Issued free to SABA members June - Aug 2010

Vol 22
CONTENTS
FEATURES REPORTS
8 The Franschhoek Literary Festival
Alone amongst literary, like-minded
people
10 Exclus1ves.co.za
SA’s biggest bookstore chain moves
ahead of the pack
11 The future of the book
Books and reading are sexy again
12 The Professional Editors Conference
Mediators of the literary world meet
14 Are you going to buy a Kindle?
The pros and cons of the e-reader
15 Not the London Book Fair
Stranded SA lit scene pulls together
18 CTBF celebrates its 5th anniversary
More of Africa, trade and surprises
for visitors
REGULARS
17 There were some that made it 4 From the President’s Desk
Opportunities not lost at the London
Book Fair 2010
6 SABA National Executive
20 Nigeria International Book Fair Committee
Building capacity in the African
book industry
29 Industry Update
22 Libraries under the spotlight
A national campaign for school 30 Worldwide News
libraries receives attention
24 World Book Day 34 Africa Update
Celebrations begin to grow in
momentum
35 Buyers’ Guide
26 Bibliographic control in Africa:
Aspects, challenges and prospects 37 Member Listing
south of the Sahara
27 The Centre for the Book
Reaching out to those in need
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From the President’s desk

From the President’s desk
Dear Members,
The premier book event of the South African calendar must certainly be the Cape Town Inter-
Dearnational
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bookselling wouldtosuffer.the National Manager was
The Department
– Frikkie Nel – at saba@sabooksellers.com The trade has been no less active than usual. World planning to produce workbooks internally this year,
Trading conditions for retailers generally
Book Day have been difficult
functions were held for around
almost a the year
countrynow.inThegood statistics
people collected by Nielsen
were employed to Bookdata
work on them re- and
flected weakening conditions for booksellers from the first quarter of 2008 which grew weaker as
April. In Bloemfontein booksellers, publishers and considerable funding was allocated. Although the year progressed. The collapse of this
the Fascinations chain was a shock and sadness toDepartment
the Education other booksellers,cooperatedand we in awerefunctionpleasedhasthatnow manybeen of postponed
the employees by aretained
year it their
remains a
jobs as other owners took over the shops. It was therefore a great relief to most when the last minute Christmas sales turned out to be
attended by hundreds and books were given to concern: the redirection of the funds may affect sales
stronger than the previous year’s and pushed the month’s figures up to better levels. Book sales in United Kingdom declined in Decem-
children in the townships to encourage reading. of books and the workbooks could be a step in the
ber despite strong discounting, so we should probably be grateful that we are so far escaping the worst of the world recession.
In September, we will be working with the Dept of direction of publishing textbooks internally.
School book sales have also been reasonably buoyant. Many expected that the sales would fall because new syllabi were being intro-
Arts and Culture doing further promotions during On a more serious note, SABA would like to
duced to fewer grades but schools have found it necessary to spend the money on newly prescribed readers and replacements of old
National Book Week. Booksellers around the country send condolences to friends and family of James
stock. We are nevertheless still concerned that so many books are being purchased through warehouse distributors around the country
favour activities assisting the community, so the Armstrong, founder of LJ Armstrong Booksellers and
rather than through booksellers who offer a wider service to the community. All the stakeholders in education attended a meeting with
SABA executive has decided to set aside R10,000 Jurie Brink of MB Books, who recently passed away.
the Education Department’s LTSM Forum in January and the difficult situation of the Educational Bookseller was put to the depart-
each year to support Provincial activities where local
ment. Decisions on purchasing methods need to be taken with the long term effects in mind.As WeSouth
do hopeAfrica was the focus at this year’s London
that our share of the market
will not continue to be eroded. booksellers match the funding. A school has been Book Fair a larger number of booksellers planned to
Libraries around the country operate selected in KZN and
independently so booksellers
the situations hope inthat publishers
different attend.
areas vary. The It Free
was aState great pity that
library has the interruption
happily re- of
sumed purchasing, so readers there will sharesome
will have in anew project
booksthat will give
to enjoy. In some the other
schoolareasflights into London
spending due to temporarily
has stopped the volcanic as ashthe
deprived
year end approaches as the budget has suitable library books.
been exhausted and we Western Cape Booksellers
are optimistic that we will soon most be of them
supplyingof their trip. In
again. WeKZNcongratulate
a new pur- the Book
have already donated blinds and books to the Harry
chasing system is being used. While the library is not enjoying the benefits of the old submission system and is therefore not getting all Town
Lounge for setting up the video link between Cape
Gwala school,
the new books as they appear, it is achieving takingofupspending
its objective the challenge
money of with
Dr Naicker and thetraders.
small emerging Fair andIn enabling
some cases localtheauthors to participate
established
booksellers are giving help to enabletothemturn to it into
findaor reading
purchase school.
the books. This is howeverinputting their interviews
the specialist and enabling Capetonians
library suppliers andat least
library departments within larger shopsThe underneed for good
strain as they libraries
have lost forsales.
schoolThe children
librariestohave
havebeena taste of the Fair.
discussing ways Looking ahead we see first
of transforming
around the country
in many areas and have written a Transformation Charteris great.
whichMany schoolsits
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stages. Cape Town Book Fair which
has participated in theisdrafting
to be heldand from 30th
inadequate book collections and
it now contains elements recommending that purchasing should be done through booksellers. children are then July till 2nd August. This is such an exciting event, that
The rand weakened materially over the dependent
past year on public
so the libraries
prices offor the access
overseas to essential
books have risenI considerably
encourage anyone overin thethe industry
period andtoacademic
attend, both for
booksellers were alarmed when the materials.
rand fell toWhere R13.00 these are dollar
to the being well
over managed
the important and December
the trade interest
orderingand for the
period. Anfascinating
improvement talks that
in January and February has helped funded
them the unequal
to limit provision
the price of libraries
increases, at schoolshave
and students take
beenplace in thetheir
buying conference
textbooks rooms. as eagerly as
becomes lessAdmissions
ever. There were problems with the Centralised significant, Office
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some areas,
causedthey too
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for both studentscomes and the our Annualin-
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stitutions, but enrollments have noware been suffering.
completed In and
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more students thanthe ever annual
before are at tertiary
Meeting, which institutions.
offers further The failure of the
opportunities to
Education department to give some 80,000
book budget students was their
once matriculation
R8m. This year results
R1.2 on time also
million meet caused
your some problems.
colleagues and settle matters in need of
The level of publishers’ service is of critical
was allocatedimportance and we to booksellers.
understand that Modern R800, technology has greatly
000 discussion. Theimproved
growing invasion this over of the years,
digital books into
and booksellers’ expectations are forofdelivery
this haswithin now been a few days for most
withdrawn. Can we local books.
afford to Tothe
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territory to seeours
we consider howmakesthey (or their
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neglect collectionsbooksellers
that are built have
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many collecting
years and statistics.
us to know We what
have is been surprised
happening. by more
Even the speed
important,
of delivery of some publishers but there
are suchare vital
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assets? On aothers positive who
note,lagthe well behind. We
QIDS-up hope the
we must surveywe
do what willcan encourage
to make them to
it possible for
improve their service. The survey will look notwhich
program, only at willdelivery
greatly speed
improve butschool
also at other benchmarks
libraries, booksellerssuch to as accuracy,indamaged
participate the digital books,
revolution
and speed on the handling of return is requests.
moving ahead in KZN. Book displays were held, and through delivering the material we have always
Our editor leaves on an extended honeymoon
the department afteristhe publication
presently of this issue
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wish you a memorable holiday, Jessica, and look
ordering decisions. forward to your return. a guest speaker involved in developments in South
Much work has been put into establishing a single Africa. A number of other interesting meetings are
national school textbook Guru
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The Franschhoek Literary Festival
Alone amongst literary, like-minded people
T he Franschhoek Literary Festival is
not everyone’s cup of tea. I know this
because I have been unable to persuade
any of my friends or family to join me in
Franschhoek for this celebrated weekend
of literary discussions. I am here alone.
In the past, this lack of interest has
stopped me from actually attending the
fair. This year however, I decided that
attending the event was a matter of extreme
import for my career and for the June
edition of Bookmark. I could no longer
with any sense of serious journalistic
integrity merely reprint a press release or
some other fortunate individual’s report
on the event. I had to go myself. By myself
if necessary. And that in the end is pretty
much how it all turns out.
I miss the first day of the fair as I am
attending a Professional Editors conference
at the Bridge House School just outside
Franschhoek (see page 12 for a report on
this). The first session I attend on a bright
and sunny Saturday morning therefore
is titled The Third Oldest Profession and
is a panel of three of South Africa’s most
respected independent booksellers; Corina
van der Spoel from Boekehuis, Mervyn
Sloman from The Book Lounge and Ann
Donald of Kalk Bay Books.
Independents are very different to the
big chain stores in obvious of ways, but
one interesting point that comes to light is
that the mass-market books do not move in
the smaller shops and the sellers wonder if
this is necessarily a good thing. It certainly
nullifies all of the information about what
sells in the trade and they debate whether
they are cutting off a huge part of the
market through their exclusivity?
I don’t know about this. I have an idea
that people that buy best sellers are the
type of people that like to spend time in
malls, shopping, and are of the mindset
that will encourage them to buy the best
sellers because everyone else is. Those
that travel out of their way to visit a
particular independent bookstore in a
usually unsavoury part of town, however,
are usually going out specifically to that
bookstore and have no plans on going
to any mall any time soon if they can
possibly help it. They are looking for
something different, something unique
that the handpicked and well-read staff in
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Franschhoek Town Hall
an independent bookstore may be able to
direct them to.
This is interestingly enough one of the
first sessions at the festival that sold out
Andrew Donaldson, the chair, tells us. It
is very clear that people in these literary
circles are very passionate about these
bookstores. Is this due to the aggressive
interaction campaigns the three stores
have? Ann has tried to create a place where
people who love books can come and feel at
home. Some of her customers become so
relaxed they take their shoes off and have
a nap. Readings and lectures are a part of
that. Mervyn says that they do the events
because they are passionate about meeting
authors and supporting them.
‘I’m like a kid in a sweetshop,’ he says.
The marketing that the Book Lounge
gets from this is by the way.
Corina is more businesslike, ‘Our mailing
list is the lifeblood of our shop,’ she says.
And each launch is a new opportunity to
grow that list. Each book brings different
people with it.
It is not all roses though. Cash flow is
a huge problem in these small shops, the
paperwork and admin are time consuming.
Coming to terms with the industry systems
is another nightmare on its own, as is theft
for resale at second hand dealers.
The discussion flows from publisher
discounts to book clubs, coffee shops,
loyalty points, children story times and
the current explosion in South African
publishing. Mervyn says that it is an
absolute privilege to be in the book trade
at the moment. It is so exciting.
Usually there is a relationship between
the reader and the book, says a voice from
the audience. You have given us access to
the authors and it is wonderful. Thank you.
I wander outside to stretch my legs and
get some fresh air before the next session
begins. A turn round the block brings me
to the bookshop Wordsworth has set up
in the town hall. I peruse the mostly local
titles and then make my way to the next
session, completely at ease with my own
company and the environment. It is a bit
like being in a giant bookshop; alone but
amongst literary, like-minded people.
Karabo Kgoleng from SAFM chairs
the next session on what literary agents
(Isobel Dixon) and literary scouts (Rebecca
Servadio) do for authors. Isobel is yet
another filter between the author and the
public. If you want to get serious about
being published you need an agent is the
message. Rebecca, the scout, spends her
time reading books and manuscripts in
various languages and recommending them
for international publication. Karabo holds
her own alongside these two overachievers.
All three of these beautiful women are so
sophisticated and well spoken that I feel
like a high school dropout.
Ben Williams from BookSA chairs the
session between small publishers Louise
Grantham, Arthur Atwell and Colleen
Higgs. They are an interesting mix. Colleen
with Modjaji Press focuses on Southern

African Women’s writing, Louise who has
just launched Bookstorm will focus on
quality mainstream non-fiction and Arthur,
who is the technology guru of Electric Book
Works, publishes all sorts of books both in
hard copy and in electronic format.
The main question under discussion
here is what the difference between a large
publisher and small publisher really is
to say an author interested in getting a
manuscript to market. Louise says that
by their nature small publishers are more
individualistic. They are intrinsically
involved in the whole process of getting
a book published where as within a big
publishing house the process is disjointed
and books can get lost. Colleen says that
people come to her because they like the
idea of a small publisher.
The only major problem that these
small publishers seem to face is with
distribution. They battle to get their titles
listed with the bigger bookselling chains
although Colleen says that the longer you
are in business the better your relationship
will get. The South African public should
also ask the bigger chains to stock specific
South African books. Demand creates a
supply as we know, even if it does feel a bit
like putting the cart before the horse.
Ann Donald chairs Niq Mhlongo,
John van de Ruit and Imraan Coovadia
in a thoroughly irreverent and enjoyable
discourse on the unexpected aspects of
being a novelist. The three of them keep
the audience twittering for an hour with
their anecdotes, punch lines and cheeky
one-liners. I am enjoying myself so much I
forget to take notes.
Sunday is quieter than Saturday and a
thin film of highflying clouds hides the
blue of the sky. I skip the first session
of the day, electing to spend an hour
in the makeshift Wordsworth bookstore
instead. I deliberate over which of the
engaging South African authors I have
been privileged to listen to over the course
of the past few days to purchase. Imraan
Coovadia, Niq Mhlongo or Chris van Wyk
for their humour; Ivan Vladislavic for his
imaginative brilliance or Michiel Heyns
for his unassuming skill in the craft. All
are tempting and I limit myself to one title
from each.
The most interesting session of the day
on Sunday is on e-books. Arthur Atwell
is unsurprisingly on the panel with author
Imraan Coovadia and publisher Basil van
Rooyen. It is chaired by Ben Williams, who
has on hand unbelievably enough a first
generation Kindle, a Kindle 2, a Kindle DX
(which actually belongs to Imraan) and an
iPad, which produces an audible
‘Ooh,’ from the audience.
Corina van der Spoel , Andrew Donaldson
Arthur is clearly in his element in this
panel. E-books can be published in different
formats, all of which are just different ways
of storing text he says. A PDF is the easiest
format for most publishers because it looks
most similar to the printed page. The e-pub
format on the other hand is just a web page
packaged in a zip file. The real advantage
with the e-pub format is that because it
is based on flowing text like a website,
the text will be reflowable and therefore
fit onto any size screen. You can also
put embedded video and pictures into the
e-pub format, which makes e-books highly
interactive.
So what does the e-book bode for the
future of publishing in South Africa?
Imraan is of the opinion that e-book
technology will free the industry from the
control of the big corporate. Basil thinks
that textbooks will stay on paper because
we are a third world country although with
fiction things will start to change rapidly.
The power struggle between the big players
regarding the pricing of e-books will upset
the industry for a long time. As a small
publisher, he plans to enter the market
only once that has been resolved.
This is all very well says Ben, however,
we are only two thirds of the way there.
What we need now is a big online
e-bookstore and it is coming. It is called
Google Editions and it will be huge because
Google has incredible reach and e-books
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Andrew Donaldson, Ann Donald,
Mervyn Sloman
will be more visible and accessible on
Google than in any other space. All the big
publishers are talking to them. It makes
business sense; roughly 70% of sales will
go back to publishers, which is 20% more
than in the print world.
There is so much jargon being bandied
about that I can barely keep up. What,
amongst all of this innovation will
happen to bookstores I wonder? Will they
survive? At some stage, says the panel,
we will reach a point where the bulk of
all books will be sold via the internet,
so how does a bookshop, which can so
easily be leapfrogged, position itself to
remain the middle man? Arthur thinks
that some bookstores will find a space in
this new world. The more e-books there
will be, the more we will need people
to tell us about the good ones. Like the
good independents, bookstores will begin
to offer more of a curation service. There
is already the technology available that will
enable bookstores to sell e-books in their
stores via the internet and still take a cut
from that.
The panel discusses Alice in Wonderland,
the future of children’s literature, publisher
discounts, the future of libraries, built in
analytics, copyright issues, piracy, security,
education and even reading in the bath.
To wrap it up Ben wants to know how
long it will take for the ripples of change
to reach the South African market. His
guess is that in five years time there will
be parallel print and hardcopy markets.
The market is going to change, where it
will go is all guesswork now, but there is
no doubt that it will move fast. One can
only hope that with books becoming more
accessible, more talked about than ever,
the market will deepen, and perhaps, just
perhaps, people will buy more hardcopy
books because of e-books.
Jessica Faircliff
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BOOKMARK I Feature
Exclus1ves.co.za
SA’s biggest bookstore chain moves ahead of the pack
E xclusive Books launched their new
shopping site in March this year,
offering a virtual entertainment galaxy
with a world of choices. At the forefront
of the interface of development between
the mainstream online environment and
social media platforms, exclus1ves.co.za,
has leapt beyond any conventional buying
platform in South Africa, to create a virtual
browsing-shopping-networking paradise
for every fanatical bookworm, gamer,
movie buff and muso. By all accounts, it
is a giant leap in the right direction for
South African Booksellers and Bookmark
is pleased to give you lowdown on how it
all works.
Exclusive Books sits within the broad
Avusa Media stable. As we all know, this
avaricious organization owns a large stake
in various South African media platforms
and has been broadening its reach into the
publishing and bookselling market in the
past few years. Avusa owns and represents
nearly 20 newspapers, and 11 magazines
within the Avusa brand as well as more
beneath Picasso Headline. It has dabbled
in exhibitions with the Home Show, owns
SA’s leading business channel Summit TV,
as well as websites such as Career Junction
and i-Net Bridge. Nu Metro and Gallo
Music Group sit under its entertainment
and music banner. Lovell Jones, Maps
International, Mapstudio and Mapit have
that corner of the market covered and
Random House Struik with Oshun Books
is its publishing arm. Booksite Africa
looks after distribution and Entertainment
Logistic Services has all the Logistics under
control. Finally yet importantly, Exclusive
Books and Van Schaik Bookstore cover
retail of both trade and consumer books to
the South African Market.
That is Avusa Media in a nutshell and it is
with these offerings and through the power
of all these organizations that the media
giant has been able to create and launch
exclus1ves.co.za.
The range of products on offer is therefore
vast. Through it, you can access all locally
distributed DVDs from major studios
Warner, Paramount, Disney, Sony,
Universal and Fox. Products include
feature films, TV series, documentaries,
animated features, cartoons, plus the
Learning Channel DVDs.
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Evan Morris, Exclus1ves.co.za site
development manager
The gaming selection offers all the games
typically available in local retailers from
Wii, DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox and PC.
Musical offerings include CDs and DVDs
from the four major studios: Gallo/
Warner, Sony, EMI and Universal, plus
CDs from independents such as Select
Music and IRIS, who have exceptionally
strong selections of local music.
Obviously, Exclus1ves.co.za being the
official online portal of Exclusive Books,
the focus is largely on books. They claim
to cover all locally published material,
plus what promises to be a comprehensive
range from both larger and smaller
international publishers. Most progressive
is the fact that Exclus1ves will be selling
electronic books in PDF and e-pub format
for download and consumption on a range
of devices. Although this range is currently
limited to e-books by New Holland, the
word is that by the end of the year they
should be selling 60,000 titles from major
publishers in digital format.
Books have been priced cheaper than
Exclusive Books in-store prices and are
delivered free of charge to your local
exclusives branch. The site is in fact
competitively priced compared to other
local online retailers, although it came
out slightly more expensive than Kalahari
in our investigations. Amazon is of
course difficult to compete with on first
impressions until you factor in shipping
costs and time delays.
A best-of-breed search engine from
Microsoft allows users to search the online
catalogue using a wide variety of terms and
keywords. It is also closely integrated with
the Fanatics programme, so you can earn
and spend points online.
What is a really attractive feature is the
fact that you can personalize the site to
suit your tastes and needs. Users can create
their own content by tagging items with
unique tags, adding reviews, commenting
on other users’ reviews, or sharing content
and product finds with others by linking
to Face-book, Digg, Delicious or Twitter.
It is almost like having your own personal
section of a bookstore.
The site is designed with social media in
mind. Customers can complete detailed
profiles, upload pictures of themselves, list
their interests, and maintain lists of their
favourite items as well as create customized
lists of products to share with other site
users. Phase 2 of the site development will
include the ability to make friends with
other site users and follow their reviews.
A full-time dedicated editorial team of
book, DVD, music and gaming aficionados
will continuously source and develop the
latest information, news and reviews for
the site and a robust local and international
supply chain will ensure nationwide
delivery in double-quick time.
Basically they appear to have it all covered.
‘We have made a substantial investment
in the site and ensured we have leading
features such as a best-of-breed Microsoft
search engine, because we believe it is
pioneering the future of online shopping
and entertainment – it truly is the place
where books, movies, games, music and
their fanatics meet, ’ said site development
manager, Evan Morris at the launch.
‘The rise of social networking and user-
participation has been the defining
characteristic of popular culture for
the last decade or so, and we wanted
a site where users would spend time,
browsing, participating and spreading the
conversation even if they weren’t buying
anything.’
It is a great site, and certainly most
convenient. We look forward to seeing
how the e-book offering develops and
more importantly in hearing how quickly
the South African market grabs onto this
burgeoning market.
www.exclus1ves.co.za

