Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Vol 22
CONTENTS
FEATURES REPORTS REGULARS
8 The Franschhoek Literary Festival 17 There were some that made it 4 From the President’s Desk
Alone amongst literary, like-minded Opportunities not lost at the London
people Book Fair 2010
6 SABA National Executive
10 Exclus1ves.co.za 20 Nigeria International Book Fair Committee
SA’s biggest bookstore chain moves Building capacity in the African
ahead of the pack book industry
29 Industry Update
11 The future of the book 22 Libraries under the spotlight
Books and reading are sexy again A national campaign for school 30 Worldwide News
libraries receives attention
12 The Professional Editors Conference
Mediators of the literary world meet 24 World Book Day 34 Africa Update
Celebrations begin to grow in
14 Are you going to buy a Kindle? momentum
The pros and cons of the e-reader
35 Buyers’ Guide
26 Bibliographic control in Africa:
15 Not the London Book Fair Aspects, challenges and prospects 37 Member Listing
Stranded SA lit scene pulls together south of the Sahara
18 CTBF celebrates its 5th anniversary 27 The Centre for the Book
More of Africa, trade and surprises Reaching out to those in need
for visitors
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misgivings about the way the list will be used and for the Neilsen Bookdata Awards evening where the
are now alarmed as the Education Department has Master of Ceremonies will be the incomparable, the
announced that it has selected a single core text to be unforgettable Pieter Dirk Uys.
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given to each student in each of three core learning
areas in Grades one and President
two around the country.
Shuter South
and Shooter, Vivlia and Oxford
African Booksellers’ University
Association ( SABA)
Press are the successful publishers. While this brings
joy to the three, it may mean difficult times for President
many others and investment of time and money in South African Booksellers’ Association ( SABA)
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African Women’s writing, Louise who has on Sunday is on e-books. Arthur Atwell
just launched Bookstorm will focus on is unsurprisingly on the panel with author
quality mainstream non-fiction and Arthur, Imraan Coovadia and publisher Basil van
who is the technology guru of Electric Book Rooyen. It is chaired by Ben Williams, who
Works, publishes all sorts of books both in has on hand unbelievably enough a first
hard copy and in electronic format. generation Kindle, a Kindle 2, a Kindle DX
The main question under discussion (which actually belongs to Imraan) and an
here is what the difference between a large iPad, which produces an audible Andrew Donaldson, Ann Donald,
publisher and small publisher really is ‘Ooh,’ from the audience. Mervyn Sloman
to say an author interested in getting a
manuscript to market. Louise says that will be more visible and accessible on
by their nature small publishers are more Google than in any other space. All the big
individualistic. They are intrinsically publishers are talking to them. It makes
involved in the whole process of getting business sense; roughly 70% of sales will
a book published where as within a big go back to publishers, which is 20% more
publishing house the process is disjointed than in the print world.
and books can get lost. Colleen says that There is so much jargon being bandied
people come to her because they like the about that I can barely keep up. What,
idea of a small publisher. amongst all of this innovation will
The only major problem that these Corina van der Spoel , Andrew Donaldson happen to bookstores I wonder? Will they
small publishers seem to face is with survive? At some stage, says the panel,
distribution. They battle to get their titles Arthur is clearly in his element in this we will reach a point where the bulk of
listed with the bigger bookselling chains panel. E-books can be published in different all books will be sold via the internet,
although Colleen says that the longer you formats, all of which are just different ways so how does a bookshop, which can so
are in business the better your relationship of storing text he says. A PDF is the easiest easily be leapfrogged, position itself to
will get. The South African public should format for most publishers because it looks remain the middle man? Arthur thinks
also ask the bigger chains to stock specific most similar to the printed page. The e-pub that some bookstores will find a space in
South African books. Demand creates a format on the other hand is just a web page this new world. The more e-books there
supply as we know, even if it does feel a bit packaged in a zip file. The real advantage will be, the more we will need people
like putting the cart before the horse. with the e-pub format is that because it to tell us about the good ones. Like the
Ann Donald chairs Niq Mhlongo, is based on flowing text like a website, good independents, bookstores will begin
John van de Ruit and Imraan Coovadia the text will be reflowable and therefore to offer more of a curation service. There
in a thoroughly irreverent and enjoyable fit onto any size screen. You can also is already the technology available that will
discourse on the unexpected aspects of put embedded video and pictures into the enable bookstores to sell e-books in their
being a novelist. The three of them keep e-pub format, which makes e-books highly stores via the internet and still take a cut
the audience twittering for an hour with interactive. from that.
