Updated and expanded, this third edition reference guide and networking tool is for all those interested in the book industries and book development in Africa. It provides detailed information on the major and/or most active book publishers in Africa today, and has been revised and expanded to include over 420 publishers. New in this edition are publisher Web site addresses, representative/local agencies and languages of publication. Other information, fully updated, includes: full names and addresses; telephone numbers; fax numbers; e-mail addresses; year founded; ISBN prefix; contact name; chief executive; rights contact; number of titles in print; average number of new titles published annually; overseas distributors, nature of publisher's list and publisher's area of specialization. Other listings include over 45 book trade organisations, over 20 book trade journals and reference sources.

African Books Collective and the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation organised the African-Writers Publishers Seminar in Tanzania in 1998. Major African writers and publishers hammered out a 'New Deal' for relations between the two. This practical manual includes the 'New Deal' statement, and carries forward the work of the seminar. Intended for the aspiring or not yet established creative writer, the answers are given on how to get published, how publishing works, relations with publishers, and how to find resources. With an introduction by Niyi Osundare, the book is in two parts. First, respected African writers and publishers contribute their experiences and perspectives on writing and publishing in Africa - Dapo Adeniyi, Walter Bgoya, Henry Chakava, Cyprian Ekwensi, Taban lo Liyong, Kole Omotoso, Onsonye Tess Onwueme, Femi Osofisan, Niyi Osundare and the late Ken Saro-Wiwa, Yvonne Vera and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza. A massive amount of practical information and resource materials is given on prizes, writers' organisations, magazines, vanity and self-publishing, literary agents, censorship, book fairs, resources for writers on the Internet and more. James Currey, Mary Jay, Michael Norton and Hans Zell also contribute.

First published in 1993, this is a new revised and substantially expanded edition of a highly acclaimed reference resource that evaluates the leading sources of information (other than bibliographies) on Africa South of the Sahara.