INASP Links & Resources
RESOURCES:  
Book & journal publishing

Bookfinder
A remarkable book finding and price comparison service connecting both to conventional and antiquarian bookshops, and both in Europe and North America. Bookfinder does not on its own sell books, but connects readers to over 15,000 booksellers from around the world, providing access to over 15 million new, used, out-of-print, and rare books at your fingertips, or at the click of your mouse. Search by author or book title, new or used/out-of-print, or search for first editions and signed copies. http://www.bookfinder.com/

BookNews on the Internet
Announcements, grouped by subjects, about the latest books in science, technology and medicine from specialist publishers around the world, with direct links to publishers. http://www.booknews.co.uk/

The Electric Editors
Useful site with many links and resources for those working in an editorial capacity. http://www.electriceditors.net/  

MedBioWorld
Directory of life science and medial journals, publishers, dictionaries, and other resources. http://www.sciencekomm.at/

New Pages Guide to Review Sources Online
Links to about 80 periodicals and major newspapers (mainly North American) which carry book review sections.
http://www.newpages.com/NPGuides/reviews.htm 

PeerNet
Electronic `double blind' reviewing system designed to assist journal editors with the review process by providing access to a pool of people who are qualified to referee papers. http://www.peer-net.com  

Preprint Resources on the Web
From Iowa State University Library, this is a listing of Web resources (mostly in the sciences) that offer preprint searches. The term "preprint" usually refers to a manuscript that has gone through a peer-review process and then awaits publication in a traditional journal. A preprint, accessible over the Web, may also be referred to as an "e-print". Preprints can also cover papers that authors have submitted for journal publication, but for which no publication decisions has been reached yet, or papers electronically posted for peer consideration and comment before submission for publication. 
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/services/ref/preprint.html  

Principles for Emerging Systems of Scholarly Publishing
A set of principles agreed as a result of a meeting held in March 2000, sponsored by the Association of American Universities, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Merrill Advanced Studies Center of the University of Kansas, convened to facilitate discussions among the various academic stakeholders in the scholarly publishing process, and to build consensus on a set of principles that could guide the transformation of the scholarly publishing system. http://www.arl.org/scomm/tempe.html

Publishing in Africa Collection
Special collection maintained at Oxford Brookes University Library, with access to library catalogue. http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/library/africa.html

PubList
A vast directory of information on over 150,000 serials publications and 8,000 newspapers. Search by title, or browse periodicals by subject under a range of broad subject groups, and sub-divisions (including over 900 publishing and book trade journals, and almost 1,900 in the library and information sciences!). Includes a good number of African-published journals and magazines, as well as many African studies journals published elsewhere. Full details are provided for each journal, including name of editor(s), ISSN, frequency, circulation, complete publisher address with fax, etc., and over 40,000 of the entries are currently hyperlinked to the Web sites or Email addresses of the journal's publisher. A document delivery service is also offered (where available) through PubList partner organizations. http://www.publist.com/

Scholarly Articles Research Alerting /Taylor and Francis Group
A free Email service providing table of contents pages of any Taylor and Francis journals (over 500) in advance of the printed edition. To register for this complimentary service click on to the Website for instructions and review the subject clusters that are available. http://www.tandf.co.uk/sara/

Women, Ink.
Major international distributor of books on women and development. http://www.womenink.org/

ZIBF 2000—Open Forum on Marketing African Scholarship
The panel discussions that took place at an open forum on marketing of African scholarship held during the Zimbabwe International Book Fair in August 2000. Panel One: The North American Market for Scholarship http://www.zibf.org/ZIBF2000/openforum1.htm ; Panel Two: Co-publishing as a Marketing Strategy http://www.zibf.org/ZIBF2000/openforum2.htm ; Panel Three: The Internet and African Scholarship http://www.zibf.org/ZIBF2000/openforum3.htm ; and Panel Four: The South African Market for African Scholarship http://www.zibf.org/ZIBF2000/openforum4.htm .