their anecdotes, punch lines and cheeky So what does the e-book bode for the The panel discusses Alice in Wonderland,
one-liners. I am enjoying myself so much I future of publishing in South Africa? the future of children’s literature, publisher
forget to take notes. Imraan is of the opinion that e-book discounts, the future of libraries, built in
Sunday is quieter than Saturday and a technology will free the industry from the analytics, copyright issues, piracy, security,
thin film of highflying clouds hides the control of the big corporate. Basil thinks education and even reading in the bath.
blue of the sky. I skip the first session that textbooks will stay on paper because To wrap it up Ben wants to know how
of the day, electing to spend an hour we are a third world country although with long it will take for the ripples of change
in the makeshift Wordsworth bookstore fiction things will start to change rapidly. to reach the South African market. His
instead. I deliberate over which of the The power struggle between the big players guess is that in five years time there will
engaging South African authors I have regarding the pricing of e-books will upset be parallel print and hardcopy markets.
been privileged to listen to over the course the industry for a long time. As a small The market is going to change, where it
of the past few days to purchase. Imraan publisher, he plans to enter the market will go is all guesswork now, but there is
Coovadia, Niq Mhlongo or Chris van Wyk only once that has been resolved. no doubt that it will move fast. One can
for their humour; Ivan Vladislavic for his This is all very well says Ben, however, only hope that with books becoming more
imaginative brilliance or Michiel Heyns we are only two thirds of the way there. accessible, more talked about than ever,
for his unassuming skill in the craft. All What we need now is a big online the market will deepen, and perhaps, just
are tempting and I limit myself to one title e-bookstore and it is coming. It is called perhaps, people will buy more hardcopy
from each. Google Editions and it will be huge because books because of e-books.
The most interesting session of the day Google has incredible reach and e-books Jessica Faircliff
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uproariously as he shares some anecdotes So what is the editors job on a book? The
about growing up next to the mine dumps answer to that question remains unclear.
in Johannesburg. His message is one of Apparently, an editor should make a book
hope to the kids. Look at this review he says readable, make the author look wonderful,
holding up a piece of that day’s paper. It’s a make bold and if necessary, structural
review of my latest book and it says I have changes to a promising work and yet, not
wit, intelligence and sensitivity. That is me. impose his or her voice on the work.
Wit, intelligence and sensitivity he repeats An interesting question pops up on a
a number of times to great effect. Helen Moffett and Izak de Vries topic that has been mentioned a few times
Niq Mhlongo is slightly intimidated paired up to present a session on throughout the conference. Why is the
going after Chris and I don’t really get his editing youth literature editing in South Africa of such a poor and
message. sloppy standard? In the old days editors
Wessel Ebershon is next in line. He level of correctness that must be achieved used to be trained in house by publishers in
looks very uncomfortable on his chair. His and then there are the smaller, stylistic a form of apprenticeship. With ever-tighter
hunched shoulders are at the same level issues, which are not so black and white. budgets, publishers now rely on freelancers
as the other authors’ heads. He literally My last session of the day is an interesting and self trained editors over whom they
unfolds as he stands up to speak. “You discussion on the book reviewer’s view of have little or no control.
won’t get rich writing novels,” says this the editor’s role. Ann Donald, who chairs One of the editors points out that
gentle giant. ‘Most novelists do something the session, says that a book reviewer must perhaps the real problem lies not in the
else as well.’ He runs a family business and have the best job in the world because editorial department, but rather in the lack
writes in the evenings. A practice which he your reading is justified and you don’t of sufficient proof reading.
says, is not self sacrifice, it is habit. You get have to pay for the books. Vivien Horler, I want to know why South African writers
into a habit and live accordingly. ‘It is your Jennifer Crocker and Michiel Heyns chat aren’t producing well-written works of a
habits that turn you into whatever you are easily amongst themselves about how they calibre that require minimal editing before
going to be, so get into good habits. Read,’ fell into being reviewers and some of the they can be sent to print. How many new
he tells the kids. experiences they have had along the way. South African writers are being physically
Veronique Tadjo is lovely and French. Obviously, there is not enough time in manhandled into print by this sometimes
Beauty is something that you must always the day for them to review all of the books laboriously long and many-layered process.
cherish she tells the children, adding that that they receive but they all have a sense How many truly brilliant novelists are there
beauty in a country comes from diversity. of duty when it comes to South African actually out there I wonder?
