By Kelvin Smith Now in its fifth year, the Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF) — which starts this Friday, July 30, and runs through Monday, August 2 — is making progress to becoming an event for the whole African publishing world. “This year’s fair is positioning itself as an African affair,” CTBF Director Claudia Kaiser told LitNet. Since the demise …
German Buch News: Parliamentary Support for Google
By Siobhan O’Leary The Research Services group of the German Parliament is now weighing in on the pros and cons of Open Access and Google Book Search. As reported in Boersenblatt, the group has issued a 19-page letter stating that opposition to the concept of Open Access is nearly impossible to comprehend. The report praises the transparency of Google’s compensation …
Cape Town Book Fair Attracts Crowds, Questions Role
By Edward Nawotka SOUTH AFRICA: “Sustainability of the Fair is a challenge, if you measure it against what it intends to be as a trade event, then we have significant challenges ahead of us,” said Vanessa Badroodien, director of the Cape Town Book Fair, which has been running since June 13, and ends today. “It’s simply hard for publishers to …