Weaver Press is closing – how one small, brave Zimbabwean publisher made a difference: With the news that it is to halt operations it’s a fitting time to take stock of Weaver Press in Zimbabwe. The publishing house started small in 1998 and remained small, co-managed by its two full time employees, the husband and …
‘Peter Pan’ Enahoro, Nigerian journalist and publisher, was not afraid to speak his mind: The late Peter Enahoro. New African magazine There are some people whose lives intersect with yours even if you never meet them in the flesh. One of these was Peter Osajele Aizegbeobor Enahoro, the Nigerian journalist who was also known by …
Doreen Lawrence and Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Daily Mail publisher underlines need for Leveson Inquiry part two: One of the key moments of the 2011 Leveson Inquiry into press standards came when the Daily Mail’s then-editor, Paul Dacre, took to the witness box to accuse Hugh Grant of pursuing “mendacious smears driven by a hatred …
A South African university publisher makes it to 100. A rare and important event: Image by Liz Whitter courtesy of Wits University Press In the past month, my email has served up two contrasting examples of the state of scholarly publishing in African countries. The one was an invitation to celebrate the centenary of South …
SHAREit ranked as a leading global media publisher; joins giants Google, Facebook and TikTok: Chanel Hardman Country Director SHAREit Seeing explosive growth, SHAREit has ranked 4th globally after Google, Facebook and TikTok in the recently released AppsFlyer non-gaming Retention and IAP Index report across all categories. In Africa, the app has placed 8th in the …
The story of an independent Tanzanian publisher who held out against the tide: Walter Bgoya's passion for reading goes back to the 1950s. But his worldview was shaped in the 1960s. Author provided A number of African countries boast notable independent publishing landscapes. These include South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. However, …
How does a tiny local publisher reach readers in the Philippines or Africa? Technology.: How does a tiny local publisher reach readers in the Philippines or Africa? Technology. In past decades, only large publishing houses had the resources to get books to the masses. Today, anyone with Internet access can upload a novel to the …
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How to find a publisher for your tech book: You’ve got an idea for a technical book—congratulations! Like a hiking the Appalachian trail, or learning to cook a soufflé, writing a book is one of those things that people talk about, but never take beyond the idea stage. That makes sense, because the failure rate …
The Spacestation – First African Publisher to Offer Programmatic Page Takeovers: The SpaceStation is the first publisher in Africa to offer page takeovers and transitional ads (between the page ads) programmatically. “We approached DoubleClick a few months ago to discuss how we can make our page takeovers available programmatically; and when they began testing Programmatic …
Weird 24 mins ago 7:39 p.m.Porn publisher offers up to million for dirt on Trump: Pornography publisher Larry Flynt is offering “up to $ 10 million” to anyone who produces information that leads to President Donald Trump's impeachment and removal from office. During last year's presidential campaign, Flynt dangled $ 1 million to anyone who …
South Africa in the news: US-based mobile game publisher GameMine partners with South Africa’s Vodacom Group for game distribution: GameMine, a US-based mobile game publisher has partnered with South African’s Vodacom Group to provide a selection of its ad-free mobile games free of charge to Vodacom subscribers. During the promotional trial period, millions of Vodacom …
A nice South African Politics image: Image from page 561 of “Canadian printer & publisher” (1920) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: canprinterpublish1920toro Title: Canadian printer & publisher Year: 1920 (1920s) Authors: Subjects: Printing Printing Publisher: Toronto, Maclean-Hunter [etc.] Contributing Library: Fisher – University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto View Book Page: …
3 open source alternatives to Microsoft Publisher: A few weeks ago, I confessed that I still hadn’t fully moved to the paperless utopia I had imagined I would be living in by this point. As I’ve thought through it more, it’s the long tail of paper that’s holding me back. Sure, almost all of my …
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