The future of the book
Books and reading are sexy again
B ooks and reading are sexy again!! The
excitement and hype surrounding the
e-book and the various reading devices
reached fever pitch with the dramatic
launch of the iPad. Even Fortune, that
bastion of Wall Street, joined the fray
with a leading article debating the future
of reading in its latest edition. The vast
number of commentators and the immense
scope of the debate is impossible to capture
in this forum and so I have pulled out key
strands that I personally feel will drive
e-reading and how or whether there will be
a commercial opportunity for traditional
publishers and retailers in this space.
Many in the industry believe that the
move toward a digital reading platform
will signal the death of print. I truly believe
though that print is not dead (certainly
not in the book publishing industry) and
that the traditional book still embodies
the perfect technology and will remain
the choice of many readers. The thrill
of finding something you weren’t looking
for when browsing aimlessly through a
bookshop, the smell and touch of a new
book, the lure of the coffee shop next door
– these are experiences that cannot be
captured online.
But the e-book and the world of digital
print offer exciting, new and varied
experiences for readers. And those online
retailers and publishers that seek these
readers out and create a dialogue, that
in many ways replicate the networks
created by the word of mouth experience
will succeed in the vast and seemingly
infinite online world. Many naysayers will
point to the disintermediation occurring
in the industry where traditional retailers
face a bleak future up against the three
technogiants that have engulfed this space
on a global level: Amazon with its Kindle
and the proprietary format that locks
readers in; Apple blasting into the world of
reading with the iPad and the iBook store
(which interestingly uses a standard ePub
format accessible on most reading devices
in contrast to the closed Apple economy
created in the music industry around
iTunes) and Google, penned the frenemy
of publishers soon to launch its Google
Edition platform that will become key to
publishers because of the search might and
penetration of Google. And yet none of these
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three technology companies seem to focus
yet on creating unique user experiences
that go beyond the pure download model.
In contrast to traditional publishing where
the big corporates win over the big name
authors or celebrities with huge advances
and marketing budgets, the internet is
a great leveler allowing smaller, more
agile and interesting publishers and their
authors and retailers to access consumers
on a global basis in a far more targeted
way and this really is the way in which the
behemoths can be challenged or partnered
with.
The key for retailers and publishers big
or small, will be to create and enhance the
online conversation with existing customers
and new readers using interesting and
prolific online networks including the
likes of Twitter, Facebook and Goodreads
but also through niche and more targeted
sites and online communities. Risk-
Terry Morris
taking, decisiveness and the challenging
of conventional structures and systems are
key to owning a piece of this space in which structure of the deal with Amazon ensuring
internet users are inherently transient and publishers set the price of the e-books
yet also inquisitive. So by creating a unique rather than Amazon pricing all e-books at
experience that hooks in the digital dweller the $9.99 mark. Many consumer activists
with an added value proposition will be are up in arms about the proposed higher
imperative. prices of e-books when the production
An example of driving this demand was costs of the e-books are lower. In defense of
Pan Macmillan’s experiment of allowing the publishers, the digital world of books is
open access to the download of the a new space and e-books still only amount
book Men Who Stare at Goats during to 5% of all book sales in the US and by
the duration of Jonathan Ross’s Twitter cheapening the product, authors receive
discussion around the movie. This initiative lower royalties and sales of the traditional
was set up within 48 hours with all parties, formats may be threatened. The role of
author, agent and publishers agreeing to the publisher will still be to filter and sort
the pricing and legal issues within his through the mass of material to produce
timeframe. This four year old book shot and promote quality writing and to build
to the number one spot on Amazon.co.uk authors. The revenue streams from the
and drove huge sales through traditional sale of traditional and e-books need to be
bookstores. This creativity of defining guaranteed and need to reflect the value
the experience and the dialogue suddenly and worth of the material in whatever
makes reading a shared experience and format it is delivered.
a networked one that goes beyond the As someone from the digital team at
traditional static experience of reading a Macmillan said e-publishing is akin to the
book and yet still drives traditional sales of Industrial revolution and not the Russian
the book alongside the digital format. Revolution – it is an evolving space rather
Another area of vociferous debate is than an overnight transformation.
around the pricing models of e-books.
Publishers just last month in the US stood Terry Morris, MD Pan Macmillan
their ground against the mighty Amazon. South Africa
com with John Sargent of Macmillan US This speech was first delivered by at the
leading the pack. They renegotiated the launch of the new Exclus1ves.co.za site.
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The Professional Editors conference
Mediators of the literary world meet
H elen Moffett was expecting a group
of 12 editors. Over 50 of us mess
somewhat with her plans for a workshop;
however, as a true academic she slips
effortlessly into a warm and friendly
lecture. Helen is very at home in her topic,
which is: Editing texts in English. She goes
off on tangents easily and often, jumping
between the disciplines of writing and
editing probably as often as most writer
/ editors do and her advice is honest and
rings true.
The Professional Editors Group (PEG)
has organised this gathering of 200 or
so editors, who I soon come to see as
the mediators of the literary world. It
takes place at the Bridge School on the
outskirts of Franschhoek just before the
Literary Festival and as an outsider to this
realm of helpful individuals; I find both
the programme and the attendees very
interesting.
Someone dumped a whole truckful of
compost on the tree of African fiction a
few years ago and the resultant growth
spurt in genres of all kinds that have begun
to emerge from the fertile soil is quite
invigorating. Today, Helen tells us, we
have science fiction, thrillers, crime, chick
lit, literary romance and pure imaginative
brilliance coming from South African
authors who have left behind the muddied
ground of apartheid and stepped gracefully
into the air. Some have even gone so far as
to leave behind the boundaries of Africa
and are writing about distant places and
age-old topics.
So, it is an exciting time to be a fiction
editor in South Africa, even if you will
never become rich doing what you do. This
theme seems to be true for every link in
the book selling and producing chain and
seeing how many links there are it is not
surprising. One pie can only go so far.
Amongst other practical advice on the art
of editing, Helen tells us that the minute an
author expects someone to pay money for
their writing, they lose ownership of that
work because then it becomes all about
the reader, who wants to be entertained
or educated. It is the Editor’s job to broker
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Delegates networking in between sessions
that relationship between reader and
writer. Conversely, the net effect of this
rule is that the editor must have a good
relationship with the author so that they
will listen his or her advice.
Editors, it seems to me are much
like film or stage directors. They have a
relationship with nearly everyone working
on the exciting production, they act as
chief liaison officer between the producer,
technicians, actors, and of course the
screenplay writer. They listen to everyone’s
point of view, take the good, leave the bad
and then quietly produce a spectacular
show without any major upsets to little
acclaim or reward.
The basic skills of editing can of course
be learnt, but paring a manuscript down to
the bare bones of loveliness and bringing
out an authors voice is no easy task. There
is a certain amount of magic that happens,
a certain amount of just knowing what will
work. Helen has written up some helpful
hints called Stuff Authors Need to Know on
her blog http://helenmoffett.book.ca.za/
blog, where any of us can go for more of
her sage advice.
I move from one freezing section of
the cavernous school hall cum theatre to
another, where I spend the afternoon in
a creative writing workshop run by the
Creative Express Minibar. I realize half
way through that I am in the wrong session.
I should have chosen to be in Editing
Romance Fiction: challenges and charms
with Nelleke De Jager and Moky Makura. I
know nothing about editing romance fiction.
It would have been new and interesting.
I do, however know about creative
writing. It is a craft that I work hard at as I
am not exactly convinced of my raw talent,
which I think needs a lot of education and
practice. I have read a decent number of
informative books on the subject, whole
sections of which are paraphrased in the
workshop, so I do not find a lot of new
inspiration here. I guess there is only so
much of how to write creatively that can be
taught before the lessons must be put into
practice.
The following day, Friday the 14th is
colder and if possible, wetter than the day
before. The Bridge House School has invited
a panel of Authors to speak to the children
and we have been invited to attend. The
ragged lines of children file in to a low hum
of excitement, which ends with the clatter of
chairs being pulled back on wooden floors.
Gabeba Baderon is the first speaker. Her
message to the children is that writing is
about taking your own imagination very
seriously. ‘Nurture what is very unique
about you,’ she says. The secret is not fancy
words, it is in ordinary words illuminated
by a unique perspective.
Chris van Wyk has the hall laughing

uproariously as he shares some anecdotes
about growing up next to the mine dumps
in Johannesburg. His message is one of
hope to the kids. Look at this review he says
holding up a piece of that day’s paper. It’s a
review of my latest book and it says I have
wit, intelligence and sensitivity. That is me.
Wit, intelligence and sensitivity he repeats
a number of times to great effect.
Niq Mhlongo is slightly intimidated
going after Chris and I don’t really get his
message.
Wessel Ebershon is next in line. He
looks very uncomfortable on his chair. His
hunched shoulders are at the same level
as the other authors’ heads. He literally
unfolds as he stands up to speak. “You
won’t get rich writing novels,” says this
gentle giant. ‘Most novelists do something
else as well.’ He runs a family business and
writes in the evenings. A practice which he
says, is not self sacrifice, it is habit. You get
into a habit and live accordingly. ‘It is your
habits that turn you into whatever you are
going to be, so get into good habits. Read,’
he tells the kids.
Veronique Tadjo is lovely and French.
Beauty is something that you must always
cherish she tells the children, adding that
beauty in a country comes from diversity.
Michiel Heyns says keep reading, keep
writing, don’t get discouraged and never
give up and John van de Ruit finishes the
lesson off by saying that memories are
the cornerstone of who we are and that
they are being made as we sit here in this
auditorium. The principal thanks the ‘wit
of writers’ and the students file out, taking
their bodily warmth with them.
The weather gets progressively worse
as the day draws on. It must be snowing
somewhere. I listen to a panel discussion
between editor – writer teams Martha
Evans and Andrew Brown; and Lynda
Gilfillan and Sharon Sorour-Morris. Again,
the main point that comes out of the
discussion is that the relationship between
author and editor is very important. Lynda,
who is clearly very experienced, sums it all
up by saying that editing can be seen as an
art or a science because there is a certain
Helen Moffett and Izak de Vries
paired up to present a session on
editing youth literature
level of correctness that must be achieved
and then there are the smaller, stylistic
issues, which are not so black and white.
My last session of the day is an interesting
discussion on the book reviewer’s view of
the editor’s role. Ann Donald, who chairs
the session, says that a book reviewer must
have the best job in the world because
your reading is justified and you don’t
have to pay for the books. Vivien Horler,
Jennifer Crocker and Michiel Heyns chat
easily amongst themselves about how they
fell into being reviewers and some of the
experiences they have had along the way.
Obviously, there is not enough time in
the day for them to review all of the books
that they receive but they all have a sense
of duty when it comes to South African
literature and feel that it is important
to express some kind of opinion when it
comes to local books.
Liliane Top and Elsibe Loubser McGuffog
conducted a half-day creative writing
workshop
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So what is the editors job on a book? The
answer to that question remains unclear.
Apparently, an editor should make a book
readable, make the author look wonderful,
make bold and if necessary, structural
changes to a promising work and yet, not
impose his or her voice on the work.
An interesting question pops up on a
topic that has been mentioned a few times
throughout the conference. Why is the
editing in South Africa of such a poor and
sloppy standard? In the old days editors
used to be trained in house by publishers in
a form of apprenticeship. With ever-tighter
budgets, publishers now rely on freelancers
and self trained editors over whom they
have little or no control.
One of the editors points out that
perhaps the real problem lies not in the
editorial department, but rather in the lack
of sufficient proof reading.
I want to know why South African writers
aren’t producing well-written works of a
calibre that require minimal editing before
they can be sent to print. How many new
South African writers are being physically
manhandled into print by this sometimes
laboriously long and many-layered process.
How many truly brilliant novelists are there
actually out there I wonder?
The answer, in our country is not a simple
one. There are so many new and uniquely
South African voices coming up through
the ground, spreading their branches
and unfurling their leaves that in order
to make these diverse voices accessible
to all, a serious editorial process needs
to be undertaken. The future of editing
in South Africa then it seems is going
require the varied skill and compassion
of a gardener who can trim and coax to
life elegant acacias from the succulent
Karoo, stunted mopane’s from the north,
pungent milkwoods from the coast, wild
banana’s from Natal and even the exotic
old English Oak. Presented in a botanical
garden these nicely trimmed versions will
show each tree’s natural lines to their best
advantage. What a wonderfully wild garden
of indigenous books we shall have!
Jessica Faircliff
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Are you going to buy a Kindle?
The pros and cons of the e-reader
T he last year has made me feel like a
doctor at a party, with people sidling
up to me at various events to solicit
professional advice on whether to buy a
Kindle or not, and do I think print is
doomed and printed books will become
collectors’ items?
I’m certainly interested and curious,
both as a publisher and as a hardcore book
reader and buyer, but it’s as a reader that I
write this article to summarise my informal
market research and conclusions to date,
mainly on the Kindle, but with sidelong
glances at other options. My interest lies
primarily in its function as an e-reader,
not in other computer-like functions such
as web-browsing, since my existing devices
do that perfectly all right.
While I’m not a ‘first mover’ in
technology, I’m not a Luddite either. I
prefer to wait until the technology has
improved and the prices come down. I have
a healthy scepticism about the claims made
for new technology – ‘it can do everything
except make the tea!’ - since I tend to think
that any new technology simply adds to the
choices available, but seldom completely
replaces the old technology. Microwaves
have not replaced conventional ovens, the
internet has not replaced movies, and cell
phones have not replaced land lines. All
these new technologies are used in parallel
with the old.
Clearly the main advantages to a reader
of an e-book reader are the long-term
cost-savings, portability, and the savings
on the cost of book shelves. Contemplating
a quote for R10,000 to build two large
stairwell bookcases, the advantages of the
last are extremely attractive.
The disadvantages are the loss of the
aesthetic pleasure of reading, limited
battery life, the limited current availability
of books, the inability to share e-books,
and the inability to keep them on your
shelves long-term.
Compelled to keep a reading record at
high school, I’ve continued it ever since in
a comforting obsessive little ritual. It’s also
a useful point of reference. It tells me that
in 2009 I read 101 books: 46 were bought,
13 were borrowed from a library, and 42
were borrowed from my book club, which
operates like a communal library. Added
to this were a daily newspaper, two weekly
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ones, three weekly magazines and two
monthly ones. Plus anything else I could
scrounge. I’m basically your average print
junkie, taking advantage of the last two
legal drugs – books and coffee.
With the average price of an e-book
from Amazon.com at $11.99 (@ R7.50 =
R89.92), and the price of a Kindle at $259
(@ R7.50 = R1,942) excluding shipping,
the cost of the Kindle would be covered by
buying 21 e-books at R90 each instead of
the print price of R200 each. OK, there’s
clearly a cost-saving, which is the most
attractive feature to my Scottish blood.
This is an expensive addiction. But the
price of the e-books is not low enough to
tempt me to buy an e-book reader to read
them.
A quick Kindle test on the availability of
the books I read indicates that around 30%
were available as e-books. This suggests
that only 14 of the ones bought would have
been available, which is a bit disconcerting.
This will presumably change in the future
as more become available.
Then to portability. I go on an expedition
to a remote part of the world each year for
a month at a time. No electricity, so no
charging. I take a book per flight and one
per week, which usually takes up about 3
kg of my luggage allowance. The Kindle has
a battery life of two weeks if the wireless
function is not used, which means it would
save me about half my books or 1.5 kg. The
Kindle itself weighs 289 g. It so happens
that none of the six books I took to the
Caucasus last year - about the Caucasus -
is available as an e-book. Ditch the Kindle
as an option for this. I can, though, see
its advantages for commuters, and would
probably use it if I commuted daily by train
or if I travelled a great deal in electricity-
rich countries.
What really gives me pause for thought
is the inability to share e-books. As a
publisher, I think, ‘quite right too’. But as
a reader, 57% of my reading last year was
borrowed books. I lent all my bought books
to friends, acquaintances and the respected
members of my book club. This seems to
be the major disadvantage of e-books –
they can’t be shared. Half the pleasure of
reading is being able to share the pleasure.
Amazon allows you to register another
Kindle user’s account on your Kindle so
that you can share the e-books that you
buy, but this is a very regulated and time-
consuming form of sharing. The anti-
copying software means that e-books will
be of no use to libraries and informal book
clubs.
Then there’s the long-term life of a book.
In 20 years’ time, how many of those
e-books bought and downloaded would
still be accessible, assuming that the
Kindle-owner upgrades or replaces every
five years? Amazon says that previously
bought e-books can be uploaded to each
new device, but the customer feedback
on the website indicates that this is not
happening. You have to download ALL the
books you’ve bought each time you buy
a new Kindle, and sometimes they have
been “pulled” or put out of print, so that
what you bought is no longer available.
In addition, this means that you’re locked
into using the Kindle rather than switching
to other devices.
I have to say that I found the reading
experience on the Kindle I tried is a
very ‘grey’ experience both literally and
figuratively. Sixteen levels of grey don’t do
it for me. The background is a pale grey
beige, and there’re no colour covers. The
screen size slowed my reading speed. I’m
used to reading double-page spreads. Even
with the text set on the smallest font, the
screen showed about half a paperback page
at a time, which made me feel I was viewing
the world through a keyhole. The sense of
context, or geographical orientation – ‘I
read that on the bottom right near the end
of the book’ – is lost. I could not skim a
newspaper or magazine rapidly until I see
an article I want to read. The larger version
of the Kindle DX ($489 = R3,667) and
the iPad (R9,099) do have larger screens,
but are prohibitively expensive. Extremely
irritating was the page flash turning black,
with text “white out” of it, each time the
page turned. (If anyone knows how to
stop this, my Kindle-owning friends and I
would be grateful.)
What made the reading experience
somewhat dispiriting was the uniformity
of the appearance of the text. Reading
can be for information, education and
pleasure. While I don’t mind how my
reading for the first two is delivered,
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Not the London Book Fair
Stranded SA lit scene pulls together
O n the evening of Monday 19 April, as
the first day of the ill-fated London
Book Fair drew to a close, an amazing
show of spirit and solidarity took place at
a small bookshop in Cape Town. Named
Not the London Book Fair, the event was
conceptualised and pulled together in little
more than 48 hours. It was a product of
collaboration. A testimony to what could
have been in London as key players in
the SA lit scene pulled together to create
an event that made many in London sit
up and take note. Mervyn Sloman, owner
of the Book Lounge, which played host to
this heart warming event, gave Bookmark
some insight as to how it all came about.
Friday 16 April 2010. Disaster has
struck. I spend a few minutes reading
the flood of comments on BookSA (www.
book.co.za) from disappointed writers and
publishers who have mostly given up hope
of getting to London. I’m struck by the
need to do something, to provide some of
the ‘strandees’ with some kind of platform;
obviously it would be nothing compared
to what they would have achieved at the
LBF, but it would be something. I share
my thought with Ben Williams at BookSA.
We agree that we’re going to try to pull
something off and my feeling is that if we
do so, we should do it on Monday which is
the first day of the LBF.
I send Ben a mail with a brief outline
of what I call Not the London Book Fair
Book Lounge filling up
Kopano Matlwa Fiona Snyckers Colleen Higgs
that will take place at the Book Lounge
on Monday evening. We only manage to
touch base again on Friday evening and
Ben tells me that it’s all systems go from
his side and he’s asked Helen Moffett (poet,
author, editor and fabulous organiser) to
help put the NTLBF together. But we’re still
waiting to see if there’s any chance that the
Saturday night flights will take off.
Saturday 17 April. It does not look like
anyone is going anywhere and it is time
to begin pulling together this necessary
event. At the end of a long day of family
commitments, I get hold of Helen who
reveals that Antjie Krog, Imraan Coovadia,
Colleen Higgs and Arthur Atwell are all
confirmed for Monday evening. This is
great news. Antjie and Imraan are both
inspired writers for whom I have the
utmost respect. Colleen and Arthur in
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their different ways are doing fantastic
work. Fiona Snyckers, author of Trinity
Rising and the newly released sequel,
Trinity on Air is flying down from Joburg.
Literary critic and general brilliant book
person, Victor Dlamini might or might not
be joining us. One contact tells me he’s
stranded in Dubai, someone else tells me
he’s in Joburg and if he can’t fly to London
first thing in the morning, he’s on his way
to Cape Town for the NTLBF.
Sunday 18 April. Fiona Snyckers
has mailed to say that as she’s coming
down, would it be possible to organise
an impromptu book launch the following
week for Trinity on Air. Of course we will.
I spend half an hour juggling our roster for
the week and make a plan to host Fiona on
Friday night. Ann Donald, owner of Kalk
Bay Books, mails to offer to help with the
snacks for NTLBF. I’m really touched by
this – she has nothing to gain from this but
just wants to make a contribution.
Patrick Collings from Leopards Leap wine
gets in touch. As sponsors of the SA market
focus events at the LBF they want to send
a production team to interview stranded
writers and publishers, work on post
production through the night and screen
the two minute soundbites in London on
Tuesday. Ben is going to film the actual
event and send footage over to London. This
thing is getting bigger than expected.
Monday 19 April. We’re on the front
page of the Cape Times, as part of a story
about the stranded writers and publishers.
Kopano Matlwa is coming as are Victor
Dlamini and Phakama Mbonambi.
Someone from Cape Talk radio phones
to ask if John Maytham can interview me
on his afternoon show about the NTLBF.
Erm, yes, is my obvious answer. KZN-based
poet, Ingrid Anderson, posts on BookSA
that she’s on her way to the airport to get
to Cape Town for the NTLBF. Ben mails
last minute to ask if we would consider
adding Liesl Jobson (poet and flash fiction
exponent) to the program.
After a short period of inactivity, the
Leopards Leap production crew arrive just
before 5pm and start setting up downstairs.
Ben arrives with the news that the LBF
have sent a video message of support for
us which he has to try to download so that
we can screen it. (continued on page 16)
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Not the London Book Fair (continued from page 15)
A triumph of collaborative effort, the
NTLBF kicks off at 18:30 only half an
hour late. It’s tweeted live to the world,
it’s filmed in a format by Ben that allows
it to be screened at the LBF the following
day, not to mention the separate video
made by Leopards Leap which also gets
screened in London the following day. The
event itself is enjoyed by a crowd of about
200 people who lap up the readings and
discussions. First up are readings by Antjie
Krog and Imraan Coovadia who are then
both interviewed by Victor Dlamini. Liesl
Jobson does a brilliant short read of three
pieces, before the next grouping of Kopano
Matlwa, Fiona Snyckers and Colleen Higgs
hit the floor. Kopano and Fiona read before
the three of them engage with Helen Moffett
(who is also our effortlessly brilliant MC for
the evening). Following the girls we have
the boys (to paraphrase Helen) as three of
the most innovative young men on the SA lit
scene, Arthur Atwell, Phakama Mbonambi
and Ben Williams engage in conversation
about their various projects. By 9:15pm its
all over and we head en masse across the
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Imraan Coovadia, Antjie Krog,
Helen Moffet, Victor Dlamini
road for a drink or three.
The NTLBF was an amazing thing to be
a part of and I’ll always be grateful to the
likes of Ben, Helen, Arthur and Colleen for
the roles they played in putting it together.
It was never going to be a substitute for
the SA market focus at the LBF. It was
something small that we could do. It was
what it was.
‘This volcano was a serious blow to the
South African literary world. This was our
chance and we would have blown them
away. It’s gone now and we’ll never have that
opportunity again,’ Ben Williams BookSA
‘Now that I’ve dusted the ash off my LBF
dreams, I find I do have five wonderful
new titles, a fabulous catalogue and a
renewed zest to make Modjaji Books work.
But   nevertheless what a shame, what a
wasted opportunity, one that is unlikely to
come again in my lifetime,’ Colleen Higgs
Modjaji Books
‘Not being at The London Book Fair is
perhaps not such a pity for South African
authors, but in a very particular way I
feel it is a pity for London, because of the
explosion of young voices and new talent,
and the horizons and critical borders that
South African authors are crossing at the
moment is quite thrilling,’ Antjie Krog.
Visit http://www.youtube.com/user/
LondonbookfairSA#p/u for the video clips
and
www.book.co.za / booklounge.co.za for
more on the actual event
Mervyn Sloman
The Book Lounge