Michiel Heyns says keep reading, keep literature and feel that it is important The answer, in our country is not a simple
writing, don’t get discouraged and never to express some kind of opinion when it one. There are so many new and uniquely
give up and John van de Ruit finishes the comes to local books. South African voices coming up through
lesson off by saying that memories are the ground, spreading their branches
the cornerstone of who we are and that and unfurling their leaves that in order
they are being made as we sit here in this to make these diverse voices accessible
auditorium. The principal thanks the ‘wit to all, a serious editorial process needs
of writers’ and the students file out, taking to be undertaken. The future of editing
their bodily warmth with them. in South Africa then it seems is going
The weather gets progressively worse require the varied skill and compassion
as the day draws on. It must be snowing of a gardener who can trim and coax to
somewhere. I listen to a panel discussion life elegant acacias from the succulent
between editor – writer teams Martha Karoo, stunted mopane’s from the north,
Evans and Andrew Brown; and Lynda pungent milkwoods from the coast, wild
Gilfillan and Sharon Sorour-Morris. Again, banana’s from Natal and even the exotic
the main point that comes out of the old English Oak. Presented in a botanical
discussion is that the relationship between garden these nicely trimmed versions will
author and editor is very important. Lynda, show each tree’s natural lines to their best
who is clearly very experienced, sums it all Liliane Top and Elsibe Loubser McGuffog advantage. What a wonderfully wild garden
up by saying that editing can be seen as an conducted a half-day creative writing of indigenous books we shall have!
workshop
art or a science because there is a certain Jessica Faircliff
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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 BIBLIOGRAPHIC SERVICES & COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT
terms of the National Library of South Africa Act, 1998 (Act No. The Bibliographic Services Programme is the national biblio-
92 of 1998). This new institution was formed by amalgamat- graphic agency, providing leadership to the South African li-
ing the State Library in Pretoria and the South African Library brary and information service community. Specialist librarians
in Cape Town, and includes a specialist unit, the Centre for the create national bibliographic databases providing easy access
Book. We are well positioned to make a positive impact on the to and retrieval of South African materials.
lives of all South Africans. Its key activities are:
Authority control – made available worldwide
KNOWLEDGE FOR THE NATION
Index to South African periodicals (ISAP)
The National Library of South Africa is a custodian and provider
South African National Bibliography (SANB).
of the nation’s key knowledge resources. We are mandated by
the National Library of South Africa Act to collect and preserve PRESERVATION SERVICES PROGRAMME
published documents and make them accessible. We ensure The National Library is responsible for safeguarding the national
that knowledge is not lost to posterity and that information is documentary heritage. The Preservation Services Programme
available for research. strives to ensure the long-term availability and accessibility of
The National Library’s collections contain a wealth of informa- South African knowledge resources using conservation tech-
tion, and include rare manuscripts, books published in South niques that include the reformatting of materials.
Africa, periodicals, government publications, official foreign Documents too fragile to be photocopied are reformatted by
publications, maps, technical reports, Africana and newspa- the National Library’s reprographic services onto photograph-
pers. Many of these are available on CD or microfilm, in digital ic film, microfilm or microfiche, or in digital format.
format or on the Internet. The Digital Imaging Project of South Africa (DISA) is a new
initiative in line with international best practice, creating digital
SPECIALISED SERVICES
records of materials for both preservation and access.
The National Library renders specialised services to the public
Despite new technological developments, microfilm is still cen-
and to the Library and Information Services (LIS) sector.
tral to the preservation strategy, and is used extensively to copy
LEGAL DEPOSIT ACT South African newspapers and manuscript material. The Na-
In terms of the Legal Deposit Act, 1997 (Act No. 54 of 1997), tional Library of South Africa maintains a comprehensive da-
South African publishers must supply the National Library (as tabase of its microfilm and microfiche master copies. National
well as other places of legal deposit) with one copy of every advisory and coordinating services, including participation in
book, journal, newspaper or any other document published in national preservation projects, are offered to other libraries and
South Africa. According to the Act, a document is any object cultural institutions.
which is intended to store or convey information in textual, Services include:
graphic, visual, auditory or other intelligible format through Reprographic services
any medium. Digitisation
Conservation and restoration,
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Stack management,
The National Library of South Africa is a treasure house of Af-
De-acidification machines
ricana and other items which reflect the indigenous and colo-
nial history of the country. These are all available for consulta- CENTRE FOR THE BOOK
tion and research. The Centre for the Book is a specialist unit of the National Li-
brary of South Africa. It provides key information about the
INFORMATION & DOCUMENT SUPPLY
book world to all stakeholders by promoting the importance
The National Library has reference sections in Pretoria and
of books, libraries, reading and writing for our national devel-
Cape Town for use by researchers, students, the general pub-
opment agenda.
lic, organisations and government departments. Those who
The projects of the Centre, such as Isiqalo: First Words in Print
cannot visit the reference rooms personally can direct their ref-
and the Community Publishing Project, pro-
erence and research questions to the Library by telephone, fax,
vide invaluable opportunities for South African
post or email.
writers. These efforts will transform the world
Items from the collections are generally not lent out to indi-
of books and publishing to provide access to
viduals. Books and periodicals can be requested on behalf of
local books in languages for all citizens.
users by other libraries on interlibrary loan. Photocopies can
the National Library of South Africa:
also be made within the constraints of copyright.
www.nlsa.ac.za
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The ideal gift
You don’t need to be a bookseller to realise that reading sets the imagination free
to explore worlds and follow paths previously unknown... let them choose the way.
