The politics of publishing in South Africa
By: edited by Nicholas Evans & Monica Seeber
Contributors: Evans, Nicholas; Seeber, Monica
Publisher: Holger Ehling Pub.; University of Natal Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; Scottsville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects -- South Africa; Publishers and publishing -- Social aspects -- South Africa; Publishers and publishing -- Economic aspects -- South Africa
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: Section 1. Media against apartheid : books, journals, magazines, newspapers. The politics of book publishing in South Africa : a critical overview / Phaswane Mpe & Monica Seeber; Alternative publishing in South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s / Dick Cloete; Publishing for the people : the alternative press 1980-1999 / Guy Berger; Section 2. Language, writing, identity, publishing. From colonialism to democracy : writers and publishing in South Africa / Andries Oliphant; Publishing and perishing : books, people and reading in African languages in South Africa / Nhlanhla Maake; Section 3. Considerations for the future. Academic publishing in South Africa / Eve Gray; 'A textbook as cheap as a can of beer' : schoolbooks and public education in South Africa / Nicholas Evans; 'We will publish what you deem to be great' : a dialogue about trade publishing and its readers in South Africa / Nicholas Combrinck & Maggie Davey; Transform, support, stimulate : professional development in the book publishing industry 1990-2000 / Laura Czerniewicz and Monica Seeber; How digital technologies are transforming book publishing / Steve Kromberg; Protecting the publishing industry : reprographic reproduction rights administration as strategy and tool for national book publishing development / Monica Seeber