There were some that made it
Opportunities not lost at the London Book Fair 2010
T he London Book Fair is the global
marketplace for rights negotiation
and the sale and distribution of content
across print, audio, TV, film and digital
channels. Taking place every spring in the
world’s premier publishing and cultural
capital, it is a unique opportunity to
explore, understand and capitalise on the
innovations shaping the publishing world
of the future. That is if you and all the
people you have set up meetings with, can
get there.
The eruption of the Icelandic Volcano
Eyjafjallajokull (say Aya-feeyapla-yurkul)
south east of Reyjavik and the subsequent
grounding of most flights in and out of
the UK and most of Europe, dashed the
hopes and dreams of many. None more so
than those in the South African publishing
and bookselling industry who had been
planning en masse since early 2009 to
make use of the Market Focus status our
country had been bestowed with.
‘Given the air travel chaos that lasted from
Thursday 15th April through to Wednesday
21st April, our exhibitor and table holder
numbers were significantly reduced and
our total attendance numbers were down
by around 32% compared with the previous
year,’ said Alistair Burtenshaw, LBF’s
Group Exhibition Director.
The organizers understand the acrid taste
of disappointment that has been left in
many people’s mouths and as a result and
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have offered a 30% reduction on exhibition
space and IRC table holder rates against
the 2011 prices. They are even offering free
attendance in 2011 for any pre registered
international visitors that did not make it.
‘Book fairs like those in London, Bologne,
New York, Frankfurt and others are not only
fixtures on publishing calendars, they are
also the most important business enablers
for the global publishing industry,’ said
Thomas Minkus, VP, Frankfurt Book Fair
in an editorial for Publishing Perspectives
during the diminished fair.
‘Looking at people’s appointment
books, it is not uncommon to find 16 to
20 scheduled meetings per fair day, not
counting receptions, dinners and parties.
Not only do we miss the scheduled meetings
and seminars, but also the welcome random
encounters with friends and colleagues in
the aisles.’
Not all was lost however, and those that
did make it to London from South Africa
gave it their best shot. Samantha Faure
from the Publishers Association of South
Africa (PASA) made it on one of the last were booked, all except 11 managed to
flights to land on Thursday. ‘It was an open and conduct business over the 3 days.
emotional time,’ said Samantha. ‘We only Most of the 43 stands that were open were
really realized on Friday how far reaching operated by their publishers. For the few
the implications would be.’ that did not have publishers, we managed
‘Considering the unfortunate situation to get local staff to manage the stands,’
with the volcanic eruptions, the showing reported Brian Wafawarowa, Executive
at the London Book Fair was relatively Director of PASA.
successful. Of the 54 exhibition stands that ‘There was a significantly reduced volume
of people that came to the fair (estimated
at 66%) of normal capacity. However,
there was a decent volume of people to the
South African pavilion, especially on the
first and the second day. The Pavilion was
quite impressive in terms of its decoration
in South African colours and images of
South African authors. There was minimal
disruption of publishing programmes and
sessions. All happened and were well-
attended except the children and education
book sector session which was cancelled
and the academic and trade sectors which
were combined. However, all aspects of the
book sector were covered in the overview
session, which included all the original
senior presenters, except one who could
not make it. This session also was very well
attended,’ he said.
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CTBF celebrates its 5th anniversary
More of Africa, trade and surprises for visitors
I n its 5th edition the Cape Town Book
Fair is announcing the first ever CTBF
Trade Day. Therefore the 30th of July
– the 1st day of the fair – will be solely
dedicated to publishers, institutional
buyers, rights buyers and sellers as well as
school teachers, librarians etc. On that day,
CTBF is organising matchmaking sessions
to facilitate new business partnerships
and will be hosting seminars that address
the latest trends in the industry – these
on the spot sessions will focus on rights
trading, ISBN, digital publishing etc.
The programmes will be available on the
CTBF website very soon and are open
for all exhibitors and registered trade
visitors of the fair. A special bookseller’s
seminar, guided tours for newcomers and
matchmakings for buyers and sellers will
round up this interesting business day.
This trade day will be a unique
opportunity for publishers, printers,
agents, booksellers, librarians, institutional
buyers, teachers and others from around the
world to gather in one place and exchange
contacts, ideas and products: the CTBF
is turning into a platform ‘where books
mean business …’ An ideal environment
for establishing relationships, arranging
rights deals, comparing printing, shipping
and distribution prices. All players are set
to benefit from this new commercial focus,
according to CTBF Director Claudia Kaiser.
During the whole fair, at the rights
and business lounge, facilities will be
provided where private meetings and
group discussions can be conducted in
a private, business-like environment,
while designated areas where exhibitors
can conduct their own professional
programmes including training sessions
for staff will be available too.
Stephen Johnson, Managing Director of
Random House Struik said, ‘Having a specific
trade day has the potential to significantly
increase the commercial benefits because
it attracts a larger variety of international
visitors looking for the kinds of business
prospects a day like this offers.’
He added that in recession times, it is
important not to lose sight of the business
imperatives essential to any commercial
operation. ‘Profit is not a four letter word,’
said Johnson. ‘If one loses sight of it,
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one runs the risk of damaging the book
industry, which will in turn reduce the
availability and quality of books.’
  For small independent publishers
like Colleen Higgs of Modjaji books, this
development provides an opportunity
to boost their profiles and grow their
businesses. ‘Obviously the book fair is
important for the public, but selling rights
is really what international book fairs
are about. This new focus bodes well as
it enables us to meet with international
publishers looking to do foreign rights
deals,’ explained Higgs.
Above that all exhibitors are invited to
display their titles well before the fair
online on the CTBF Book Titles list, a
rights list especially interesting for buyers
from all over the world, and of course
from Africa. Another innovation will be
‘Book2Look’ – a new marketing tool
for books, on the Cape Town Book Fair
website. Publishers can register their new
titles on this special Cape Town Book
Fair edition, and upload reading samples
as well as other information. This tool
also allows creating links to different book
shops where the titles can be ordered
and bought. Readers can recommend the
books and the reading samples through
facebook, twitter etc. to their friends.
To push the trade-orientation of the fair,
Kaiser says the CTBF’s website will now
‘promote these titles to the institutions
and libraries as a means of boosting the
exposure of our clients. This allows anyone
looking for a specific title to find it on the
site. We will put them in direct contact with
the publishers. Likewise, we encourage
booksellers to look at all the titles on the
fair’s website so as to be properly prepared
to make orders and purchases on the trade
day.’
Also adding new flavour to the South
African fair is the highlighted presence of
African publishers. The CTBF works on
becoming a gateway to Africa - a fair where
you can get in touch with publishers from
all over Africa, be it English, French or
Arabic speaking. Together with the Goethe
Institut South Africa (a non-profit German
cultural institution operating worldwide),
15 African publishers are invited to the
CTBF, giving them the opportunity to
showcase the continent’s hottest writing
and publishing talent to the South African
and international market.
‘There’s vast potential for doing business
in the African market and we want to
establish the CTBF as the entry point into
publishing in Africa. Through our trade
and professional programme, we’ll be
able to acknowledge and engage visitors
from Europe and the rest of the world,’
explained Brian Wafawarowa, Director of
the Publishers’ Association of South Africa
(PASA).
However, as in the years before, CTBF
is retaining its place as a fair which wants
to cater for readers all over Africa: exciting
authors and panel discussions will be
staged at CTBF – a continuation from
the last year. In 2009 CTBF staged an
exhibition area of around 10.000sqm. 269
exhibitors from 31 countries were able to
display their books and products. Since
its inauguration the CTBF has become
the most visited cultural event in Cape
Town and probably all of South Africa,
with about 44.000 visitors and about 300
events and seminars each year.
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that our rights and business lounge provides a venue for concentrated talk. Plan your
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Nigeria International Book Fair
Building capacity in the African book industry
T here is no denying the fact that books
in various forms are a catalyst for
human and material as well as national
development. It is no coincidence then
that the Nigeria International Book Fair
evolved in the beginning of the 21st century,
at a time when Nigerians yearned for the
recreation of a solid structure in their lives.
The famous Ife Book Fair had died an
untimely death in the 1980’s, giving reign
to the Zimbabwe International Book Fair
(ZIBF) to develop as the only major book
fair in Africa. Twenty years of military
interregnum and its ripple effects on the
educational sector like all other segments
of national life in Nigeria, left the nation
groping in darkness and Nigerians still
mourn to this day because every facet of
our national and human lives suffered.
As the reign of darkness ended, however,
Nigerian stakeholders in the book industry
who were regular contributors at the then
ZIBF got together and decided to revive the
vibrant book culture Nigeria was known
for. Thus in 1999, the first National Book
Fair was staged in Lagos, and two more
followed in Ibadan and Abuja in 2000 and
2001 respectively. These were pre-text to
the now renowned Nigeria International
Book Fair, which commenced in 2002 in
Abuja, Nigeria.
The annual Nigeria International Book
Fair since inception in 2002 has provided
the platform for intellectual discussions
on topical issues, created a platform
for networking amongst publishers,
booksellers, printers, and authors on one
hand, while at the same time providing
a level playing ground for trade between
Nigerians and their foreign counterparts in
the book trade. It has also been an avenue
for showcasing Nigerian titles and culture
to the outside world.
Acknowledging the book as a viable
intellectual tool necessary for individual
and societal growth and development, the
Nigerian Book Fair Trust (NBFT) – the
umbrella body for major stakeholders in
the book industry in Nigeria comprising
the Nigerian Publishers Association, the
Nigerian Book Foundation, the Nigerian
Booksellers Association, the Association
of Nigerian Printers, the Nigerian Library
Association, the Association of Nigerian
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Authors and the Academic and Non-
Fiction Authors Association of Nigeria, has
taken up the challenge of re-awakening
the quest for knowledge acquisition and
transmission in our society using the
platform of NIBF and National Book Fairs
in the regions of Abuja, Enugu and Ife.
The Trust, set up primarily to promote
reading and educational, intellectual and
technological development of the people,
has the following stated objectives:
• To improve the reading culture in
Nigeria;
• To inculcate in the younger generation
of Nigerians, necessary readership and
authorship skills for a wholesome book
society;
• To reiterate, in the minds of Nigerians,
the place of books and other instructional
materials in the educational advancement
of the country;
• To promote a conducive environment for
authors to get published by either local or
foreign publishers; and
• To showcase Nigerian books in their
entirety, as well as present books from
other countries, thus increasing the
variety of books and other instructional
materials available to the Nigerian
reading public at affordable rates.
For the past nine years NBFT has taken
up the challenge of bringing the major
facilitators in the book industry together
for six days, once every year under the
same roof. This is to enable participants
to showcase the latest in the book world,
discuss issues and proffer solutions for
matters pertaining to human growth and
development, and also to transact business.
The platform of the Nigeria International
Book Fair is equally used to inculcate
leadership skills in young ones in primary
and secondary schools from all the
geo-political zones in the country. The
Children’s Programme at NIBF is for
children from age 8 to 18, and it is designed
to gear up in them the reading and writing
skills that can transform them to literary
giants and geniuses in their respective
fields.
There are organised workshops and
seminars also, and an International
Conference on topical issue(s) which
attracts people from all walks of life and
from all over the world. The African
Publishers Network (APNET) has been
actively involved with NIBF since inception
and the prestigious NOMA Award for 2001
was presented at the maiden edition of
NIBF in 2002.
The Trust has organized nine
international book fairs and eleven
national book fairs in Abuja, Ife and
Enugu between 2002 and 2010. NIBF
attracts over 150 exhibitors from Europe,
America, Asia, other African countries and
from across Nigeria annually. Schools and
school children as well as the general public
cutting across every human strata benefit
from the Nigeria International Book Fair.
The usual exhibitors at NIBF are
Publishers, Printers, Booksellers/Book
Distributors, Presses (Institutional and
Private), Library Equipment Suppliers,
Libraries, Research Institutes, Literary
Agents, Arts Galleries as well as Telecom
Providers, Banks, Computer Software
Manufacturers/ Distributors, Private
Book Developers, Printing Equipment
Manufacturers/ Suppliers, Online Service
Providers, Corporate Gift Manufacturers/
Suppliers, Non-Governmental
Organisations, Professional/Technical/
Scientific Service Providers, Other
Instructional Materials Manufacturer/
Distributors.
NIBF is free and open to the general
public. Trade visitors comprising Right
Agents, Librarians, Artistes, Academicians,
professionals in various fields and
Government functionaries are part of the
participants at the book fair.
Today, Nigeria International Book Fair
is a household name in the country and
is a look forward to book event in Africa.
The 2010 edition ran from the 10th to
the 15th May. The interest the book fair
has generated is an indication that the
mission of the progenitors of NIBF is a
noble one and the sustainability of the
event is secured because it is devoid of
Government interference or dependence.
An independent body with a bright future
runs it most successfully.
Bose Adetunji
Executive Secretary
Nigerian Book Fair Trust
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Libraries under the spotlight
A national campaign for school libraries receives attention
A fter a lengthy buildup and much hype
which started in earnest in September
last year, 10 000 people attended a march
in Cape Town on Human Rights Day in
an appeal to the Department of Education
(DoE) to build libraries in every school in
the country.
Reading is the foundation of all
education.  More than 90% of public
schools and more than 4.5 million learners
in South Africa do not have a functioning
school library. Since July 2009, Equal
Education (EE) a movement of learners,
parents, community members, educators
and principals based in the Western
Cape have campaigned for  ‘One School,
One Library, One Librarian’ in all public
schools.
On 22 September 2009, more than
3,000 learners mainly from schools across
the Cape Peninsula participated in an eight
kilometre ‘Walk for Libraries’. Learners
from Khayelitsha were the majority of
those who walked to demand the right to
read.  for action.
According to EE, 60% of parents in
Khayelitsha do not have work while the
majority of workers in Khayelitsha service
homes, restaurants, supermarkets, retail
outlets and industry in the City of Cape
Town. The Bible is the only book available
at home to most learners. At school, the
majority of Grade 1- 4 learners will have
access to only one or two books for the
whole year. Government action is fifteen
years overdue and critical in this area.
On the 30 November 2009 in The
Teacher, a supplement of the Mail and
Guardian, Ms. Hope Mokgatlhe, DoE
spokesperson, commented that ‘A stand-
alone library for every school would be
unattainable, given the historical neglect of
this.’ She also stated that ‘the department
has focused on trying to ensure access to
resources in a practical and implementable
way. This involves creating and improving
classroom library collections, mobile
libraries, resources for schools in
community libraries and stand-alone
libraries that serve a cluster of schools.’
Equal Education reacted strongly to this
statement saying that it was ‘a denial of
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the right to basic education to which every
person is entitled, and a violation of the
rights to equality and human dignity.’ They
appealed to Minister of Basic Education
Angie Motshekga to distance herself, and
the DoE, from this statement.
According to the EE website, the reality
of the situation is that only seven percent
of public schools in South Africa have
functional libraries of any kind. Mostly
these schools are the former model C
schools which are able to establish libraries
and employ librarians through their own
funds, collected through fees.
‘We want to work with government
to address the issue and to mobilise all
the resources from citizens to the private
sector to redress this historical apartheid
injustice. Despite letters to the Minister
of Education, marches and a petition of
thousands of people there has been no
response to Equal Education.   A march
to Parliament is now unavoidable,’ said a
statement posted on the EE website calling
The Campaign for School Libraries
which is based on the premise that access
to information is a basic human right and
the foundation to education, grew swiftly
in the buildup to the proposed March on
Human Rights Day and spread across to all
regions of the country.
A concert featuring the likes of Malaika,
Freshly Ground and Judith Sephuma was
organized, people started writing to their
MEC’s for education, letters of support
and donations of both books and money
began to flood the EE headquarters, which
was set up in the old Charley’s Bakery
on Roeland St and called, with no pun
intended, “The Bookery.” An EE delegation
met with representatives of Minister
Angie Motshekga on the 10 February at
Parliament where they presented the case
for school libraries. Signed petitions began
flooding in.
Equal Education also made a submission
to the Parliamentary  Portfolio Committee
on Basic Education. The submission is
titled: ‘Comments on How to Improve
Basic Education with respect to school
infrastructure and school libraries’. It
provides an overview of the importance of
decent infrastructure, the current backlogs
and the regulatory roadblocks needing
attention and is available on their website.
Equal Education then compiled a report
titled ‘We Can’t Afford Not To: Costing the
provision of functional school libraries in
South African public schools’, In the report,
EE makes the case for a National Policy on
School Libraries. The report shows the
demonstrated  impact libraries have on
academic performance, and surveys the
current poor provision of access to books
and reading materials in South Africa. It
goes on to cost a potential national roll-out
of school libraries and to show how this
could be paid for over 10 years.
As Human Rights Day drew near, the
Congress of South African Trade Unions
(Cosatu) threw their support behind the
Campaign which had become active in
Polokwane and Pretoria-Tshwane.
More than 10 000 people attended the
Human Rights Day march in Cape Town.
The group, which included Cosatu general
secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, Nobel Prize
winning author Wole Soyinka and Cheryl
Carolus delivered a memorandum.
The memorandum signed by 50 000
people was handed over to director general
of basic education, Bobby Soobrayan.
Vavi pledged Cosatu’s full support for the
campaign, encouraged teachers to support
it and to play a greater role in improving
the education system. He also encouraged
students to be disciplined, to arrive at
school on time and do their homework.
Yoliswa Dwane of Equal Education, in the
final address to the crowd, said: ‘Today, the
majority of children in South Africa are not
able to read, write and count adequately,
and this is mainly because of poor quality
education and unequal access to resources
in South African education.’ Adding that,
‘unless, inequalities are addressed in this
education system it will not transform our
society and it will continue crippling and
killing softly those who attend working
class schools.’
For more information on this campaign
please visit www.equaleducation.org
A NATIONAL RESOURCE
Minister of Arts and Culture, Ms Lulu Xingwana inaugurates the board of the NLSA
The National Library of South Africa was constituted in 1999, in
terms of the National Library of South Africa Act, 1998 (Act No.
92 of 1998). This new institution was formed by amalgamat-
ing the State Library in Pretoria and the South African Library
in Cape Town, and includes a specialist unit, the Centre for the
Book. We are well positioned to make a positive impact on the
lives of all South Africans.
KNOWLEDGE FOR THE NATION
The National Library of South Africa is a custodian and provider
of the nation’s key knowledge resources. We are mandated by
the National Library of South Africa Act to collect and preserve
published documents and make them accessible. We ensure
that knowledge is not lost to posterity and that information is
available for research.
The National Library’s collections contain a wealth of informa-
tion, and include rare manuscripts, books published in South
Africa, periodicals, government publications, official foreign
publications, maps, technical reports, Africana and newspa-
pers. Many of these are available on CD or microfilm, in digital
format or on the Internet.
SPECIALISED SERVICES
The National Library renders specialised services to the public
and to the Library and Information Services (LIS) sector.
LEGAL DEPOSIT ACT
In terms of the Legal Deposit Act, 1997 (Act No. 54 of 1997),
South African publishers must supply the National Library (as
well as other places of legal deposit) with one copy of every
book, journal, newspaper or any other document published in
South Africa. According to the Act, a document is any object
which is intended to store or convey information in textual,
graphic, visual, auditory or other intelligible format through
any medium.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
The National Library of South Africa is a treasure house of Af-
ricana and other items which reflect the indigenous and colo-
nial history of the country. These are all available for consulta-
tion and research.
INFORMATION & DOCUMENT SUPPLY
The National Library has reference sections in Pretoria and
Cape Town for use by researchers, students, the general pub-
lic, organisations and government departments. Those who
cannot visit the reference rooms personally can direct their ref-
erence and research questions to the Library by telephone, fax,
post or email.
Items from the collections are generally not lent out to indi-
viduals. Books and periodicals can be requested on behalf of
users by other libraries on interlibrary loan. Photocopies can
also be made within the constraints of copyright.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC SERVICES & COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT
The Bibliographic Services Programme is the national biblio-
graphic agency, providing leadership to the South African li-
brary and information service community. Specialist librarians
create national bibliographic databases providing easy access
to and retrieval of South African materials.
Its key activities are:
Authority control – made available worldwide
Index to South African periodicals (ISAP)
South African National Bibliography (SANB).
PRESERVATION SERVICES PROGRAMME
The National Library is responsible for safeguarding the national
documentary heritage. The Preservation Services Programme
strives to ensure the long-term availability and accessibility of
South African knowledge resources using conservation tech-
niques that include the reformatting of materials.
Documents too fragile to be photocopied are reformatted by
the National Library’s reprographic services onto photograph-
ic film, microfilm or microfiche, or in digital format.
The Digital Imaging Project of South Africa (DISA) is a new
initiative in line with international best practice, creating digital
records of materials for both preservation and access.
Despite new technological developments, microfilm is still cen-
tral to the preservation strategy, and is used extensively to copy
South African newspapers and manuscript material. The Na-
tional Library of South Africa maintains a comprehensive da-
tabase of its microfilm and microfiche master copies. National
advisory and coordinating services, including participation in
national preservation projects, are offered to other libraries and
cultural institutions.
Services include:
Reprographic services
Digitisation
Conservation and restoration,
Stack management,
De-acidification machines
CENTRE FOR THE BOOK
The Centre for the Book is a specialist unit of the National Li-
brary of South Africa. It provides key information about the
book world to all stakeholders by promoting the importance
of books, libraries, reading and writing for our national devel-
opment agenda.
The projects of the Centre, such as Isiqalo: First Words in Print
and the Community Publishing Project, pro-
vide invaluable opportunities for South African
writers. These efforts will transform the world
of books and publishing to provide access to
local books in languages for all citizens.
the National Library of South Africa:
www.nlsa.ac.za
BOOKMARK I Report
World Book Day
Celebrations begin to grow in momentum
W orld Book Day celebrated on the
23th April is an excellent example
of a collaborative effort between industry
organizations such as the Publishers
Association of South Africa (PASA), the
South African Booksellers’ Association
(SABA), the Centre for the Book, the
Department of Education, individual
booksellers and publishers alike. The main
celebrations took place in Bloemfontein
supported by staff from Free State Education
Department, which celebrated the event in
style with a morning full of readings, and
presentations on the importance of literacy.
Sonwabile Kanzi, Project coordinator
for Outreach, and Raspby Ramugondo
organized an outstanding two day Door to
Door Reading Campaign.
Led by the vibrant Botshabelo brass
band, officials from Free State Education,
the Health Department, the Department
of Arts and Culture, the Provincial Library,
LIASA and Members of the Media walked
through the streets of Botshabelo stopping
at beneficiary schools, handing out books
and talking to people about the importance
of reading. Children were delighted to
have their day brightened by the lively
campaigners including Mr Thuso Mtaung
from Lesedi Fm who gave them books.
The second day consisted of celebrations
that took place at the Mathao Electronic
Resource Centre, and children from schools
all around attended. There was poetry, there
was reading, there was even a play.
‘To me the most catching moment was
when the learners were battling it out for
the exciting Spelling Bee Competition,’
said Mr Kanzi.
‘And of course, an inspiring keynote
address was delivered by the National
Minister Angie Motshekga. The Free State
Premier, MECs and high profile people
were all present. We had about 230 people
who attended that event and it was exciting
to see their support,’ he added.
‘This was the most outstanding World
Book Day ever, and really made a real
impact on the communities, reaching
people who have not before been reached.
Thanks to all publishers for donating
more than 5000 books through PASA and
making it easier for us to achieve this year’s
goal.’
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Celebrations at Sarepta Primary
The celebrations have indeed grown in
momentum and spontaneous celebrations
took place all over South Africa. Even
the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town took
advantage of the publicity to host their very
own Book Fair in the V&A mall.
World Book Day was celebrated in
true hiphop style at PD Paulse Library in
Sarepta, Kuils River. NB Publishers, South
Africa’s largest local publishing company
sponsored Project Break Free with books
to donate to the PD Paulse Library and
calendars, t-shirts and CDs to hand out to
children as give-aways at the World Book
Day show at the library.
Project Break Free is an organisation
dedicated to uplifting the community,
using hiphop as a medium to convey
positive messages to the youth.
The celebration’s which took the form of
a show at the library was an initiative by
the group to promote that reading is cool!
Children flocked from Sarepta Primary,
Kuils River Primary and Irista Primary
in Kuils River in their school attire and
waited excitedly for the event to begin. The
library hall was packed. The librarian, Mrs.
Abrahams, said that she had never seen the
library this full before.
Approximately 60 children attended the
show, which was fun and exciting for the
youngsters and definitely a great success.
Games were played and the children had
the opportunity to talk about the books they
are reading at school as well as at home.
Dolfyndag (Human & Rousseau) and
Isinye Die Grootmaak-kind (Tafelberg)
were amongst the titles mentioned.
The children were captivated by Emcee
Shelby who hosted the afternoon. They
hung onto his every word as he recited a
poem about books (written by himself) and
got the children to join in. Mrs, Francis
Williams, a primary school teacher, spoke
to the children about the importance of
reading. A gasp and silence swept over the
hall as she told her story about her Bible
and hymn book surviving a burnt out car.
Another highlight of the afternoon was
the Project Break Free junior b-boys along
with coach, b-boy Ice (Isaac Langley) as
they did their break dance set with flare!
The hall was quaking as the children yelled
in applause.
Elsewhere in the Western Cape, the
Centre for the Book with the support of
the WCED hosted a function at the Harry
Gwala Secondary School in Khayalitsha.
Some very generous publishers donated
books to the school, which now has a fully
functional library and there were numerous
book displays. The Harry Gwala School
Choir sang a number of songs before the
events started and a few other local schools
participated in the programme.
The programme Director, Ms. Alrine
Rogers, welcomed and introduced the
different speakers and participants after
which Mr. G. Mlungu, Principal of the
Harry Gwala Secondary School, welcomed
all the attendees.The Deputy Director
General: Curriculum Management, Mr. B.
Schreuder, spoke on the Importance of
Reading. Nombulelo Baba of the Centre
for the Book explained the purpose of
WBD and Jenny Verster of PASA gave an
address. Pupils recited poems and read in
English and Xhosa. This was followed by an
address by the MEC of Education, Donald
Grant. The Guest speaker was Professor S.
Satyo, author and poet. Closing remarks
were by Dr. S. Naicker, Chief Director:
Curriculum Development, who challenged
the pupils and said he expected them each
to have a notebook and make a note of
the books that they had read. They were
to write down author, title, and the dates
when they started reading and finished
reading the book. He promised to follow
up and check on their progress.
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Bibliographic control in Africa
Aspects, challenges and prospects south of the Sahara
What is Bibliographic Control?
Bibliographic Control is essential in every
nation for the sole purpose of preserving
intellectual property for prosperity. This
is achieved through deliberate effort by
closely controlling the record keeping of
all that is published and unpublished, and
systematically making the information
readily available and accessible for use by
all, as and when needed.
Bibliographic Control is defined as
“the mastery over written and published
records which is provided by and for the
purposes of bibliography1”. According to
Ramjaun 2(2009) a simple definition of
Bibliographic Control is “the systematic
identification of recorded information and
the mechanism for gaining subsequent
access to such information” (cited in
Synman: 2000).
It “requires the development and
maintenance of a system.” Bibliographic
Control entails formats in a country,
indeed the world, by recording such
details as author, publisher, place of
publication, edition, series note, number
of volumes, parts or supplements, price
and ISBN/ISSN; editor, translator may
also be included.3 These particulars are
pertinent for identification of documents
and ensure that “nothing that is published
can escape being recorded, located and
made accessible for users” (Lor: 1996).
Bibliographic Control of a subject requires
that there should be a whole range of
bibliographies consisting of comprehensive,
selective, current and retrospective ones.
These different bibliographies should
complement each other so that they are
able to satisfy different points of view
and approaches. The sum of all these
bibliographies will help in the compilation
of a country’s National Bibliography.
Why Bibliographic control?
While the aim of Bibliographic Control
is to list all information sources in a
1
KUMAR, Girja. Bibliography. 2nd Ed. Vikas Publishing House. New Delhi. 1979. PP.191
2
Ibrahim Ramjaun is a Librarian, National Library of Mauritius and Part-time Lecturer, University of Mauritius. Postal address: Sans Souci Road,
Montagne Blanche, Mauritius. E-mail:iramjaun@yahoo.com
3
The Librarians Glossary and reference book. Revised ed.Gower. London.
26
systematic manner to enable information
seekers to become aware of what is
available, the main purpose is to ensure
a cumulative reservoir of information
sources in a country, necessary for
knowledge acquisition, teaching, study,
learning, research and scholarship, without
which there is no meaningful national
development through education.
While agreeing with the sentiments
above it is important to recognize that
other than land, water, natural resources
and the human resource, Information
should be regarded as another important
“ingredient” in achieving development and
must therefore be harnessed and made
easily accessible and affordable for all
to use.
The ultimate goal of the bibliographic
community can only be achieved if every
country painstakingly collects records and
makes readily available to current and
future users, the widest possible range of
documents produced within its territory.
Universal Bibliographic Control can become
a reality if the National Bibliographic
Control is really effective. This implies
a systematic and pro-active acquisitions
policy comprising, inter alia, legal deposit,
purchase, donation and exchange of all
relevant materials. The compilation of the
National Bibliography, which is a listing of
all the literary production of the country
for a given period, arranged in a useful
way (subject, title, and author) and in
various formats, ensures the recording and
preservation of the nation’s documentary
heritage.
Challenges of Bibliographic Control
During the 1986 African Standing
Conference on Bibliographic Control
(ASCOBIC), held in Nairobi, the
participating countries raised the following
as the major drawbacks to the progress
of the timely production of National
Bibliographies.
(a) Lack of legal deposit privileges in some
countries
(b) Failure to gain access to the materials
deposited with the concerned
government ministries in countries
where such law exists.
(c) Inadequate manpower resources in
Libraries to cope with such added
responsibilities
ICT and Bibliographic Control
The advent and rapid developments in
ICT especially the Wide World Web (WWW)
provide an opportunity for exposure to
a wealth of information available across
Africa, and especially in the exploration
of grey literature which is a major
publishing output of Sub-Saharan Africa.
This can be done through organization
of and development of comprehensive
databases on local materials complete
with author/title indexes, subject/special
bibliographies, subject headings and key
word listings to make them more accessible
through Information communication
Technologies (ICT).
Recommendations
Bibliographic control has many demands
and concerns which will ensure its success
hence the following recommendations:
1. Every country in Africa South of the
Sahara must set up a National Library/
Agency that will professionally manage
Bibliographic Control.
2. International Standards as provided by
IFLA ought to be fully utilized to enable
networking and sharing of resources.
3. Full advantage of ICT’s must be made
of to publicize Africa’s intellectual
property to the world and thus enhance
wealth creation for the authors.
4. UNESCO should consider supporting
the creation of a Book promotion
centre for African member countries
in collaboration with the AU; along the
same lines it supports a similar initiative
for the Asian and Pacific countries.