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KUMAR, Girja. Bibliography. 2nd Ed. Vikas Publishing House. New Delhi. 1979. PP.191
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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
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The Librarians Glossary and reference book. Revised ed.Gower. London.
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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.
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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
www.exclus1ves.co.za between the M-Net Literary Awards
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and the Readers Society of Weale is a founding member of the respective stadium location
South Africa and endorsed by the Livity, a socially responsible marketing and surrounding areas including
Department of Education, Naledi will agency based in one of the poorer points of interest, accommodation
see over 300 children from five schools areas of the London. Around 2004 establishments, retail areas, tourist
receive specialized literacy training Livity created the concept of Live information offices and historical sites.
over a five-week period from 3 May Magazine, and handed over the These easy-to-read fold-out maps also
to 4 July. The children will participate responsibility of making it to the include street names, all major and
in a course known as Dynamic English disadvantaged 13- to 25-year-olds, minor roads and a detailed index of
Level 1 Basic, facilitated by established who now do almost everything street and place names.
education training services provider involved in putting the magazine to ‘We’ve taken all the pertinent
Triple E Training. The course focuses bed. The concept, which started in information a visitor would require and
on the development of phonic skills South London, has been repeated condensed it into small and useful
in learners - developing listening in both East and North London and pocket size maps. We’re also able to
skills; focusing on the sounds of the Weal’s winning idea is to bring the customize these maps for individual
language; and associating the sounds concept across the waters to SA. hotels, restaurants and tourism industry
with letters to identify words so that Weal first came to South Africa role players as a way to add value to
they can be reproduced in written when as one of six finalists in the their guests’ experience. Corporate
form. British Council’s UK Young Publishing identities and contact details can be
Each group of children will receive Entrepreneur Award, he came on a added, making these a great direct
five weeks of literacy training – a total of sponsored visit to our shores. marketing and branding tool for any
25 hours per learner across five lessons Weal heard that in a population of business at this time,’ says Adrian
per week. The classes are tailored, over 40 million, only one million white Kaplan, Marketing Manager.
based on an age-appropriate pre- South Africans regularly bought books, www.mapstudio.co.za
assessment and learning style analysis Weal pondered how to reach out to
of each child, which will give the the huge untapped market of black
facilitator information to map out the South Africans. He was taken on a
strengths and weaknesses of each tour of Langa where he met a group An eBook romance
individual, enabling them to focus the of promising young boys. Seeing a The thought of buying An Impolite
activities. The Triple E Training program new platform for his Live magazine Seduction, Her Lord and Master, or
also includes remedial methodologies concept, he told them that he would Mile High Mistress over the counter is
and includes activities which draw go home, win the award and return to enough to make even the bravest of
on the child’s experience, while start a magazine with them. Now, he us blush. But the rise of e-readers has
encouraging fantasy and play. can keep his promise. apparently made the secret pleasure
Palesa Xorile, CSI Manager at M-Net, The project is already beginning of indulging in steamy romances all
praises the Department of Education to take on a life of its own in Cape the more attainable. In September
for its willing assistance in identifying Town. ‘We want it to be a sustainable 2008, Mills & Boon became the first
schools which needed help. ‘The social business that we create with the UK publisher to produce all its titles as
Department has been a great help community and then set free, and be e-books simultaneously to publishing
in targeting schools to participate in repeatable in other townships,’ Weale the paper versions. Online sales were
Naledi in its first year,’ she says. “Now says. The next stage is feasibility work encouraged by the relatively low
we look forward to working with the to figure out the right business model e-book prices that are about half the
Department to grow the initiative — whether it’s corporate sponsorship, cost of many paperbacks.
beyond these six schools from next or advertising, or another approach. More than 140,000 Mills & Boon
year and inspire South African children www.publishingperspectives.com stories were downloaded digitally
to read; improve their communication last year, compared to 400,000 that
skills; and teach them analytical and were bought as paperbacks through
critical thinking.’ Amazon.
www.publicityupdate.co.za Minimaps Working in partnership with Mills &
MapStudio, a leading publisher and Boon, New Holland Publishing has
distributor of maps and travel guides, launched a South African eBook Store
is taking advantage of the Soccer dedicated to the romance genre. The
Entrepreneurship in Langa World Cup by launching a new range website offers users an online shop
Gavin Weale of Live Futures picked of maps in preparation for this year’s with over 1200 titles and an interactive
up the £5,000 UK Young Publishing grand sporting event. romance writers’ community, where
Entrepreneur Award on the final day The company has developed romance fans and aspiring writers can
of the London Book Fair for his idea to a unique and convenient pocket share their work with other enthusiasts
begin publishing a magazine in Langa size map for each of the nine host while protecting their own copyright.
