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Why I Publish Ebooks on Paper for South Africans

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Arthur Attwell, founder of Paperight, explains why his company has leveraged the network of photocopy shops throughout South Africa to cater to hard-to-reach readers.

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African Books for African Readers

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Dakar, Senegal’s Amalion Publishing is an up-and-coming house that only publishes books by African authors and does so simultaneously in English and French.

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Johannesburg’s Fourthwall: Publishing Experiments on the Periphery

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Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, editor of Johannesburg’s inventive art books publisher Fourthwall, discusses how publishing on the periphery of the world can give you an edge.

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Ether for Authors: What We Leave Behind

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Porter Anderson’s curation of the best of the web for authors looks at next week’s TOC New York, concerns about B&N’s future, Faber’s new transmedia project and much, much more.

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Updated Small Publishers’ Catalogue for Africa Coming Soon

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South Africa’s Modjaji Books is updating its catalog of small publishers and literary magazines in Africa, with the aim of expanding coverage to the entire continent.

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Do School Textbooks Shape National Attitudes? Yes, says Study

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A new study conducted in Germany looked at textbooks from 160 countries found an alarming number of instances of idealogical indoctrination and falsehoods.

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South Africa Promotes Reading in Indigenous Langages

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In South Africa 70% of the titles come from the US and Europe, so priority during Book Week is on promoting books and reading from South Africa’s own.

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FunDza: South Africa’s New YA Publisher Cover2Cover Books

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South Africa’s Cover2Cover Books has founded the FunDza Literary Trust, with the goal of improving literacy in the teen and young adult market.

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LBF 2012: Transformative Startups in Publishing

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Young entrepreneurs from around the world spoke at the London Book Fair about publishing challenges and opportunities in their respective countries.

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Ingrid Winterbach’s Novel Leaves You Aching for the Dramatic Denouement

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Ingrid Winterbach’s new novel translated from the Afrikaans, The Book of Happenstance, leaves the reading waiting for a resolution or dramatic action that never comes.

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