The Centre for the Book
Reaching out to those in need
T he Centre for the Book an Outreach
Unit of the National Library of South
is an active organization which does a
great deal for disadvantaged communities
when it comes to gaining access to
books. The centre works closely with key
organizations to implement necessary
programmes and provide resources to
those in need.
World Book Day celebrated on the 23rd
April is one such example of a collaborative
effort which is growing in momentum each
and every year. In yet another fantastic
achievement, the Centre for the Book
made a breakthrough when it launched a
resuscitated children’s library in Mt Ayliff
a rural town of Eastern Cape. This launch
took place on 19 March 2010 under the
new name Mt Ayliff Children’s Library. The
library hopes to be able to accommodate
every child in the surrounding area.
‘This library was started in 2000 as a
Toy Library when IDT donated toys worth
R100 000. The Department of Education
in the Eastern Cape assisted for a while by
providing a librarian to manage the library.
When funding from the Department of
Education for the day to day running of
the library dried up in 2002, the library
was forced to close down. And numerous
attempts made by founding members at
re-opening it, unfortunately failed,’ explains
Mandlakayise Matyumza, Executive Head
for the Centre for the Book.
‘The library was discovered by the Centre
for the Book while we were doing research
for the ‘First Words in Print’ books that
Bibliographic control in Africa (continued from page 26)
5. Training of staff must be prioritized to
enable professional work and efficiency.
Conclusion
We wish to state that information
is a universal commodity and that
information regardless of its origin is
crucial for achieving certain results. It
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UTA, J.J. Country report IN Management of a National Information and Documentation Network in Zambia workshop. Held in Lusaka 15th to 24th
February, 1988. Pp 20.
were to be distributed to the surrounding
areas.
In 2006 we applied for funding to enable
the functioning of the library. At the end of
that year funding from RAITH Foundation
was secured to buy books and employ two
people for two years.
The library was re-opened at the
beginning of 2007.The Centre for the
Book has been managing the funding and
the library since then. More funding was
secured from SA Partners and Ned Bank
Foundation to keep the library open after
the funding from RAITH Foundation was
depleted. Since the re-opening in 2007
the library has received books worth over
R150 000, furniture, 3 computers, and
has been said that “if one nation or class
has the knowledge which enables it to
achieve higher productivity why are not
the others acquiring that information”?
We agree with the following sentiment
that “only when there is effective National
Bibliographic Control of which “current”
National Bibliographies are a key element,
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a printer, fax, photocopier and scanner
combo.
The Centre for the Book is in the process
of acquiring more books for the library and
the Internet connection. The library is run
by two fulltime employees, who come from
the same area. The library has seen a great
increase of number of its users after it was
reopened in 2007,’ Mr Matyumza adds
enthusiastically.
‘This is the only children’s library in
a 30km radius that services children in
the area in order to inculcate a culture of
reading.’
The launch was attended by the Director
of Library Services in the Eastern Cape,
Mrs. Nomzamo Mabandla, representatives
from the Department of Social Welfare,
schools and the community of Mt. Ayliff
at large. Mr Matyumza invited parents to
visit the library to tell stories for the kids
and also to read books for themselves. The
Director of Library Services in the Eastern
Cape undertook to build a bigger library
for the community of Mt. Ayliff that would
compliment the Children’s Library. She
thanked the Centre for the Book for the
contribution it has made to promotion of
reading in the community of Mt Ayliff. She
pledged to support the Children’s Library
and the Executive Head of the Centre for
the Book, Mr. Matyumza has vowed to take
her up on that, so that the library can never
be closed again.
Visit www.nlsa.ac.za/NLSA/
centreforthebook for more information
on this important organisation
are there enough links to establish an
effective Universal Bibliographic Control
(UBC) network, which ensures Universal
Availability of Publications (UAP)”4.
Lily Nyariki-Bookshop Manager,
Moi University and PABA Chairperson
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There were some that made it
Jane Henshall, Literature Project
Co-ordinator for the British Council, who
had spent months organizing a programme
of 47 South African authors ended up with
only 12. Five of whom were SA based. Deon
Meyer and Damon Galgut were two of the
lucky attendees, who along with others like
UK based Mark Gevisser were kept busy
standing in for others and the programme
at the internal venues went ahead although
most of the external venues had to be
cancelled.
‘We did it,’ said Jane. ‘But it just wasn’t
what it was supposed to be.’
Although organizers had a hard time
in making a limited programme come
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together, by all reports their efforts were which was surrounded by SA Publishers big
well received by those interested in learning and small at Earl’s Court 2. Discussions and
more about the publishing industry in SA, seminars were held at the Thames Room
who found the South Africans to be spirited on the first floor at Earl’s Court 1. The
and informative. South African High Commissioner, Dr Zola
‘Much of great interest was said that went Skweyiya, stood for the minister of Arts and
far beyond standard representations of Culture and joined the Executive Director
South African society, throwing intriguing of PASA to open the South African Pavilion
light on a literary and cultural landscape on Monday 19th April 2010. Andre Brink
of considerable depth and variety,’ replaced Dr Ramphele at the Chairman’s
wrote David Tresilian in the Al-Ahram breakfast. Professor Ndebele replaced
Weekly,which services the Arab world. Professor Kgositsile and participated in the
Joe Klassen, Vice President of the South handover ceremony where he and Brian
African Booksellers’ Association (SABA) Wafawarowa handed over the market
also made it to London just in time, as did Focus to the Russian Cultural authorities.
most representatives of the larger book- Although slightly diminished the LBF
selling chains such was a wonderful event with lots on offer
as Bargain Books, and a very strong and real South African
Exclusive Books, presence.’
Book Dealers, Lei- While it is hard to be positive about all the
sure Books and opportunities lost, there is a lot of positive
CNA. Twelve SABA that has come out of the Fair. Strong
members missed partnerships between the Department
this much-antic- of Arts and Culture, the British Council,
ipated three-day PASA and SABA amongst others have been
event. established and will continue. The British
‘The LBF is about Council is planning on taking authors to the
thrice the size of Hay Festival in Wales in early June and also
the CTBF,’ said to the Edinburgh Book Festival in Scotland
Joe. ‘There were in August.
approximately ‘It was going to be the biggest gathering
1800 exhibitors of South African Authors ever,’ said Jane.
and 230 seminar ‘So the fact that it was happening on foreign
programmes. PASA soil is odd.’
staff operated There is talk of trying to achieve that goal
from the vibrant at our very own Book Fair in Cape Town in
Networking Area July. Wouldn’t that just be divine?
on the SA Pavilion,
Are you going to buy a Kindle?
(continued from page 14)
reading for pleasure is a three dimensional experience, where the
pleasure in reading good writing is complemented by good design,
aesthetically attractive typefaces, pleasing formats and paper
– a parallel art form. This kind of reading is a sensory process
involving sight, smell, and touch. E-books are delivered in a single
typeface with no distinguishing features, and much of the sensory
pleasure is lost. Newspapers and magazines are downloaded
without graphics, photographs or cartoons, so there some of the
visual stimulus is lost.
So what would I buy a Kindle for? In essence, ephemeral reading
that can be easily discarded – some newspapers, magazines,
disposal reference, escapist fiction. Kindle-owners whom I spoke
to were very clear that there were some authors that they would
always buy in print and want to have on their shelves, as I would.
It seems that e-books and e-readers are best suited to certain
types of books and in certain circumstances, but will not entirely
replace printed books.
Will I buy a Kindle? Not yet. But I’m watching.
Kate McCallum
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Exclusives Books ‘Homebru’ showcases SA Literature in June and Booksellers’ Choice Award
July 2010 Nielson Book will once again sponsor
The Exclusive Books’ Homebru Promotion – a celebration of South African the Booksellers Choice Award in 2010
writing talent - will run from 1 June to 18 July this year to coincide with the to promote and support South African
expected influx of visitors to our shores. writing.
Each year, the Homebru campaign celebrates and promotes South African ‘Whilst we are in tough economic
writing by showcasing the finest local writing talent. conditions the industry needs
The Homebru list showcases 30 recently published titles by South African promotion and support if it is to
authors, including biographies, sport, politics, current affairs, economic analysis, succeed. I am therefore delighted to
crime, fiction, satire, humour, cooking and travel titles: invite you to take part in the Nielsen
Booksellers’ Choice Award 2010 to
1 South Africa: A Visual Tour Through It’s Regions Coetzer T select the title you have most enjoyed
reading, promoting and selling
2 Spilt Milk Matlwa K
throughout 2009. The deadline for
3 Eggs to lay, Chickens to hatch van Wyk C nominations is Friday 18 June, after
which the shortlist will be announced
4 Evita se Kossie Sikelela Bezuidenhout E
and you will have the opportunity
5 Just Dessert, Dear van der Vyver M to promote the titles in store with the
5 Dis Koue Kos, Skat van der Vyver M support of posters and stickers. We will
also be asking publishers to ensure that
6 South Africa’s Brave New World Johnson RW stock of the shortlisted titles is available
7 Op Pad met Mandela - Vyftien Lewenslesse Stengel R and that they provide you with the
necessary in-store support,’ said Simon
7 Mandela’s Way Stengel R
Skinner in an invitation to all South
8 Duiwelsbrood Botes A African Booksellers.
9 The South African Factbook Hopkins P Nielsen Book sponsors Booksellers’
Choice Awards in South Africa,
10 The Soccer Chic, Soccer the South African Way Fraser C Australia and New Zealand and
11 Hello South Africa - Phrasebook - 11 Languages believe there is a direct benefit for the
industry as a whole – writers, publishers,
12 Thirteen Hours Meyer D
booksellers and libraries all benefit
13 Young Mandela Smith D from the promotion and sale of high
quality books
14 Angina Monologues Kendal R
This award is open only to books
15 The Rise and Fall of Apartheid Welsh D written by South African authors who
16 Pops & The Nearly Dead Bulbring E are published in South Africa.
The winner will be announced at
17 Resident Alien Malan R this year’s PASA/SABA Conference
18 Konsert van die lewe: Tolla van der Merwe du Toit T Dinner due to be held on Tuesday 17
August, 2010 at the Wanderers Club in
19 Captured In Time Clare J
Johannesburg.
20 Should I Stay or Should I Go Richman T www.nielsonbookdata.co.uk
21 Soweto Bieber J
22 In die mond van die Wolf Venter P
23 Witboy in Africa Maas D M-Net Literary Awards
The M-Net Literary Awards
24 Home Away Greenberg L
celebrates 19 years of quality South
25 Banquet Schonstein P African literature in 2010 with the
announcement of a ground-breaking
26 Spud Special Edition van de Ruit J
partnership set to increase literacy
27 Stoffel in Afrika Bakkes C rates and inspire a love of reading
28 Inside Joburg Brodie N amongst South African children – the
Naledi Initiative.
29 Saracens at the Gates Meeran Z The Naledi Initiative, an M-Net Cares
30 Putumayo Africa and SA Legends Pack project, will roll out in Gauteng in its
pilot phase for 2010. As a partnership
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Industry
and the Readers Society of
South Africa and endorsed by the
Department of Education, Naledi will
see over 300 children from five schools
receive specialized literacy training
over a five-week period from 3 May
to 4 July. The children will participate
in a course known as Dynamic English
Level 1 Basic, facilitated by established
education training services provider
Triple E Training. The course focuses
on the development of phonic skills
in learners - developing listening
skills; focusing on the sounds of the
language; and associating the sounds
with letters to identify words so that
they can be reproduced in written
form.
Each group of children will receive
five weeks of literacy training – a total of
25 hours per learner across five lessons
per week. The classes are tailored,
based on an age-appropriate pre-
assessment and learning style analysis
of each child, which will give the
facilitator information to map out the
strengths and weaknesses of each
individual, enabling them to focus the
activities. The Triple E Training program
also includes remedial methodologies
and includes activities which draw
on the child’s experience, while
encouraging fantasy and play.
Palesa Xorile, CSI Manager at M-Net,
praises the Department of Education
for its willing assistance in identifying
schools which needed help. ‘The
Department has been a great help
in targeting schools to participate in
Naledi in its first year,’ she says. “Now
we look forward to working with the
Department to grow the initiative
beyond these six schools from next
year and inspire South African children
to read; improve their communication
skills; and teach them analytical and
critical thinking.’
www.publicityupdate.co.za
Entrepreneurship in Langa
Gavin Weale of Live Futures picked
up the £5,000 UK Young Publishing
Entrepreneur Award on the final day
of the London Book Fair for his idea to
begin publishing a magazine in Langa
township in South Africa.
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Weale is a founding member of
Livity, a socially responsible marketing
agency based in one of the poorer
areas of the London. Around 2004
Livity created the concept of Live
Magazine, and handed over the
responsibility of making it to the
disadvantaged 13- to 25-year-olds,
who now do almost everything
involved in putting the magazine to
bed. The concept, which started in
South London, has been repeated
in both East and North London and
Weal’s winning idea is to bring the
concept across the waters to SA.
Weal first came to South Africa
when as one of six finalists in the
British Council’s UK Young Publishing
Entrepreneur Award, he came on a
sponsored visit to our shores.
Weal heard that in a population of
over 40 million, only one million white
South Africans regularly bought books,
Weal pondered how to reach out to
the huge untapped market of black
South Africans. He was taken on a
tour of Langa where he met a group
of promising young boys. Seeing a
new platform for his Live magazine
concept, he told them that he would
go home, win the award and return to
start a magazine with them. Now, he
can keep his promise.
The project is already beginning
to take on a life of its own in Cape
Town. ‘We want it to be a sustainable
social business that we create with the
community and then set free, and be
repeatable in other townships,’ Weale
says. The next stage is feasibility work
to figure out the right business model
— whether it’s corporate sponsorship,
or advertising, or another approach.
www.publishingperspectives.com
Minimaps
MapStudio, a leading publisher and
distributor of maps and travel guides,
is taking advantage of the Soccer
World Cup by launching a new range
of maps in preparation for this year’s
grand sporting event.
The company has developed
a unique and convenient pocket
size map for each of the nine host
cities. Each map clearly indicates
the respective stadium location
and surrounding areas including
points of interest, accommodation
establishments, retail areas, tourist
information offices and historical sites.
These easy-to-read fold-out maps also
include street names, all major and
minor roads and a detailed index of
street and place names.
‘We’ve taken all the pertinent
information a visitor would require and
condensed it into small and useful
pocket size maps. We’re also able to
customize these maps for individual
hotels, restaurants and tourism industry
role players as a way to add value to
their guests’ experience. Corporate
identities and contact details can be
added, making these a great direct
marketing and branding tool for any
business at this time,’ says Adrian
Kaplan, Marketing Manager.
www.mapstudio.co.za
An eBook romance
The thought of buying An Impolite
Seduction, Her Lord and Master, or
Mile High Mistress over the counter is
enough to make even the bravest of
us blush. But the rise of e-readers has
apparently made the secret pleasure
of indulging in steamy romances all
the more attainable. In September
2008, Mills & Boon became the first
UK publisher to produce all its titles as
e-books simultaneously to publishing
the paper versions. Online sales were
encouraged by the relatively low
e-book prices that are about half the
cost of many paperbacks.
More than 140,000 Mills & Boon
stories were downloaded digitally
last year, compared to 400,000 that
were bought as paperbacks through
Amazon.
Working in partnership with Mills &
Boon, New Holland Publishing has
launched a South African eBook Store
dedicated to the romance genre. The
website offers users an online shop
with over 1200 titles and an interactive
romance writers’ community, where
romance fans and aspiring writers can
share their work with other enthusiasts
while protecting their own copyright.
www.ebookdiva.com