township in South Africa. cities. Each map clearly indicates www.ebookdiva.com
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Worldwide
Google Editions NYT also worries that new e-book titles House Boek.be: E-books, digitization,
Google Editions, the much could distract kids from the tougher innovative bookselling solutions,
talked about e-book store from the task of actually concentrating on collaboration with libraries, anti-
information giant is set to launch in literature: ‘[W]hat will become of the piracy measures. The Conference will
June or July this year. Speaking at a readers we’ve been: quiet, thoughtful, conclude with a farewell dinner in the
panel discussion held by Random patient, abstracted, in a world where heights of the symbolic Atomium in
House in early May, Chris Palma, interactive can be too tempting to Brussels. For the detailed programme
Google’s manager for strategic ignore?’ Others, like Gizmodo, defend and registration forms, go to
partner development, said Google these new e-books, pointing at titles www.ibf-bookseller.org
Editions would offer digital versions of like Alice for the iPad, of which they
the titles on its book search service. blabber, ‘For the first time in my life, I’m
The company says the e-books will blown away by an interactive book
work across multiple devices, and, design.’ But, the NYT counters, ‘What
unlike the e-books of the iPad and the I really love [about traditional books] is France’s fragmented e-book
Kindle, any device with a browser will their inertness. No matter how I shake distribution
be able to view the books. Customers Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, A report on ‘creation and the
with a Google account will be able to mushrooms don’t tumble out of the internet,’ commissioned by Culture
access the service. upper margin, unlike the Alice for the Minister Frèdèric Mitterand and
Readers will be able to buy digital iPad.’ presented in January, advocated the
copies they find through Google’s www.slashdot.org development of a single platform for
book search function and book the distribution of e-books.
retailers will be able to sell Google The report rightly calls the
Editions on their own sites, getting most current individual system in France
of the revenue from sales. Google ‘fragmented,’ noting that it is ‘essentia’
Editions will be browser based, offering Bookselling: breaking the rules that publishers group together to
the latest digital books without locking to survive? create a unique platform so that
customers to a specific device. The EBF/IBF Annual Conference will booksellers can have easy access
Google joins the fray as the book take place on 16, 17 and 18 June to all books without having to juggle
market looks set to be the latest to be in Brussels and Antwerp, under the several different platforms.
transformed by the internet. Wholesale title ‘Bookselling – Breaking the Rules Indeed, shortly after the report
revenues from e-book sales in the US to Survive?’. The 2-day conference was released, executives from five of
tripled in the third quarter of 2009 to will be geared around innovative France’s biggest retailers, including
$46,4-million, from $13,9-million during practices, out of the box thinking and FNAC, Virgin Megastore and Decitre,
the same period in the previous year. new perspectives for booksellers. said that a national e-book platform
Analysts say the arrival of e-book Kelly Gallagher will be the keynote run by publishers and retailers with
reading devices has been a shot in speaker on Thursday 17th June, with a single point of purchase would
the arm for the book industry. The his presentation ‘The consumer not only be ‘three to five times’ less
Kindle has been a hit, selling 2,4-million demand chain – thriving in the New expensive, but it would help fend off
units, and has a market share of 55%, World Publishing Order’. Google, Amazon and Apple. The
according to Forrester, the market Olivia Regnier, deputy director of booksellers also advocated that the
research company. Apple has already the International Federation of the French government put in place a
sold one million iPads so far. Phonographic Industry will talk about single-price mechanism for e-books,
www.news.goog.e.co.za ‘The music industry experience in the which already exists for physical books.
online environment’. But French publishers are not
Ann Branch, Head of Unit, DG biting. Francis Lang, sales director of
Education and Culture, will speak Hachette Livre, put it bluntly when he
about ‘Promoting cultural diversity: said that if a government structure
literature and European Union funding’ were put in place, it was ‘the best way
Do children’s e-books ruin and a representative of a Permanent of going nowhere.’ He added that it
reading? Representation in Brussels will explain was not in the interest of publishers to
A fierce argument has begun over how Member States’ interests are have a common platform, since their
whether children are actually ‘reading’ represented at the EU level. interests are not the same as those of
new e-books or simply ‘watching’ On 18th June, the conference will physical booksellers.
