 6., überarb. und erg. Aufl. (2006), 396 pp.
"Die erstmals im Jahre 1985 erschiene "Buchkunde" wurde zu einem bis heute unübertroffenen Standardwerk für Bibliothekare und Buchgestalter, sowie für den grossen Leserkreis der kulturgeschichtlich Interessierten. Die hier vorliegende 6. überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage berücksichtigt die Ve
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Exotische Typen: Buchdruck im Orient - Orient im Buchdruck
Berlin: Staatsbibliothek (2006), 215 pp.
Mediengebrauch und Erfahrungswandel: Beiträge zur Kommunikationsgeschichte
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (2003), 223 pp.
The History and Prospects of the Nigerian Book
Lagos: Mace Books for Synergy Educational;French Cultural Centre (2002), 94 pp.
"Charts the history of the Nigerian book and from its earliest days through to the 1980s and 90s - when the publishing industries went into a period of marked decline - and through to the present day. Examines various aspects of the contemporary publishing scene including issues such as copyright an
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The Politics of Publishing in South Africa
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London; Scotsville: Holger Ehling Publishing;University of Natal Press (2000), 300 pp.
"This is a major study on publishing in South Africa, providing an in-depth analysis of the book industry, reviewing its social and historical context, and examining its role as a strategic industry in South Africa's future development. With contributions by some of the country's leading book profes
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Mission Presses in Natal
In: The Love of Books. Proceedings of the Seventh South African Conference of Bibliophiles Held at the South African Library, Cape Town, 8-10 May 1996
Pieter E. Westra; Leonie Twentyman Jones (eds.)
Cape Town: South African Library (1997), pp. 77-84
"A historical account of the development of mission presses in Natal and their prodigious output. Discusses the activities of the American Board of Mission presses, and those of the Anglican, Catholic and Lutheran presses." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 200
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Encyclopedia of the Book
Donald Farren (introduction)
New Castle, Del.; London: Oak Knoll Press;British Library, 2nd ed. (1996), xxiii, 551 pp.
"Containing nearly 4,000 entries of defined terms, Glaister's encyclopedia remains the definitive source on the book as an object and on bookmaking as a trade. There are entries for people (bookseller Thomas Gosden); businesses (Pelican Press); places (Little Britain); slang terms (the French livres
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International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia
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London; Chicago: Fritzroy Dearborn Publishers (1995), xxvi, 736 pp.
"The first part [...] deals with [...] topics as copyright protection, desktop advances, the role of the editor, multinational publishers, scholarly publishing, best-sellers, and more. Major essays explore the nature and impact of the new technologies, changing patterns of readership, scientific pub
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Historia del libro en Chile
Santiago: Editorial Andrés Bello (1993), 253 pp.
The area of learning is fast approaching a grand climax
Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library, volume 48, issue 2 (1993), pp. 57-61
"Describes the activities of the first Wesleyan mission press in South Africa." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1722)
Christian Mission Presses in Ghana: A Brief Review
Ghana Book World, issue 5 (1991), pp. 30-34
"Describes eight mission presses in Ghana and surveys the history of the Christian presses in Ghana. It charts their establishment, achievements, relations with other publishers, and discusses the problems which they face." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 200
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The Presbyterian Mission Press in Central Africa, 1890-1922
American Presbyterians, volume 68, issue 1 (1990), pp. 55-69
Books in Brazil: A History of the Publishing Trade
Metuchen, New Jers.: Scarecrow Press (1982), 485 pp.
Lovedale Press: Literature for the Bantu Revisited
English in Africa, volume 7, issue 2 (1980), pp. 71-85
"Provides an insight into the early work of Lovedale Press in South Africa from 1823 onwards, when Lovedale was the focal point of the literate Christian culture that emerged among the Xhosa in the Eastern Cape region, and which up until the turn of the century concentrated on evangelical and educat
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The Gutenberg Galaxy
Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1962), 293 pp.
"Study of the development of printing." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1356, topic code 19)