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Google Editions
Google Editions, the much
talked about e-book store from the
information giant is set to launch in
June or July this year. Speaking at a
panel discussion held by Random
House in early May, Chris Palma,
Google’s manager for strategic
partner development, said Google
Editions would offer digital versions of
the titles on its book search service.
The company says the e-books will
work across multiple devices, and,
unlike the e-books of the iPad and the
Kindle, any device with a browser will
be able to view the books. Customers
with a Google account will be able to
access the service.
Readers will be able to buy digital
copies they find through Google’s
book search function and book
retailers will be able to sell Google
Editions on their own sites, getting most
of the revenue from sales. Google
Editions will be browser based, offering
the latest digital books without locking
customers to a specific device.
Google joins the fray as the book
market looks set to be the latest to be
transformed by the internet. Wholesale
revenues from e-book sales in the US
tripled in the third quarter of 2009 to
$46,4-million, from $13,9-million during
the same period in the previous year.
Analysts say the arrival of e-book
reading devices has been a shot in
the arm for the book industry. The
Kindle has been a hit, selling 2,4-million
units, and has a market share of 55%,
according to Forrester, the market
research company. Apple has already
sold one million iPads so far.
www.news.goog.e.co.za
Do children’s e-books ruin
reading?
A fierce argument has begun over
whether children are actually ‘reading’
new e-books or simply ‘watching’
them. As publishers pump increasing
levels of interactivity into e-books, the
New York Times and others argue that
these highly-interactive, popular titles
are ruining the purpose of reading. The
NYT also worries that new e-book titles
could distract kids from the tougher
task of actually concentrating on
literature: ‘[W]hat will become of the
readers we’ve been: quiet, thoughtful,
patient, abstracted, in a world where
interactive can be too tempting to
ignore?’ Others, like Gizmodo, defend
these new e-books, pointing at titles
like Alice for the iPad, of which they
blabber, ‘For the first time in my life, I’m
blown away by an interactive book
design.’ But, the NYT counters, ‘What
I really love [about traditional books] is
their inertness. No matter how I shake
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,
mushrooms don’t tumble out of the
upper margin, unlike the Alice for the
iPad.’
www.slashdot.org
Bookselling: breaking the rules
to survive?
The EBF/IBF Annual Conference will
take place on 16, 17 and 18 June
in Brussels and Antwerp, under the
title ‘Bookselling – Breaking the Rules
to Survive?’. The 2-day conference
will be geared around innovative
practices, out of the box thinking and
new perspectives for booksellers.
Kelly Gallagher will be the keynote
speaker on  Thursday 17th June,  with
his presentation ‘The consumer
demand chain – thriving in the New
World Publishing Order’.
  Olivia Regnier, deputy director of
the International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry will talk about
‘The music industry experience in the
online environment’.
Ann Branch, Head of Unit, DG
Education and Culture, will speak
about ‘Promoting cultural diversity:
literature and European Union funding’
and a representative of a Permanent
Representation in Brussels will explain
how Member States’ interests are
represented at the EU level.
On 18th June, the conference will
move from Brussels to Antwerp with
a presentation by the Federation of
European Publishers, followed by a
guided tour of the services offered to
booksellers by the Flemish Book Trade
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House Boek.be: E-books, digitization,
innovative bookselling solutions,
collaboration with libraries, anti-
piracy measures. The Conference will
conclude with a farewell dinner in the
heights of the symbolic Atomium  in
Brussels.  For the detailed programme
and registration forms, go to
www.ibf-bookseller.org
France’s fragmented e-book
distribution
A report on ‘creation and the
internet,’ commissioned by Culture
Minister Frèdèric Mitterand and
presented in January, advocated the
development of a single platform for
the distribution of e-books.
The report rightly calls the
current individual system in France
‘fragmented,’ noting that it is ‘essentia’
that publishers group together to
create a unique platform so that
booksellers can have easy access
to all books without having to juggle
several different platforms.
Indeed, shortly after the report
was released, executives from five of
France’s biggest retailers, including
FNAC, Virgin Megastore and Decitre,
said that a national e-book platform
run by publishers and retailers with
a single point of purchase would
not only be ‘three to five times’ less
expensive, but it would help fend off
Google, Amazon and Apple. The
booksellers also advocated that the
French government put in place a
single-price mechanism for e-books,
which already exists for physical books.
But French publishers are not
biting. Francis Lang, sales director of
Hachette Livre, put it bluntly when he
said that if a government structure
were put in place, it was ‘the best way
of going nowhere.’ He added that it
was not in the interest of publishers to
have a common platform, since their
interests are not the same as those of
physical booksellers.
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Developments in Frankfurt
Activities in the areas of creative
industries, mobile publishing and
e-content at the Frankfurt Book Fair
are being strengthened by Thomas
Minkus, who assumed responsibility for
these areas in April this year. Minkus is
stationed at the Frankfurt Book Fair’s
New York office to further expand
the strategically important field of
exhibitors from the English-speaking
world. Minkus has many years of
professional experience in the English-
language publishing world. In 2003,
he moved from New York to Frankfurt
to become director of marketing for
the Frankfurt Book Fair. Since 2006,
he has also directed the Fair’s Press
and Corporate Communications
departments.
His successor is Katja Böhne who
has taken over communications for
the Fair as a member of the executive
management. With Katja Böhne, the
Fair has secured an established expert
in the fields of communication and
marketing for the company. Böhne
will focus on the continued strategic
development of this area.
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the biggest
book fair in the world - with more
than 7,000 exhibitors from over 100
countries. It maintains the most visited
website worldwide for the publishing
industry. It also organises the
participation of German publishers at
more than 25 international book fairs
and is associated with the Cape Town
Book Fair in South Africa and the Abu
Dhabi International Book Fair.
www.book-fair.com
The Thessaloniki International
Book Fair a great success
The Thessaloniki 7th International
Book Fair captivated the Greek city
for four days from Thursday 22 April to
Sunday 25 April, giving professionals,
authors and readers of every age
opportunity to meet, exchange
ideas and proposals, and discover
new even more charming aspects of
modern publishing life.
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This is the leading cultural
event for books in Greece with a
strong professional profile and an
international character. Within a few
years the Fair, the annual rendezvous
for book professionals and booklovers,
has become a focal point for the book
world in Greece and the wider Balkan
and Mediterranean region.
http://www.thessalonikibookfair.com/
BookExpo America
At the opening session of BookExpo
America (BEA) in New York, the subject
of discussion will be the ‘Value of
a Book,’ which stems, in part, from
an Op-Ed piece that appeared in
The New York Times (January 2, 2010)
by Jonathan Galassi, President of
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, titled There’s
More to Publishing Than Meets the
Screen.  BEA and the American
Booksellers Association (ABA) officials
acknowledge that this is a watershed
year for change in the industry, and
it is critically important to get leaders
and opinion makers with different
interests and from different segments
of the industry together in one room
to discuss the many aspects of ‘value’
in books.  ‘Individual
BEA is North America’s largest
gathering of book trade professionals
attracting an international audience
of between 20,000 – 30,000 people.
Approximately 1000 authors and
1500 exhibitors participate in BEA,
while there are approximately 75
educational conference sessions
offered.
BEA has evolved to become a global
event, attracting an international
audience, where a range of book
industry business may be conducted.  CBA Executive Director Susan
First and foremost, however, BEA is
known as a preeminent venue for
launching books and creating buzz
about current and new titles which
are just hitting the marketplace.  While
BEA has adapted to changes in media
and communication, it has never
strayed far from its root tradition of
being a place where authors gather to
meet the people who publish, sell and
market their books.  BEA will be taking
place from the 25th – 27th May 2010.
www.bookexpoamerica.com
Amazon.com granted business
rights in Canada
Amazon was granted approval
under the Investment Canada Act
to establish a fulfillment centre in
Canada for Amazon.ca operations
in April this year, despite calls from
the Canadian Booksellers Association
(CBA) asking government to reject
Amazon.com’s application.
CBA contended that allowing
Amazon to operate a business
within Canada would contravene
the Investment Canada Act, which
requires that foreign investments in
the book publishing and distribution
sector be compatible with national
cultural policies and be of net benefit
to Canada and the Canadian-
controlled sector.
CBA President Stephen Cribar
argued that Amazon’s entry into
Canada would detrimentally
affect the country’s independent
businesses and cultural industries:
Canadian booksellers
have traditionally played a key role in
ensuring the promotion of Canadian
authors and Canadian culture. These
are values that no American dot.
com retailer could ever purport to
understand or promote.’
Although Amazon has committed to
job creation, over $20 million worth of
investment and increased
visibility for Canadian books on the
Amazon.ca Web page; CBA remains
unimpressed.
Dayus said, ‘CBA maintains this short-
sighted ruling will have far-reaching
consequences for the entire industry
and have a devastating impact on
community booksellers and Canadian
readers.’
www.cbabook.org