them. As publishers pump increasing move from Brussels to Antwerp with www.publishingperspectives.com
levels of interactivity into e-books, the a presentation by the Federation of
New York Times and others argue that European Publishers, followed by a
these highly-interactive, popular titles guided tour of the services offered to
are ruining the purpose of reading. The booksellers by the Flemish Book Trade
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Developments in Frankfurt This is the leading cultural meet the people who publish, sell and
Activities in the areas of creative event for books in Greece with a market their books. BEA will be taking
industries, mobile publishing and strong professional profile and an place from the 25th – 27th May 2010.
e-content at the Frankfurt Book Fair international character. Within a few www.bookexpoamerica.com
are being strengthened by Thomas years the Fair, the annual rendezvous
Minkus, who assumed responsibility for for book professionals and booklovers,
these areas in April this year. Minkus is has become a focal point for the book
stationed at the Frankfurt Book Fair’s world in Greece and the wider Balkan
New York office to further expand and Mediterranean region. Amazon.com granted business
the strategically important field of http://www.thessalonikibookfair.com/ rights in Canada
exhibitors from the English-speaking Amazon was granted approval
world. Minkus has many years of under the Investment Canada Act
professional experience in the English- to establish a fulfillment centre in
language publishing world. In 2003, Canada for Amazon.ca operations
he moved from New York to Frankfurt BookExpo America in April this year, despite calls from
to become director of marketing for At the opening session of BookExpo the Canadian Booksellers Association
the Frankfurt Book Fair. Since 2006, America (BEA) in New York, the subject (CBA) asking government to reject
he has also directed the Fair’s Press of discussion will be the ‘Value of Amazon.com’s application.
and Corporate Communications a Book,’ which stems, in part, from CBA contended that allowing
departments. an Op-Ed piece that appeared in Amazon to operate a business
His successor is Katja Böhne who The New York Times (January 2, 2010) within Canada would contravene
has taken over communications for by Jonathan Galassi, President of the Investment Canada Act, which
the Fair as a member of the executive Farrar, Straus & Giroux, titled There’s requires that foreign investments in
management. With Katja Böhne, the More to Publishing Than Meets the the book publishing and distribution
Fair has secured an established expert Screen. BEA and the American sector be compatible with national
in the fields of communication and Booksellers Association (ABA) officials cultural policies and be of net benefit
marketing for the company. Böhne acknowledge that this is a watershed to Canada and the Canadian-
will focus on the continued strategic year for change in the industry, and controlled sector.
development of this area. it is critically important to get leaders CBA President Stephen Cribar
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the biggest and opinion makers with different argued that Amazon’s entry into
book fair in the world - with more interests and from different segments Canada would detrimentally
than 7,000 exhibitors from over 100 of the industry together in one room affect the country’s independent
countries. It maintains the most visited to discuss the many aspects of ‘value’ businesses and cultural industries:
website worldwide for the publishing in books. ‘Individual Canadian booksellers
industry. It also organises the BEA is North America’s largest have traditionally played a key role in
participation of German publishers at gathering of book trade professionals ensuring the promotion of Canadian
more than 25 international book fairs attracting an international audience authors and Canadian culture. These
and is associated with the Cape Town of between 20,000 – 30,000 people. are values that no American dot.
Book Fair in South Africa and the Abu Approximately 1000 authors and com retailer could ever purport to
Dhabi International Book Fair. 1500 exhibitors participate in BEA, understand or promote.’
www.book-fair.com while there are approximately 75 Although Amazon has committed to
educational conference sessions job creation, over $20 million worth of
offered. investment and increased
BEA has evolved to become a global visibility for Canadian books on the
The Thessaloniki International event, attracting an international Amazon.ca Web page; CBA remains
Book Fair a great success audience, where a range of book unimpressed.
The Thessaloniki 7th International industry business may be conducted. CBA Executive Director Susan
Book Fair captivated the Greek city First and foremost, however, BEA is Dayus said, ‘CBA maintains this short-
for four days from Thursday 22 April to known as a preeminent venue for sighted ruling will have far-reaching
Sunday 25 April, giving professionals, launching books and creating buzz consequences for the entire industry
authors and readers of every age about current and new titles which and have a devastating impact on
opportunity to meet, exchange are just hitting the marketplace. While community booksellers and Canadian
ideas and proposals, and discover BEA has adapted to changes in media readers.’
new even more charming aspects of and communication, it has never www.cbabook.org
modern publishing life. strayed far from its root tradition of
being a place where authors gather to
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Time to nominate candidates Abu Dhabi: Gateway to the IPA Copyright symposium
for 2010 Arab publishing world strengthens publisher resolve
The 2010 IPA Freedom to Publish The 2010 Abu Dhabi International on copyright
Prize will be awarded in Istanbul Book Fair (ADIBF) posted a 32 per cent The 7th IPA Copyright Symposium
during the Istanbul Book Fair in early increase in exhibitors compared to held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
November. Nominations to the 2010 last year as the doors closed on the Emirates (UAE) in early March, hosted
Prize are welcome by 30 June and six day event in early March. A total of more than 270 registered participants
the Prize-Winner will be announced on 840 exhibitors from 63 countries were and global experts from 53 nations who
6 October 2010 in Frankfurt. represented in the sold out halls. ‘As a discussed copyright and publishing
The Prize is awarded for exemplary result we had to reduce the space for policy issues for two days.
