Building E-Publishing Capacity by E-Collaboration: An African Experience
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2022
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International Journal of e-Collaboration
Abstract
The invention of the world wide web made the internet attractive for publishing, offering Africans an
opportunity to publish for the global market. Notwithstanding their e-publishing initiatives, emerging
business models and competitive e-collaboration with global distribution giants have yet to be
adequately interrogated from an empirical perspective. Thisstudy, therefore, describesthe progression
of e-publishing from the perspective of e-collaboration. In-depth interviews, website observation, and
survey methods were employed in data collection, and 97 purposively selected publishing firmsfilled
out a questionnaire offline whereas online data were collected from 82 available publishing websites.
Findings indicate that publishers are building e-publishing capacity by launching websites, e-book
clubs and online bookshops, collaborating with global giants for distribution, thereby increasing
output significantly. This study updates the history of e-publishing, providing hitherto unavailable
information on the progression of digital publishing in Africa’s largest economy.
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African Publishers, E-Collaboration, E-Publishing, Innovation, Outsourcing