Time to nominate candidates
for 2010
The 2010 IPA Freedom to Publish
Prize will be awarded in Istanbul
during the Istanbul Book Fair in early
November. Nominations to the 2010
Prize are welcome by 30 June and
the Prize-Winner will be announced on
6 October 2010 in Frankfurt.
The Prize is awarded for exemplary
courage in upholding freedom of
expression and freedom to publish. The
Prize is intended to honour, normally
each year, a person, organisation or
institution that has made a notable
contribution to the defence and/
or promotion of freedom to publish
anywhere in the world. The Nomination
Form is available online at
www.internationalpublishers.org
A Step Ahead: first digitisation
congress in Sao Paulo
The 1st Congresso do Livro Digital,
presented in partnership by the
Frankfurt Book Fair, the Camara
Brasileira do Livro (CBL) and Imprensa
Oficial, brought more than 550
delegates together from 29 - 31 March
in Sao Paulo. For two days, the future
of the book was up for discussion.
International speakers stated their
positions on the main issues of
digitisation.
The talks given by Calvin Baker,
ScrollMotion, Arantxa Mellado,
Ediciona, Michael Smith, International
Digital Publishing Forum Canada
and Pablo Franceso Arrieta, Xpectro,
brought the interested audience up
to date on the current status and
dealt with topics such as piracy, social
media, DRM, e-book formats and
reading devices.
The conference ‘A Step Ahead -
Digital Publishing Today and Tomorrow’
contributed to the exchange of
ideas and initial solutions within the
international industry.
www.book-fair.com
Abu Dhabi: Gateway to the
Arab publishing world
The 2010 Abu Dhabi International
Book Fair (ADIBF) posted a 32 per cent
increase in exhibitors compared to
last year as the doors closed on the
six day event in early March. A total of
840 exhibitors from 63 countries were
represented in the sold out halls. ‘As a
result we had to reduce the space for
our own stands to a minimum, like the
KITAB Sofa, for example’, said Monika
Krauss, General Manager of KITAB.
The joint venture of the Frankfurt Book
Fair and the Abu Dhabi Authority for
Culture and Heritage (ADACH) hosts
the book fair on the Persian Gulf. ‘The
great interest and enormous presence
of trade visitors shows us that there are
many exhibitors who can no longer
afford to stay away from Abu Dhabi’,
said Juergen Boos, Director of the
Frankfurt Book Fair. ‘In just a short time,
KITAB has succeeded in opening a
gateway to the Arab publishing world.
We invite publishers and agents as
well to enter this new market with its
great potential.’
To this point, the Arabic-speaking
world, with its approximately 100
million potential readers, has only
been accessible to the international
book trade to a limited extent. The
cultural region consists of 22 countries,
including Egypt, Jordan, Syria,
Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates
(UAE). The Emirates rank among the
countries with the highest purchasing
power in the world and are the largest
German export market in the region.
Because around a quarter of the
population in the Emirates is under the
age of 14, the government invests a
large share of the national budget in
education. As a result, the market is
particularly interesting for education
providers. As the multicultural capital
of the UAE, Abu Dhabi has set its
sights on becoming the hub for the
international and Arab publishing
industry in the Arab world. Next year’s
Abu Dhabi International Book Fair will
take place from 15 to 20 March.
www.book-fair.com
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IPA Copyright symposium
strengthens publisher resolve
on copyright
The 7th IPA Copyright Symposium
held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates (UAE) in early March, hosted
more than 270 registered participants
and global experts from 53 nations who
discussed copyright and publishing
policy issues for two days.
E-Books, internet piracy, the Google
Book Settlement, collective licensing
and copyright exceptions were
among the issues that were debated.
The IPA Symposium concluded
with words from award winning US/
Iranian author Azar Nafisi. In a rousing
and passionate closing speech, the
author of Reading Lolita in Teheran
emphasised the close relationship
between writing, freedom of
expression and humanity.
www.internationalpublishers.org
IPA condemns government-
initiated attack in Egypt
The IPA expressed its outrage
following reports that Ahmed Mahana
the CEO of Dawan publishing
house was arrested on 3 April 2010
because of a controversial book
he had published. Security services
raided and searched Mr Mahana’s
residence, confiscating copies of the
book in question. The publisher was
released a few days later.
The book, entitled ‘El Baradei
and the Dream of the Green
Revolution’, is about the former head
of UN International Atomic Energy
Agency.   The book also calls for
political change in Egypt.
‘Kidnapping a publisher is an
attack on the fundamental freedoms
of society. Confiscating a book is
an act of censorship and a sign of
cowardice.   IPA urges the Egyptian
government to give publishers the
freedoms they need to enable society
to progress,’ said Jens Bammel about
the incident.
www.internationalpublishers.org
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Africa
Eleventh Caine Prize shortlist
announced
The shortlist for the 2010 Caine Prize
for African Writing was announced at
the end of April. The Caine Prize, widely
known as the ‘African Booker’ and
regarded as Africa’s leading literary
award, is now in its eleventh year. The
chair of judges, The Economist literary
editor Fiammetta Rocco, said: ‘Africa
has much to be proud of in these
five writers. Not only are their stories
all confident, ambitious and skillfully
written, each one boasts an added
dimension – a voice, character or
particular emotional connection –
that makes it uniquely powerful.’
Get a kick out of
Selected from 115 entries from 13
African countries, the shortlist is once
again a reflection of the Caine Prize’s
pan-African reach. The winner of the
£10,000 prize is to be announced at
a celebratory dinner at the Bodleian
Library, Oxford, on Monday 5 July. The
2010 shortlist comprises:
Ken Barris (South Africa) ‘The Life of
Worm’ from ‘New Writing from Africa
2009’, published by Johnson & King
James Books, Cape Town
Lily Mabura (Kenya) ‘How Shall We
Kill the Bishop?’ from ‘Wasafiri’ No53,
Spring 2008
Namwali Serpell (Zambia) ‘Muzungu’
from ‘The Best American Short Stories
2009’, published by Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, Boston MA
Alex Smith (South Africa) ‘Soulmates’
from ‘New Writing from Africa 2009’
[see above]
Olufemi Terry (Sierra Leone)
‘Stickfighting Days’ from ‘Chimurenga’
vol 12/13, Cape Town 2008
Joining Fiammetta on the judging
panel this year are Granta deputy
editor Ellah Allfrey, Professor Jon
Cook of the University of East Anglia,
and Georgetown University professor
Samantha Pinto.
Once again the winner of the
£10,000 Caine Prize will be given the
opportunity of taking up a month’s
residence at Georgetown University,
Washington DC, as a ‘Caine Prize/
Georgetown University Writer-in-
Residence’. The award will cover all
travel and living expenses.

Reading Last year the Caine Prize was won by

Nigerian writer EC Osondu for his short
story ‘Waiting’ from Guernicamag.
com, October 2008. Previous winners
include Uganda’s Monica Arac de
An exciting new
Nyeko, for Jambula Tree from ‘African
reading series Love Stories’, Ayebia Clarke Publishing,
consisting of five 2006, and Brian Chikwava, from
full-colour, non- Zimbabwe, whose first novel Harare
fiction soccer North has just been published by
Jonathan Cape.
readers ideal for
This year the shortlisted writers will be
9-12 year olds. reading from their work at the Royal
Over-Seas League on Friday, 2 July
Great for home, school or libraries! at 7pm and at the London Literature
Festival at the Southbank Centre, on

Foundation Phase Sunday, 4 July at 1pm.

Bilingual Dictionaries
Learners get two dictionaries in one!
Picture dictionary plus
alphabetical dictionary.
Picture dictionary
Consists of general themes used
frequently in the Foundation Phase.
Alphabet dictionary
Every word has a definition and example
sentence in both languages.
Available for IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, Afrikaans, Sepedi and Setswana.
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National Library Books digitized
in Tunisia
A number of books from the Tunisian
National Library recently joined
the digital era. Electronic books in
Arabic and French as part of the e-
books Project in Tunisia can now be
downloaded via smart phones such
as iPod, iPhone and iPad.
Tunisia’s National Library announced
on its website that ‘it is proud to
put online the first online iPhone
application for reading e-books’.
The library has a fund of one million
books, 40,000 manuscripts and 16,000
periodical collections.
5/3/10 3:06:12 PM