courage in upholding freedom of our own stands to a minimum, like the E-Books, internet piracy, the Google
expression and freedom to publish. The KITAB Sofa, for example’, said Monika Book Settlement, collective licensing
Prize is intended to honour, normally Krauss, General Manager of KITAB. and copyright exceptions were
each year, a person, organisation or The joint venture of the Frankfurt Book among the issues that were debated.
institution that has made a notable Fair and the Abu Dhabi Authority for The IPA Symposium concluded
contribution to the defence and/ Culture and Heritage (ADACH) hosts with words from award winning US/
or promotion of freedom to publish the book fair on the Persian Gulf. ‘The Iranian author Azar Nafisi. In a rousing
anywhere in the world. The Nomination great interest and enormous presence and passionate closing speech, the
Form is available online at of trade visitors shows us that there are author of Reading Lolita in Teheran
www.internationalpublishers.org many exhibitors who can no longer emphasised the close relationship
afford to stay away from Abu Dhabi’, between writing, freedom of
said Juergen Boos, Director of the expression and humanity.
Frankfurt Book Fair. ‘In just a short time, www.internationalpublishers.org
KITAB has succeeded in opening a
A Step Ahead: first digitisation gateway to the Arab publishing world.
congress in Sao Paulo We invite publishers and agents as
The 1st Congresso do Livro Digital, well to enter this new market with its
presented in partnership by the great potential.’ IPA condemns government-
Frankfurt Book Fair, the Camara To this point, the Arabic-speaking initiated attack in Egypt
Brasileira do Livro (CBL) and Imprensa world, with its approximately 100 The IPA expressed its outrage
Oficial, brought more than 550 million potential readers, has only following reports that Ahmed Mahana
delegates together from 29 - 31 March been accessible to the international the CEO of Dawan publishing
in Sao Paulo. For two days, the future book trade to a limited extent. The house was arrested on 3 April 2010
of the book was up for discussion. cultural region consists of 22 countries, because of a controversial book
International speakers stated their including Egypt, Jordan, Syria, he had published. Security services
positions on the main issues of Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates raided and searched Mr Mahana’s
digitisation. (UAE). The Emirates rank among the residence, confiscating copies of the
The talks given by Calvin Baker, countries with the highest purchasing book in question. The publisher was
ScrollMotion, Arantxa Mellado, power in the world and are the largest released a few days later.
Ediciona, Michael Smith, International German export market in the region. The book, entitled ‘El Baradei
Digital Publishing Forum Canada Because around a quarter of the and the Dream of the Green
and Pablo Franceso Arrieta, Xpectro, population in the Emirates is under the Revolution’, is about the former head
brought the interested audience up age of 14, the government invests a of UN International Atomic Energy
to date on the current status and large share of the national budget in Agency. The book also calls for
dealt with topics such as piracy, social education. As a result, the market is political change in Egypt.
media, DRM, e-book formats and particularly interesting for education ‘Kidnapping a publisher is an
reading devices. providers. As the multicultural capital attack on the fundamental freedoms
The conference ‘A Step Ahead - of the UAE, Abu Dhabi has set its of society. Confiscating a book is
Digital Publishing Today and Tomorrow’ sights on becoming the hub for the an act of censorship and a sign of
contributed to the exchange of international and Arab publishing cowardice. IPA urges the Egyptian
ideas and initial solutions within the industry in the Arab world. Next year’s government to give publishers the
international industry. Abu Dhabi International Book Fair will freedoms they need to enable society
www.book-fair.com take place from 15 to 20 March. to progress,’ said Jens Bammel about
www.book-fair.com the incident.
