'Publishers & Books' - Issue 17 - April, May & June 2025

Number of pages: 94

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EDITORIAL

Publishing & Digital: The Great Shift (by Ulrich TALLA WAMBA, Executive Director, OAPE AFRICA)

NEW RELEASES

Literature, Essays,

Children’s and Teen Books

NEWS | IN SHORT

Updates from:

Morocco, Cameroon, Italy, Senegal, Switzerland, France, Ivory Coast, Guinea

IN THE BOOKS

• Fatou et le secret d’anniversaire – Laurence Marianne
• Le Gros manioc – Marie Paule Huet

THE TECH CHAPTER

Discovering the Cameroonian Startup: Plumics

THE LEGAL SHELF

Yielding to Grow:

Rights Transfers Between Publishers as a Strategy for Expanding African Literature

THE GRAND INTERVIEW

Anwuli Ojogwu

Co-Founder of Narrative Landscape Press Limited (Nigeria)

SPOTLIGHT

APSI 2024 Cohort

INK & INSIGHT

• How to Choose the Right Printer for Your Project:
• A practical guide by Publishers & Books
• Special Guest: Robert Nkouamou, CEO of Colorix Print (Cameroon)

GREEN VOICES

Voices of Africa: Sharing Books, Stories, and Knowledge

By Reine Ngo Nyobe, Editor-in-Chief, Publishers & Books

SPECIAL FEATURE

The Rise of Audiobooks in Africa and Beyond

• Audiobooks on a Global Scale
• Key Figures: The Audiobook Market in Africa
• From Creation to Listening
• Who Are the Main Audiobook Players?
• Key Insights on the Audiobook Ecosystem in Africa (2025)
• Mapping Initiatives Across the Continent
• Feature Guest: “Where the Written and the Oral Meet – Our Storytelling Traditions Survived the Slave Trade”
• — Manick Siar-Titeca, Publisher (Guadeloupe)

HIGHLIGHTED EVENT

FEJA 2025:

Children’s Publishers Meet in Lomé (Togo)

TOOLS

• Job Opportunities
• Book 2025 Event Calendar