Buyers’ Guide
MME Media
Phone: 011 656 6349
Email: info@mmepublishing.co.za/
Website: www.mmemedia.co.za
Contact: Nkateko Shinganga
Trade Orders: PSD Distributors –
Lindsay Wagner
Title: South Africa’s Greatest
Entrepreneurs
Compiled by: Moky Makura
Imprint: MME Publishing
ISBN: 9780620456876
RRP: R295.00
Category: Business
Presentation: Paperback
Publication Date: August 2010
Publicity: Book launch/
publicity across all media/Speaker forums
Target Readers: aspiring entrepreneurs and
business minded people
POS Material: Bookmarks/posters/
Content: Insights into how 22 of South Africa’s
home grown entrepreneurs built their businesses.
Chapters include Sol Kerzner, Allan Knott Craig,
Koos Bekker, Herman Mashaba, Mark Lamberti,
Adrian Gore, Raymond Ackerman, Pam Golding,
Nkhensani Nkosi, Jenna Clifford, Whitey Basson,
Mark Shuttleworth, Donald Gordon, Eric Ellerine,
Ndaba Ntsele, G.T Ferreira, Robbie Brozen, Carrol
Boyes, Brian Joffe
This book is special because: You will find the
fascinating stories of the entrepreneurs who
shaped South Africa all in one place, written
by the country’s leading writers. This is the bible
for anyone who has wanted to start their own
business or wanted a one-on-one with the
greatest entrepreneurial minds this country has
produced.
Modjaji Books
Phone 072 774 3546
Email: cdhiggs@gmail.com
Website: http://modjaji.book.co.za
Contact: Colleen Higgs
Trade Orders: Blue Weaver/ On the Dot
Title: Undisciplined Heart
Author: Jane Katjavivi
Imprint: Modjaji Books
ISBN: 9781920397043
RRP: R170
Category: Biography
Presentation: Trade
paperback
Publication Date: May 2010
Publicity: Book Launch in Cape Town
Special Promotional Activity: Reviews in national
media
Target Readers: General
Content: Set against the backdrop of the historical,
political and social development of newly
independent Namibia, Undisciplined Heart tells the
story of Jane Katjavivi’s love for her family, friends
and her adopted country, in a gentle and honest
way that reflects the joys and tragedies of life.
This book is special because: “Jane Katjavivi’s
frank and intimate memoir of love and politics, of
survival and finding a way to make a home, shows
that history is also what heals when it is filtered
through a loving heart and an open mind.”
Margie Orford
Title: The Bed Book of Short
Stories
Editor: Joanne Hichens,
compiler Lauri Kubuitsile and
30 well known and newer
southern African women
writers
Imprint: Modjaji Books
ISBN: 9780980272994
RRP: R150
Category: Short Fiction
Presentation: Trade Paperback
Publication Date: May 2010
Publicity: Launches at the Franschoek Literary
Festival, in Cape Town and smaller readings and
launches around the country
Special Promotional Activity: Reviews in national
media
Target Readers: General, women’s interest
Content: Thirty stories by women from southern
Africa on the theme of Bed. The well known writers
include Joanne Fedler, Sarah Lotz, Arja Salafranca,
Rosemund Handler and Liesl Jobson, as well as
writers from Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mocambique,
Malawi, Namibia and Zambia.
This book is special because: A range of stories in
both content and approach from quirky, funny to
macabre, traumatic and tender. The stories cast a
light onto the way women in this part of the world
experience their intimate lives and the possibilities
that are both available and denied them.
New Readers Publishers. (centre for adult
education, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Phone : 031 – 2602568 or 031 - 2602374
Email: keyser@ukzn.ac.za or nrp@ukzn.ac.za
Website: www.newreaders.org.za
Contact: Sonya Keyser/Cathy Rich
What is special about all these books?
These stories originated in writing workshops in
which writers were taught to write EASY to read
stories that have all the same characteristics
of full-length, “good” fiction. This is not simple
to accomplish. None of the authors had been
published before.
ZULU TITLES
Title: Uthando luyefana
Author: Sizakele Gumede
ISBN: 978-1-86840-682-1
RRP: R35.95
Category: Easy to read fiction
in Zulu
Presentation: A5 full colour
cover, black and white text
pages, well-illustrated
Publication Date: November 2009
Target Readers: Youth/Adults learning to read in
Zulu (mother-tongue or additional language)
Content: UMaKhumalo wayeneminyaka engu-
40 futhi wayengakaze afuye silwane. Wakhulwa
ekholwa ngukuthi amakati awalungile, nokuthi
ayelanda inyoka ehlathini ayilethe ekhaya.
Khonamanjalo abantwana bakhe bamncenga
ukuba abatholele umthinyane. Ngokuhamba
kweminyaka kukhona okwenzeka okwenza
uMaKhumalo abone uthando luyefana noma
ngolwezilwane noma abantu.
MaKhumalo was 40 years old and had never
had a pet in her life. She grew up believing that
cats were no good, that they would get snakes
from the forest and bring them into the house.
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Eventually her children persuaded her to get a
kitten. Years later, something happened which
made MaKhumalo realise that love is the same
whether it is for an animal or a person.
This book is special because: it makes the reader
think about love in a different way.
Title: Ayikho lento
Author: Thabile Fakazi
ISBN: 978-1-86840-684-5
RRP: R35.95
Category: Easy to read fiction
in Zulu
Presentation: A5 full colour
cover, black and white text
pages, well-illustrated
Publication Date: November 2009
Target Readers: Youth/Adults learning to read in
Zulu (mother-tongue or additional language)
Content: UMnumzane uNzuza nomkakhe
uMaSithole babehlala ngokujabula
nomakhelwano babo. uChamane nomkakhe
uMaMzimela. UMaSithole wayengathokozile
ngokuhamba komyeni nowayevame ukuba
asebenze kusihlwa. UMaMzimela wamqinisekisa
ngokuthi nowakhe umyeni usebenza ebusuku.
Langa limbe ukuhamba kwala madoda kwafika
esiphethweni esingujuqu lapho womabili ethola
okuthile okushaqisayo.
Mr Nzuza and his wife MaSithole lived happily
with their neighbours, Mr Chamane and his wife,
MaMzimela. MaSithole was worried that her
husband travelled for work and often had to
stay away overnight. MaMzimela reassured her
by telling her that her husband also sometimes
worked night shift. One night both men’s travelling
days came to a sudden end when they each
made a startling discovery.
This book is special because: it raises some
important issues in a light-hearted way.
Title: Ilobolo
Author: Robert Mchunu
ISBN: 978-1-86840-683-8
RRP: R35.95
Category: Easy to read fiction
in Zulu
Presentation: A5 full colour
cover, black and white text
pages, well-illustrated
Publication Date: November 2009
Target Readers: Youth/Adults learning to read in
Zulu (mother-tongue or additional language)
Content: Uthando lokuqala lukaMnumzane
Ngubane kwakuzinkomo zakhe. Wayetha izinkomo
zakhe izibonga. Ngenkathi omakhelwane befika
bezolobola indodakazi yakhe wabatshela
ngokushesha ukuba mabalande izinkomo.
Wayejabule ukuthi wayezothola ezinye izinkomo.
Kwathi lapho sezilethiwe emzini wakheizinkomo
uMnumzane Ngubane wahlangabezana
nezimbila zithutha.
Mr Ngubane’s first love was his cows. He gave
his cattle praise names. When his neighbours
came to start negotiations to marry his daughter,
he immediately told them to bring the cows to
pay the lobola. He was very happy that he was
going to get more cows. But when the cows were
brought to his homestead, Mr Ngubane was in for
a very big surprise.
This book is special because: it is very funny and
the illustrations are excellent!
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Buyers’ Guide
Title: Uxamu kavinjelwa
Author: Siphiwe Gumede
ISBN: 978-1-86840-685-2
RRP: R35.95
Category: Easy to read fiction
in Zulu
Presentation: A5 full colour
cover, black and white text
pages, well-illustrated
Publication Date: November 2009
Target Readers: Youth/Adults learning to read in
Zulu (mother-tongue or additional language)
Content: Iphupho likaSizwe kwakungukuba
yibhokisa uma esemdala kepha uyise wamalela
ukuba adlale lo mdlalo. Washintsha isikole kanti
esikoleni esisha kwakuneqembu labashayi
sibhaka.Walijoyina iqembu engatshelanga
ubaba wakhe. Lapho uyise ethola wathukuthela
wamxosha. Abanye abafana eqenjini baba
nomona ngoSizwe bazama ukumcekela phansi.
Funda ukuthi uSizwe wabunqoba kanjani bonke
ubunzima ukuze afeze iphupho lakhe.
Sizwe’s dream was to be a boxer when he grew
up. He loved boxing, but his father refused to allow
him to box. Then he changed schools and his new
school had a boxing team. He joined the team
without telling his father. When his father found
out he was furious and threw him out of his house.
The other boys in the team were jealous of Sizwe
and tried to sabotage him. Read about how Sizwe
overcame all his difficulties to achieve his dream.
This book is special because: it is about a young
man whose determination paid off.
Title: Kusindwe ngobethole
Author: Myma Ngwenya
ISBN: 978-1-86840-681-4
RRP: R35.95
Category: Easy to read fiction
in Zulu
Presentation: A5 full colour
cover, black and white text
pages, well-illustrated
Publication Date: November 2009
Target Readers: Youth/Adults learning to read in
Zulu (mother-tongue or additional language)
Content: UMaShezi wayezimisele ukuthi umshado
wendadakazi yakhe uzoba ngundabuzekwayo.
Ngale kokukhuzwa ngumyeni wakhe,
wagqugquzela indodakazi yakhe ukuba ilahle
amasiko igxile emalungiselelweni omshadokazi.
Usuku lomshado lwafika nesonto lalilihle. Izicebi
zeza zisuka eduze nakude zihamba ngezimoto
zazo zakwaNokusho. Kodwa-ke, umshado
awuhambanga njengoba kwakuhleliwe. Umfundisi
wayeqeda nje inkonzo yomshado ngesikhathi
kuzwakala ubumayemaye ngemuva kwesonto…
MaShezi was determined that her daughter’s
wedding would be the best the area had ever
seen. Despite her husband’s disapproval, she
encouraged her daughter to ignore tradition and
participate in the elaborate preparations for a
huge wedding party. The day of the wedding
arrived and the church looked beautiful. Rich
people came from close and far in their fancy
cars. However, the wedding did not turn out quite
as planned. The priest had just concluded the
wedding ceremony when there was screaming at
the back of the church…
This book is special because: it touches on the
differences between traditional and western culture
leaving the reader to come to their own conclusions.
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PEARSON EDUCATION
Phone: 011 347 0700
Email: Natasha.kemp@pearsoned.co.za
Contact: Natasha Kemp
Title: Business Playground
Author: Dave Steward
Imprint: Financial Times
Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780273726883
RRP: R195.95
Content: In today’s flat
world, business as usual no
longer cuts it. Anyone can compete on quality,
price and timing. So what’s the secret weapon
that will boost your business over and above the
competition?
Creativity! Far too often creativity is sidelined and
the energy and excitement that go along side it
are subdued. The Business Playground will change
all that!
This book is special because…You will be inspired
by creative conversations with legendary Mick
Jagger, Tony Award winning director Matthew
Warchus, and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
And learn from innovative companies like Google,
NASA and Nokia. Unleash your amazing creative
potential and get ready to play!
Title: Leading at a Higher
Level 2nd Edition
Author: Ken Blanchard
Imprint: Financial Times
Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780273736189
RRP: R225.95
Content: In Leading at a Higher
Level, Blanchard has brought
together everything he has
learned about world-class leadership. Readers can
benefit from the advice that has helped thousands
of organisations become more people-oriented,
customer-centered, and performance-driven.
Most importantly, this book will help readers dig
deep within, discover the personal “leadership
point of view” all great leaders possess-and apply it
throughout their entire life.
This book is special because…Ken Blanchard’s
books have helped millions of people hone their
own leadership skills and develop the potential of
those around them, transforming their businesses
in the process.
Title: The Seven Cs of
Consulting 3rd Edition
Author: Mike Cope
Imprint: Financial Times
Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780273731085
RRP: R425.95
Content: The Seven Cs of
Consulting offers a consistent
and collaborative language
that helps both consultant and client deliver
value through sustainable change. Based around
the author’s highly successful 7Cs model (Client,
Clarify, Create, Change, Confirm, Continue, Close)
this approach is simple and accessible but firmly
grounded in research and real life experience.
This book is special because…The 7Cs approach
opens up the complexity of sustainable change
to the consultant and client and helps them
explore- and then avoid - the real issues that
cause change to fail within a more professional
and trusting relationship.
Title: Money Mavericks
Author: Lars Kroijer
Imprint: Financial Times
Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780273721986
RRP: R325.95
Content: A revealing and
incisive account on the
incredible inside workings of
hedge funds and an ongoing
tool with which readers can learn more about
this illustrious industry. This is a story of the life of a
hedge fund. It charts the interminable rise of Holte
Capital from 2002 to 2008, explaining what it was
like to run a hedge fund in a period where the
industry went from relative obscurity to become
something everyone wanted to discuss.
This book is special because…Detailing the
practices, excesses, tricks and tenacity of the hedge
fund industry, Money Mavericks shines a light on
the incredible inside workings of hedge funds.
Title: Facebook Marketing 2nd
Edition
Author: Justin R Levy
Imprint: Que
ISBN: 9780789743213
RRP: R195.95
Content: This book is filled
with case studies on how a
business can use Facebook
to market its products and
services. It takes away the hassle of trial and error
and allows you to plan your social marketing
strategy using what has worked for others. You
will discover each feature Facebook has to offer,
including Facebook Applications, Facebook
Connect, and Live Stream Box, and how to
employ them as part of a dynamic campaign.
This book is special because… You’ll learn from
the trailblazers through thoughtful case studies
that highlight success and reveal progress. You
will learn to utilize the Marketplace. Design and
track advertisements to drive click-throughs and
employ widgets and mini-applications to deliver
the message.
Title: Capitalism at the
Crossroads 3rd Edition
Author: Stuart L Hart
Imprint: Wharton Publishing
ISBN: 9780137042326
RRP: R155.95
Content: This book shows
how the environmental and
recent economic crises
have stemmed from failed
corporate strategies and provides specific global
solutions. This edition has thoroughly updated
case studies and examples. Extensive coverage
of incubating clean, green technologies at the
“base of the pyramid” and “tricking them up” to
the top. New analysis of oil price spikes and the
sub-prime crisis through the lens of sustainable
capitalism.
This book is special because…It offers powerful
new ways to improve business growth while also
improving the quality of life.
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Lombard Street, Potchefstroom
33 Bertha Mckenzie Street, Durban P. O.education@adamsbooks.co.za
Box 11, Ramokgopa Tel: 031 305 3791 32 Bushell Street, Queenstown
Horizon Library Service BMD Office Park, 108 De Waal Road,1 Kiewietjie Close, Melkbosstrand
vic@bookpro.co.za Tel: 021 707 5716
mmwpstat@mweb.co.za 018 293 3469 spectra@isat.co.za Diep River 045 838 1873 uniquebooks@theweb.co.za 021 556 0100
Addis Stationers 3 Westgate Centre, Jagger Street, Matatiele addisstationers@webmail.co.za Tel: 039 737 4577
Platinum Books Roopanand Music Star Bookshop
Idutywa Bookshop 121 Richardson Road, Idutywa Universitymadzana@hotmail.com
Bookshop Tel: 047 489 1154
AEPA Ronette,Pimville,
Shop no 18 Pimville Square, 30 LotusSoweto
Road, Lansdowne aepa@vodamail.co.za
5 Cedarfield Tel: 021
Close, Springfield Park, 761 0543
Durban 306 Mthatha Road, Engcobo 27 Rue de Jacqueline Road, Somerset West
platinumbook@polka.co.za 011 933 2002
Imizamo Trading 123 2 Xalanga Street, Southerwood Mthata
047 532 4219 info@unibook.co.za
Tel: 047 531 4745
021 852 5903
roopanands@icon.co.za
mary@africanbookconnection. Tel: 043031 579 1534
African Book Connection 84 Rhodes Street, Quigney, East London 722 2114
Play & Schoolroom Rynewco.za
Educational Enterprises BooksellersBookshop 2323 DDT Jabavu Street,
Sterkspruit
Isisele UPB Booksellers and Stationers Cell: 082 372 8871
doctorb@webmail.co.za
Shop 6 L, Rosebank Mews,
Asande Supply 173 OxfordSonheuwel,
01 Sunninghill, Road, Rosebank
Nelspruit 1 A judy.ntuli@yahoo.com
De Wet Street, Bellville SouthCell: 083 555 4874 57 Main Street, Sterkspruit Southridge Park, Mthata 129 High Street, Grahamstown
play-schoolroom@mweb.co.za
Amantinde Investments 011 788
16 Montrose Avenue, 1304 Hill
Bunkers rynew@netpoint.co.za
pemima@mweb.co.za Tel: 0430217359511870
6904 Iqhayiya Bookshop
sipamlamli@tekomsa.net 179 Will Street
051 Tsolo
611 0327 ulwaziwandile@vodamail. co.za
academicbooks@upb.co.za Cell:622
046 083 3549
259 9436
Praesidium Books 3 De Waal Park, 1 A Greenville Road,Sankomsi Booksellers J. Sunray
R. Behari ccStationers Van Schaik Head Office
Shop 2, 228 Effingham Road, Redhill Tel: 031 563 8751
Bargain Books
801 Fourth Street, Wynberg, Johannesburg john@bargainbooks.co.za
Idutywa Tel: 021 706 1461 1st Floor, Unit 5, 24 Peter Road, Springfield Park Delphi Arena, Old Oak Road, Tyger Valley
Diep River Sunclare Building, 21 Dreyer Street
sales@praesidiumbooks.co.za 011 887 5994 Juta Bookshop Head Office
studyaids@iburst.co.za rstoltenkamp@juta.co.za Tel: 021
918 659
84002300
Boekehuis 34 Fawley Street, Auckland Park sankomsi@mweb.co.za
boekehuis@boekehuis.co.za
047 489 2250
Tel: 011 482-3609 Claremont 031 577 8241 serasmus@vanschaik.com 021
President Bookshop Scholars Surat Trading
Keletso Bookshop 112 High Street, Matatiele Vivlia Publishers & Booksellers Tel: 039 737 4226
keletso1@telkomsa.net
Boland Skryfbehoeftes Hoogstraat
Tilly’s Building, 40 Cloete 114, Worcester
Street, Libode bolandskryf@intekom.co.za
10 High Street, Butterworth
Tel: 023 344 3080
53 Commercial Road, Louis Trichardt 1 Amanda Avenue, Lea Glen, Florida
Bongo Book Supplies J 544 Mgonswana047
Road,
531Kwa
0319Mashu thando@bongobooks.co.za
scholars@webmail.co.za Tel: 031047
569491
1105
0670
Kenartpatelbm@mweb.co.za
Stationers 6 Union Street,
015 Empangeni
516 3981
kenart@iafrica.com
headoffice@vivlia.co.za
Tel: 035 772 1921
011 472 3912
Trading Bookshop 33 Deodalene Street, Goss BusVryheid Bookstore
BooksPrestige
Etc Booksellers & Stationers
2 Cheviot Scholars
Place, Bonnie Doon, East London Bookshop
booksetc@telkomsa.net Tel: 043 735 7138 Tabankulu Rank
Khumbi gkhuumbitrading@yahoo.com Tel: 039 253 1663
65 Victoria Street, Durban F11 Silverberg, Steenberg OP, Silverwood Cl, Westlake Lusikisiki
201 Intsizwa Street, Mt Ayliff 184 Church Street, Vryheid
70b Loch Avenue, Parktown West
Book Express info@bookexpress.co.za Tel: 011 482 8433
Kirstentabbookshop@telkomsa.net
Drukpers 33 Songozwi039
Street, Louis Trichardtvhdbstor@lantic.net
Johannesburg 031 306 -2733 scholars@telkomsa.net 021 700 2578 254 0705 kskryf@mweb.co.za Tel: 982
034 015 2671
516 5051
BookPro Vision Books
Lounge 71 Roeland Street, Zonnebloem, CapeShengethuli Trading
Town booklounge@telkomsa.net Tel: 021 462 2425 L. The Book Addict
J. Armstrong Booksellers Vuyolwethu
Royal Court, 42 11th Street, Orange Bookshop
Grove info@armstrongs.co.za Tel: 011 485 1337
37F Ordnance Road, Durban
1st Floor, Mertopole Plaza 127 Victoria Street, Dundee Meerlust Estate, Stellenbosch 47 Main Street, Umzimkulu
Bookdata/SAPnet freda@bookdatasapnet.co.za Tel: 021 853 3564 Langa Bookshop 82 Main Street, Flagstaff liz.makongwana@gmail.com Tel : 039 252 0181
info@provisions.co.za 98 Beach Road, Strand
031 337 2112 034 212 4292 jacqui@meerlust.co.za 021 843 3587 mvuyo@telkomsa.net 039 259 0241
Protea BoekwinkelShop 42 Kensington Square, Sikho Booksellers and Services LAPA
TheUitgewers
Complete Bookshop380 Bosman Street, Pretoria Wordsworth suzannp@lapa.co.za
Head Office Tel: 012 401 0700
Books & Books janine@booksandbooks.co.za Tel: 031 563 6288
53 Kensington
1067 Burnett Street, Hatfield, PretoriaDrive, Durban North C9 Philippi Complex, Philippi Industria, Philippi Lemur26Books
A Dipdale Rd, Malverne, Durban Suite 6, 23lemur@mweb.co.za
Rotherfield Road, PlumsteadTel: 011 907 2029
protea@intekom.co.za Unit 2 Elec Park, Teejay
Books 24/7 012 362Road,
5683 Brackenfellsikhobook@mweb.co.za
books247@vodamail.co.za Tel: 0210219813711270
5599 Lesedicompbooks@mweb.co.za
Bookshop 031 464
149A Bethlehem 3364Rustenburgandrew@wordsworth.co.za
Street, lesedi.bookshop@telkomsa.net 021
Tel: 797
014 5664
592 2954
Rainbow Academic Bookshop
Book Nook 99 Frere Road, Vincent, East London
Sizwe booknk@mweb.co.za
Books Tel: 043 726 9294
Time to Read Zibuzele Production and Distribution
M. G. Redhi Booksellers Shop 1 MGR Centre, 333 Main Road, Tongaat redhi@iafrica.com Tel: 032 945 1240
8-10 Noble Road, Berea, Durban 343 Cape Road, Newton Park 18 Calcite Road, Wilro Park ext 2, Roodepoort No 15 Lagoon View, Beacon Bay, East London
Books Only
rainbow@eastcoast.co.za366 Kent Road, Ferndale, Randburg
031 202 0283
bookonly@iafrica.com
sizwebooks@mweb.co.za
Tel: 011 326 0069
041365 1960 Maanege Bookshop
timetoread@iburst.co.za Ga-Nchabeleng
011 768 2162 zibuzele@sainet.co.za Tel:
043015482 ext 1211
733 8015
Hyde Square Lower Level, cnr Jan Smuts Madlaleni Trading Erf 747, 11th Avenue Mount Frere sbinita4@gmail.com Tel: 039 255 0263
Booktalk booktalk@global.co.za Tel: 011 325 2266
Avenue, 7 North Road, Hyde Park, 2196
& Print Grahamstown Road, Sydenham
Bookworld If you would like Centre,
Shop 10, Cascades to find out more
Pietermaritzburg about becoming
bookworld@lantic.net Tel: 033 347 a
1361member of Stationery
Makufundwe the South African
Port Elizabeth Booksellers’ Association, contact:
makufundwe@absamail.co.za Tel: 041 484 5002