www.internationalpublishers.org
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Africa
Eleventh Caine Prize shortlist Selected from 115 entries from 13 2009’, published by Houghton Mifflin
announced African countries, the shortlist is once Harcourt, Boston MA
The shortlist for the 2010 Caine Prize again a reflection of the Caine Prize’s Alex Smith (South Africa) ‘Soulmates’
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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
www.sabooksellers.com
Caxton Books 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
Centre for the Book 62 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town cbreceptionnlsa.ac.za Tel: 021 423 2669 Service
Clarke's Bookshop 211 Long Street, Cape Town books@clarkesbooks.co.za Tel: 021 423 5739 St. Francis College, Abbot Francis Road Tel: 031 700 2824
Cliffy's Educational Books 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
813
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
Edustats 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
Emanzini Business Lines 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
Emanzini Business Lines news and see your informationNandePOSTED
327 Schoeman Street, Pretoria
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Tlas Trading LIVE your
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Tel: 012 322 2992
2402 Cuba offi-
Butterworth Cell: 078 151 6118
Excell Consumables 21 Kweper Avenue, Bridgetown excellsales@telkomsa.net Tel: 021 637 2685 National Office Supplies 68 Victoria Street, Durban Tel: 031 306 2732
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South African
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of Association would
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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
Umzimkulu
C 19 Philippi Complex, Philippi Industria, serasmus@vanschaik.com Tel:259
021 918 8400
Sikho Booksellers & Services Philippi
info@provisions.co.za
info@provisions.co.za 031337
031 3372112
2112 sikhobook@mweb.co.za Tel: 021034
371212
034 55994292
212 4292 Head Office
jacqui@meerlust.co.za
jacqui@meerlust.co.za 1 Old Oak Road,021Tyger
021 843 Valley
8433587
3587 mvuyo@telkomsa.net
mvuyo@telkomsa.net 039
039 2590241
0241
ProteaBoekwinkel
Protea Boekwinkel Sikho The Complete Bookshop Wordsworth
Wordsworth Head
HeadOffice
Office
Simema Trading & 36 Monticola Estate, Muller St South Sikho Booksellers and Services ThePublishers
Vivlia Complete Bookshop
& Booksellers 1 Amanda Avenue, Lea Glen, Florida headoffice@vivlia.co.za Tel: 011 472 3912
1067Burnett
1067 BurnettStreet,
Street,Hatfield,
Hatfield, Pretoria
BuccleuchPretoria C9 Philippi
Philippi Complex, Philippi
Philippi Industria,
simphiwengcobo@ymail.com Industria,
Cell: 083Philippi
654 0996 26 AA Dipdale
Dipdale Rd,
Rd, Malverne, Durban Suite
Suite6,6,stor1@lantic.net
2323Rotherfield
RotherfieldRoad,
Road,Plumstead
Investments C9 Complex, Philippi Vryheid26Bookstore Malverne,184
Durban
Church Street, Vryheid Plumstead Tel: 034 982 2671
protea@intekom.co.za
protea@intekom.co.za 012362
012 3625683
5683 sikhobook@mweb.co.za
sikhobook@mweb.co.za 021
021 371
371 5599
5599 compbooks@mweb.co.za
compbooks@mweb.co.za 031
031464
4643364
3364 andrew@wordsworth.co.za
andrew@wordsworth.co.za 021
021797
7975664
5664
Sizwe Books 343 Cape Road, Newton Park Vuyani Bookshop 46 Kings Street, Butterwoth
RainbowAcademic
Rainbow AcademicBookshop
Bookshop Sizwesizwebooks@mweb.co.za
Sizwe Books
Books
Tel : 041 365 1960
Time to
Time to Read Read Zibuzele thandeka.singata@za.sabmiller.com Tel: 047 491 3060
Production and Distribution
Zibuzele Production and Distribution
Sky Information Suppliers
8-10Noble
Noble 488Durban
Road,Berea,
Berea, Phoenix Parkway, Kyalami Estate 343skyinfo@mweb.co.za Tel: 011 468 2571 Vuyolwethu
18 Bookshop Wilro Park47extMain Street, Umzimkulu nomvuyongqula@yahoo.com Tel: 039 259 0252
8-10 Road, Durban Cape Road,
343 Cape Road, Newton
Newton Park
Park 18 Calcite
Calcite Road,
Road, Wilro Park ext2,2,Roodepoort
Roodepoort NoNo1515Lagoon
LagoonView,
View,Beacon
BeaconBay,
Bay,East
EastLondon
London
Solu Educational Service
rainbow@eastcoast.co.za
rainbow@eastcoast.co.za 031202
031 2020283
0283 soluedu@webmail.co.za
sizwebooks@mweb.co.za
sizwebooks@mweb.co.za Tel: 021041365
361 2266
041365 1960
1960 Wordsworth Head Office
timetoread@iburst.co.za
timetoread@iburst.co.za Suite 6, 23 Rotherfield
011
011768 Road,
2162 Plumstead
7682162 andrew@wordworth.co.za
zibuzele@sainet.co.za
zibuzele@sainet.co.za Tel:
043 021
043733 797
73380155664
8015
South Cape Academic Tommy Joubert Building South, akaleb@mweb.co.za Tel: 044 874 7551
Zibuzel Production & Douglas Smith, High Way Buffalo zibuzele@sainet.co.za Tel : 043 733 8015
Supplies Cnr Courtenay & Cradock Streets, George Distribution East London
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