South African Book Development Council DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT MARCH 2015

ORGANISATION BACKGROUND MEMBERS Academic & Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa (ANFASA) African Publishers’ Association (APA) Alliance for Language and Media Practitioners (LAMP) Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) National Library of South Africa (NLSA) Paper Manufactures’ Association South Africa (PAMSA) Printing Industries Federation South Africa (PIFSA) Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) South African Booksellers’ Association (SABA) South African Library for the Blind (BLINDLIB) South African Writers’ Association (SAWA) MISSION To establish a viable, sustainable book sector To promote the power of reading and writing in all South African languages To ensure that the book sector is included in national policies and priorities The SABDC is the representative body of the South African Book Sector. Its members include all key stakeholders in the book value chain in South Africa. The vision of the organisation is to provide strategic leadership in the South African Book Sector.

Achievements to date  Industry adopted strategic legal framework - Draft National Book Policy  Industry adopted Draft National Book Development Plan  Secretariat for Ministerial report on Book Publishing Sector  1 st National Reading Survey in South Africa  1 st Independent study into the cost of books  Focus group study on reading in SA  Study on Best Practice on Book Development internationally  Research into library procurement  Intellectual Prpoperty Rights Report  Annual Industry Data for Publishers and Booksellers  Conceptualisation of inaugural National Book Week  National Book Week as an annual campaign 5 years running  Conceptualisation and implementation of the Indigenous Languages Publishing Programme – SMME development  Functioning sector representative body

Book development  A condition not only for having more output  but also for producing different kinds of output,  as well as changing the technical and institutional arrangements to produce and distribute output

Research across 10 countries Best practice 1. Government leads book development through adequate policy and financial support systems for growth 2. National policy and/or plans are required to address the diverse challenges faced by the book sector 3. Book development is a long-term intervention 4. Book development councils 5. Financial Schemes are required to encourage indigenous publishing, develop local infrastructure and address challenges in the local market

Book development 6. Enact policy and develop schemes whereby book prices can be reduced. 7. Develop and promote children’s literature. 8. Capacity-building of professionals across the book value chain is undertaken. 9. The promotion of books and a reading culture is central to book development. 10. Part of growing local publishing includes creating and expanding export markets for books.

India The first prime Minister of India - Nehru, realised that together with scientific, technological and industrial advancement, the social and cultural development of the nation were equally important. He decided that the importance of the book should be widely promoted to develop an abiding interest to understand and appreciate the diverse cultural and traditional heritage of the country. To demonstrate his support and commitment to the book publishing industry, he set up institutions that could work towards this aim. The National Book Trust (NBT) was one such institution and was funded by the government, but enjoyed functional autonomy. It was established in 1957

Challenges/Interventions  Become a priority sector – no dedicated programmes  Promotion of reading  Indigenous Languages Publishing  Editing in indigenous languages  SMME development  Transformation Framework  Enacting an autonomous body for the book publishing sector  Adoption of Draft National Book Policy  Investment into the sector  Export Strategy  Library procurement  Collaborations with DAC, DTI, DBE, DTPS

AUTHORS/WRITERS  Out of local production through the book publishing industry R414 million paid to authors in royalties in 2013

Transformation  ILPP implemented as part of transformation strategy – SMME development  SMME publishers  Black authors  Black editors  SMME printers  Local paper  Copyright to Library for the Blind

National Book Week  Reading promotion critical to spur growth  Longest running, successful reading campaign in SA  Programme experiments with attracting new audiences  Operates on 3 levels – national media campaign, local main event, individual call to action  Programme across government departments  Industry needs to embrace

Aim  Increase access to books in all its formats  Address the barriers that individual companies, associations are unable to impact on own  Take a diverse, and often divergent group, to collectively work towards a common goal  Common across all stakeholders – increase access  Collaborative projects; Public/private partnerships – stimulate dialogue

Summit Do the challenges/barriers disappear with e-books; e-content?