BT Boeke Frikkie
Shop 30
Witbank
Nel, SABA, PO Box
Sanlam Centre, Klipfontein, 487, Bellville
btboeke@lantic.net 7535.
Tel: 013 692 4814 Tel:Mandlenkosi
(021) Projects
945 1572.102Email: saba@sabooksellers.com
Norlaine Centre, Old Main Road, mandlenkosiprojects@ Tel: 031 701 1846
Pinetown telkomsa.net
C N A Edgardale Edgardale Head Office
(Head Office) 1 Press Avenue, Crown Mines
cnixon@edcon.co.za Tel: 011 495 7260 Mamarie Educational 30 Main Street, Flagstaff nletlaka@mweb.co.za Tel: 039 252 0051
Booksellers

Caxton Books
Centre for the Book
Clarke's Bookshop
Cliffy's Educational Books
www.sabooksellers.com
21 Warrington Road, Kenilworth rwilson@caxtons.co.za Tel: 021 683 6654
Maranatha Booksellers & 69A Voortrekker Street, Bellville maranatha@iburst.co.za Tel: 021 949 0842
62 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town cbreceptionnlsa.ac.za Tel: 021 423 2669 Service
211 Long Street, Cape Town books@clarkesbooks.co.za Tel: 021 423 5739 St. Francis College, Abbot Francis Road Tel: 031 700 2824
The South African Bookseller’s Association official website
22 Anadale Road, Crawford cliffysbooks@yahoo.com Tel: 021 696 1677
Marianhill Book Depot Marianhill
francoll@iafrica.com

MaverickTrading 437 cc 42 Dhalia St, Idas Valley, Stellenbosch maveric@telkomsa.net Tel: 021 887 8157
Shop A8, Bellville Business Park
Coalition books@adept.co.za Tel: 021 949 8220
Voortrekker Road, Bellville MB Books 14 Barnard Street, Bellville mbbooks@absamail.co.za Tel: 021 949 8264
Cornea Boeke 9 Van Riebeeck Street, Groblersdal corneaorders@gmail.com Tel: 013 262 4188 Medibooks 3 Wadley Road, Umbilo, Durban
SABA BLOG for all the
medibook@adamsbooks.co.za Tel: 031 205 5851
Diamond Pride Trading Visit the diamondpridestore@gmail.com
Ntsimbini Location, Bizana new and cutti Cell: ng
073 2075edge
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Million Pages LCM Ludidi Building, 63 Madeira Street
Mthatha
vezim@telkomsa.net Tel: 047 534 2631
Denosa 605 Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria innocentn@denosa.org.za Tel: 012 343 2315
Early Readers latest news
10 Jukskei Avenue, Gallo Manor and informati
earlyreaders@mweb.co.za Tel: 011 802 2513 on Booksthe BOOK
Minervaon INDUSTRY.
225 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parktown North minervabooks@mweb.co.za

Eastern Cape School Supplies 37 First Avenue, Norwood, Umtata krajuabraham@gmail.com Tel: 047 534 2799 Mqetse Trading Enterprise 62 Makaula St, Mbuque Park, Mthatha Tel: 047 535 0498

Easy Reach Stationers Check out our calendar

Shop 3 ECDA Building, York Road, Umtata
easyreach@intekom.co.za and be
Tel: 047 532 2758 sure to post
Mustve Books your
73 Nelson author
Drive, Umtata easyreach@intekom.co.za Cell: 083 752 4365
On the Dot Building, Sacks Circle
ECA Bookshop
events. Research our MEMBER
69 Sandpiper Avenue, Grassy Park
Unit 3-5, Industrie Street
LISTING for all the best
eca@netactive.co.za
NB Library Service Tel: 021 706 4865
Bellville South
nblibrary@naspers.com Tel: 021 918 8638

Edustats
Emanzini Business Lines
Emanzini Business Lines
Excell Consumables
admin@edustats.co.za Tel: 021 906 0027 N&M Bookshop 150 Plantation Road, Cofimvaba nazipasi@gmail.com Tel: 047 874 0012
Enterprise Park, Kuils River
bookshops in South Africa . Send
22 Commercial City, Queen Street, Durban emanzini@worldonline.co.za
Naledi et al Tel: 012 305 7446 press releases
15 Dazana, Mbuqe Extension,and
Umtata Cell: 083 359 7134
Butterworth
13 Prinsman Building
news and see your informationNandePOSTED
327 Schoeman Street, Pretoria
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onTownship,
Tel: 012 322 2992
2402 Cuba offi-
Butterworth Cell: 078 151 6118
21 Kweper Avenue, Bridgetown excellsales@telkomsa.net Tel: 021 637 2685 National Office Supplies 68 Victoria Street, Durban Tel: 031 306 2732

Exclusive Books Head Office 1st

cial site.fred@exclusivebooks.co.za
Floor Rivonia Village, 3 Mutual Road, Check out current Tel: 011 798 0000
job opportunitiPlantation
Nazipasi Stationers
es in the book
Road, Cofimvaba nazipasi@gmail.co.za Tel: 047 874 0012
Rivonia
Faniza Business Enterprise 2326 Lancashire House industry.sindyzwane@telkomsa.net
216 Kenyon Howden Road, Montclair
See executiTel:ve reports.
031 462 7778 Keep up to date with latest New Edition Bookshop 10 High Street, Butterworth edition2005@webmail.co.za Tel : 047 491 0695
SOUTH AFRICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION

3rd Floor Midas House

Nielsen Bookdata 62 Goldworth Road, Woking, Surrey
Chat to theTel:SABA
research.cassimiv@telkomsa.net
Central Car Park, Murchison Street 034 315 4467 exec ONLINE. Discuss industry
Working actively in the interests of the book trade

Favourite Stationers GU21 6LQ, United Kingdom

Newcastle
On the Dot Distribution Sacks Circle, Bellville zdebruyn@onthedot.co.za Tel: 021 918 8500
issues. LINK
3rd Floor Meischke’s Building
to relevant book news Royston Crescent,.Highbury
blogs and 38websites BE ParkIN
Frank R. Thorold thorolds@icon.co.za Tel: 011 838 5903
42 Harrison Street, Johannesburg
Onaku Trading onakutrading@netpoint.co.za Tel: 021 903 2784
Frankie and Fred 41 Hume Road, Dunkeld LMB@netactive.co.za Tel: 011 786 0095 Kuils River

Fritz Booksellers Shop 2 Salie Centre THE KNOW. Learn how

fritzicc@telkomsa.net
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Tel: 021 987 web
Oom Polla to your great
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Paul Roos Grounds, Suidwal, Stellenbosch info@oompolla.co.za Tel: 021 887 7149
Fairfield Street, Kraaifontein
Paperback Shack 28A Oxford Street, East London hjdaya@mweb.co.za Tel: 043 742 0670
Manhatten Road, Airport Industria, debi.dagnin@za.geodiswilson. Tel: 021 386 0136
Geodis Wilson Paradise Stationers 12 Bell Road, Vincent, East London zakhemaseti@vodamail.co.za Tel: 043 727 0006
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The Committee of the
the South
South African
African Booksellers’
Booksellers’ Association would like to thank the following members for
The Executive
Executive Committee of
of Association would
Association would like
like to
to thank
thank the
the following
followingmembers
membersfor
for
acknowledging
acknowledging their ongoing support by remitting their annual membership fees *:
acknowledging their ongoing support by remitting
remitting their
their annual
annual membership
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BOOKSHOP STREET ADDRESS EMAIL ADDRESS AND WEBSITE CONTACT NUMBERS BOOKSHOP STREET ADDRESS EMAIL ADDRESS AND WEBSITE CONTACT NUMBERS
Pickwick
Pickwick
Pickwick Books 69 Lombard Street, Potchefstroom Rainbow
Books Books Rainbow Booksellers
mmwpstat@mweb.co.za Tel: 041 581 2741 South
South
Spectra Cape Academic
Cape
Upfront Academic Supplies
Supplies
32 UlrichNaumann
Bushell Street, Queenstown Ulrich Naumann
spectra@isat.co.za Tel: 045 838 1873
3333Prospect
ProspectRoad,
Road,Walmer
Walmer 340 Kings
Kings Road, Idutywa
340thomas.pillowbks@gmail.com Tommy Joubert,
Tommy Joubert, Cnr
CnrCourtenay
Courtenay&&Cradock,
Cradock,George
George 1717Burg
BurgStreet,
Street,Cape
CapeTown
Town
Pillow Books 15 Ferngrove, Greenwood Park Tel: 031 564 3419 Sterkspruit Bookshop 57 Main Street, Sterkspruit sipamlamli@telkomsa.net Tel: 051 611 0327
pickwick@iafrica.com
pickwick@iafrica.com 041
041581
5812741
2741 rainbow_booksellers@yahoo.com
rainbow_booksellers@yahoo.com 047 489 1205 akaleb@mweb.co.za
akaleb@mweb.co.za 044874
044 8747551
7551 buchhandlung@naumann.co.za
buchhandlung@naumann.co.za 021423
021 4237832
7832
Pinnacle Education 3rd Floor, Unit 24,
Planet
Planet Stationers 198 Smit Street, Braamfontein
Stationers info@pinnacleeducation.co.za
Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa Store Tel: 011 403 1272 Spectra
Spectra
Sunray Stationers U-NiqueBooks
270 Stamford Hill Road, Durban U-Nique Books
studyaids@iburst.co.za Tel: 031 303 3490
Planet Stationers
6969Lombard
LombardStreet,
Street,Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom P.P. O.O.mmwpstat@mweb.co.za
Box
Box 11, Ramokgopa 32 Bushell
32 Bushell Street,
Street,Queenstown
Queenstown 11Kiewietjie
KiewietjieClose,
Close,Melkbosstrand
Melkbosstrand
@office world 69 Lombard Street, Potchefstroom Tel: 018 293 3469
Surat Trading 53 Commercial Road, Louis Trichardt
trading as
mmwpstat@mweb.co.za
mmwpstat@mweb.co.za 018
018293
2933469
3469 spectra@isat.co.za 045838
8381873
1873
patelbm@mweb.co.za
uniquebooks@theweb.co.za
Tel: 015 516 3981
021556
5560100
0100
spectra@isat.co.za 045 uniquebooks@theweb.co.za 021
TheStar
Mailboat 5 Grafton Ave, Craighall Park University
University fernrenew@iafrica.com
Bookshop Tel: 011 442 5799
PlayPlatinum
SchoolroomBooks
&Platinum Books Shop 6L, Rosebank Mews, Roopanand
Roopanand Music
play-schoolroom@mweb.co.za Tel: 011 788 1304 Bookshop
Bookshop Bookshop
Shop
Shopnono1818Pimville 173 Oxford
PimvilleSquare,
Square, Road,Soweto
Pimville,
Pimville, Rosebank
Soweto 55 Cedarfield
Cedarfield Close, Springfield Park, Durban 306DenMthatha Road,
Road,EngcoboShop 7, The Wembley Shopping Centre
Engcobo 2727Rue
Ruede
deJacqueline
JacquelineRoad,
Road,Somerset
SomersetWest
West
306
The Book Mthatha bookden@mweb.co.za Tel: 033 342 7474
Premierplatinumbook@polka.co.za
Freight 90 Electron Avenue,
platinumbook@polka.co.za 011011Isando
933
9332002
2002 steyn@premierfreight.co.za
roopanands@icon.co.za
roopanands@icon.co.za Tel: 011031
573579
90001534 Albert Lithuli 047
Street,
047532 Pietermaritzburg
5324219
4219 info@unibook.co.za
info@unibook.co.za 021852
021 8525903
5903
Play &&Schoolroom
PlayBookshop
President Rynew
SchoolroomTilly’s Building, 40 Cloete Street, Libode Educational Enterprises
Rynewssmolosi@gmail.com Tel: 047 531 0319 Tabankulu Bookshop
Sterkspruit Bookshop
Sterkspruit Bookshop 201 Intsizwa Street, Mt Ayliff UPBBooksellers
UPB Booksellersand andStationers
StationersTel: 039 254 0705
tabbookshop@telkomsa.net

PrestigeShop
Shop66L,L,Rosebank
Bookseller Rosebank
& Mews,
Mews,173
173Oxford
OxfordRoad,
Road,Rosebank
Rosebank 11 AA De
De Wet
Wet Street, Bellville South 57 Main
57 MainBookshop
The Complete Street, Sterkspruit
Street, Sterkspruit691 Westcliff Drive, Westcliff, Chatsworth
129High
129 High Street,Grahamstown
Street, Grahamstown
compbooks@mweb.co.za Tel: 031 401 3561
65 Victoria Street,011
Durban Tel: 031 306 2733
Stationersplay-schoolroom@mweb.co.za
play-schoolroom@mweb.co.za 011 7881304
788 1304 rynew@netpoint.co.za
rynew@netpoint.co.za 021 951 6904 Time tosipamlamli@tekomsa.net
sipamlamli@tekomsa.net
Read 051
051
18 Calcite Road, 611
6110327
Wilro academicbooks@upb.co.za
0327ext 2, Roodepoort
Park academicbooks@upb.co.za
timetoread@iburst.co.za 046
046622
Tel: 6223549
011 3549
768 2162
Praesidium
Pro Praesidium
Visions Books 37F Ordnance Road, Durban
Books Books Sankomsi
Sankomsi Booksellers
info@provisions.co.za Tel: 031 337 2112 TheSunray
Sunray Stationers 80 Makia Street, Bruma Lake Van
Stationers
Corner Bookshop VanSchaik
Schaik Head
HeadOffice
Office
cornerbookshop@live.co.za Tel: 011 615 9449
801Fourth
801 FourthStreet,
Street,Wynberg,
Wynberg,Johannesburg
Johannesburg Idutywa
Idutywa 1st
1st Floor,
Floor, Unit
Unit 5,5, 24
24Peter
PeterRoad,
Road,Springfield
SpringfieldPark
Park Delphi
DelphiArena,
Arena,OldOldOak
OakRoad,
Road,Tyger
TygerValley
Valley
Rainbow Booksellers 340 Kings Road, Idutywa rainbowbooksellers@yahoo.com Tel: 0047 489 1205 Ulrich Naumann 17 Burg Street, Cape Town buchhandlung@naumann.co.za Tel: 021 423 7832
sales@praesidiumbooks.co.za
sales@praesidiumbooks.co.za 011887
011 8875994
5994 sankomsi@mweb.co.za
sankomsi@mweb.co.za 047 489 2250 studyaids@iburst.co.za
studyaids@iburst.co.za 031
031577
5778241
8241 serasmus@vanschaik.com
serasmus@vanschaik.com 021
021918
9188400
8400
Rainbow AcademicBookshop
President
President BookshopUnit 5, 56 Hunslett Road, Scholars
Scholars Surat
Surat Trading
Trading Shop no 3 NBS Centre, cnr Maxwell & Publishers
Vivlia &&Booksellers
Bookshop cc Phoenix Industrial Park, Phoenix
rainbow@eastcoast.co.za Tel: 031 500 1579 Umtapo Booksellers Union Streets, Empangeni Vivlia Publishers BooksellersTel: 035 772 2572
umtapo.b@telkomsa.net
Tilly’sBuilding,
Tilly’s Building,4040Cloete
CloeteStreet,
Street,Libode
Libode 10 High
10 High Street, Butterworth 53
53 Commercial
Commercial Road,
Road,Louis
LouisTrichardt
Trichardt 11Amanda
AmandaAvenue,
Avenue,LeaLeaGlen,
Glen,Florida
Florida
Rynew Educational Enterprises 1 A De Wet Street,047 Bellville
047531
5310319South
0319 info@rynew.co.za
scholars@webmail.co.za Tel: 021047
951491
69040670 Unabantu Distributors
patelbm@mweb.co.za
patelbm@mweb.co.za
No 44 Mango 015
Street,
015516
Delft
5163981
3981
South, Delft unabantudistibutors@gmail.com 011
headoffice@vivlia.co.za
headoffice@vivlia.co.za
Tel: 472
021 955 0089
011 4723912
3912
scholars@webmail.co.za
Prestige
Sankomsi Booksellers&&Stationers
Booksellers
Prestige Booksellers Stationers Scholars
Scholars Bookshop
sakie@hyperlinkco.za Tel: 047 489 2250 Tabankulu
Tabankulu
U-Nique Bookshop 1 Kiewietjie Close, Van Riebeeckstrand
Books Bookshop Vryheid
VryheidBookstore
Bookstore
uniquebooks@theweb.co.za Tel: 021 556 0100
Melkbosstrand
6565Victoria
VictoriaStreet,
Street,Durban
Durban
F11 Silverberg Terrace, Steenberg Office F11 Silverberg,
F11 Silverberg, Steenberg OP, Silverwood Cl, Westlake 201
201 Intsizwa
Intsizwa Street,
Street,MtMtAyliff
Ayliff 184
184Church
ChurchStreet,
Street,Vryheid
Vryheid
Scholars Bookshop scholars@telkomsa.net Tel: 021 700 2578
021 700 2578 UPB Booksellers & Stationers 129 High Street,
Park, Silverwood031
Close,
031 306Westlake
306 -2733
-2733 scholars@telkomsa.net
scholars@telkomsa.net tabbookshop@telkomsa.net
tabbookshop@telkomsa.net 039Grahamstown
039 254
2540705
0705 management@upb.co.za
vhdbstor@lantic.net
vhdbstor@lantic.net Tel:
034 046
034982 622
9822671 3549
2671
ProVision
Pro
Shengethuli Vision Books 127 Victoria Street, Dundee
TradingBooks Shengethuli Trading
Shengethuli Tel: 034 212 4292 The Book
UniversityBook Addict
Addict
Bookshop Vuyolwethu
Vuyolwethu
27 Rue de Jacqueline Road, Somerset Bookshop
Bookshop
West info@unibook.co.za Tel: 021 852 5903
37FOrdnance
37F OrdnanceRoad,
Road,Durban
Durban 127 Victoria
127 Victoria Street, Dundee Meerlust
Meerlust
Van Schaik Estate,
Estate, Stellenbosch
Bookstore 2nd Floor East Wing. Delphi Arena 4747Main
Stellenbosch MainStreet,
Street,Umzimkulu
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