Proofs: Digital proofs. Printerโs proofs. Whatโs the difference?
Dive into the world of publishing with the concept of a "proof" - the tantalising sneak peek into an upcoming book's universe!
Have a look back at our Lingo post from March for a refresher on typesetting. Well, digital proofs are what you get from the typesetter to gauge the progress your book is making. This is the digital version of your book that will eventually be sent to the printer. You make corrections to these digital proofs until you arrive at your final digital proof.
Along the way, proofs offer an early glimpse into the literary magic before it's polished to perfection. These treasures gradually transform, mirroring the final masterpiece.
We then move on to the printerโs proof. Here we make sure everything has been calibrated correctly on the printer, pages have been collated correctly and in order, and that your book has not been bound upside down! Essentially weโre checking for printing accuracy.
At African Sun Media, we pride ourselves on providing perfect printerโs proofs due to our extensive digital proof inspection process. As a result, our sole mission after producing a proof copy of any given title is to ensure the highest possible print quality before proceeding with a full print run. At this stage weโre not really looking for textual errors (though we do of course check!).
So, if ever you find yourself in the magical world of publishing and you happen upon of a proof, remember that you're not just dealing with a book or a mere work-in-progress - you're holding the promise of the dissemination of knowledge!
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PUBLISH // Proofreading
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Today is National Profreading day. All publishers will be aloud to proofreed they manuscripts the hole day.
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Today is National Proofreading Day. All publishers will be allowed to proofread their manuscripts the whole day.
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Boekbekendstelling: Kortpad-Afrikaans
Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns en African Sun Media nooi u graag uit om die boekbekendstelling van Kortpad-Afrikaans by te woon.
Prof. Anne-Marie Beukes sal die verwelkoming waarneem. Prof. Wannie Carstens is die programleier en sal in gesprek wees met die outeurs, Rina Loader, Prof. Tobie van Dyk en Charlene Human.
Book Launch: 'Creating Conditions for Student Success'
The Centre for Higher and Adult Education at Stellenbosch University and African Sun Media invite you to the launch of Creating conditions for student success: social justice perspectives from a South African university. The editor, Prof Magda Fourie-Malherbe, will sketch the background to the publication, Prof Jennifer Case, critical reader, will speak on โGrappling with stories of student success against a quest for social justice in contextโ, and Dr Elza Lourens will share an authorโs perspective on 'Making blood, sweat and tears worth the while โ.
Book Launch: 'African Parliaments Vol 1 & 2'
African Parliaments: Evidence Systems for Governance Systems, Vol 1 and 2 marks an important moment for building and deepening knowledge about the nature of issues African parliaments experiences and navigate within the context of evidence use, evaluation and strengthening capabilities for evidence informed policy making. The volumes feed into the ongoing conversations around how the use of evidence by parliaments in Africa can be enhanced and improved. The volumes also aim to deepen the readersโ understanding of the complex and rich dynamics at play in African parliaments.
Question themes covered:
(1) What capacity development approaches need to be elevated and invested in to strengthen evidence use in parliaments?
(2) What can parliaments as institutions do to ensure that capacity development in evaluation is institutionalized and strengthened?
(3) Current opportunities and challenges to strengthen scholarship in evaluation, evidence use and African parliamentary contexts.
(4) What critical mechanisms, systems and approaches support the institutionalization of M&E in African parliamentary contexts?
(5) What have been some of the success factors and prerequisites for institutionalizing an evidence based and evaluative mind-set towards the functions of parliaments and parliamentarians?
(6) How best can partners (i.e. evaluation practitioners, scholars and development partners) support parliamentarians to strengthen their appreciation for the role and use of evidence?
(7) How do the โthe politics of evidence useโ influence the interaction between parliaments and national evaluation system stakeholders?
(8) How can the โthe politics of evidence useโ be better managed to bring about more positive outcomes for development priorities?
Launch details:
Date: 25 March 2022
Time: 11 am โ 12h15pm (SA Time)
Please contact Ms Talitha Hlaka, Senior Communications Officer ([email protected]) with any queries
Book launch: 'Bodies of Knowledge: Children and Childhoods in Health and Affliction'
Book Launch: 'The Changing Face of Colonial Education in Africa'
โThe Changing Face of Colonial Education in Africaโ offers a detailed and nuanced perspective of colonial history, based on 15 years of research that throws fresh light on the complexities of African history and the colonial world of the first half of the twentieth century.
Join the bookโs author, Prof Peter Kallaway, in discussion with panellists Prof Aslam Fataar and Dr Seรกn Morrow. The conversation will be facilitated by Prof Azeem Badroodien.
Book Launch: 'The Global Scholar'
Stellenbosch University and African Sun Media invite you to the launch of The Global Scholar: Implications for Postgraduate Studies and Supervision. This book is the 15th in a Sun Press series called Research into Higher Education.
Come and hear one of the editors, Prof Peter Rule, speak to one of the contributing authors, Prof Sioux McKenna.
Book Launch: 'African Church Fathers Ancient and Modern: A Reading of Origen and John S. Mbiti'
UWC Press and African Sun Media invite you to the launch of African Church Fathers Ancient and Modern: A Reading of Origen and John S. Mbiti. This critical and close reading of two African theologians, Origen (185โ254) and Mbiti (1931โ2019), focuses on the following areas: philosophy (African philosophy and religion, and Platonic cosmology), ecclesiology and eschatology.
Come and hear the author, Prof Hans S. A. Engdahl speak with Prof Samuel Rubenson, Prof John Klaasen and Dr Teddy Sakupapa about this book.
Book Launch: 'Evoking Transformation: Visual Redress at Stellenbosch University'
Stellenbosch University and African Sun Media invite you to the launch of Evoking Transformation: Visual Redress at Stellenbosch University. This book presents a reflective account of a pertinent aspect of institutional transformation at Stellenbosch University.
Come and hear editors, Profs Aslam Fataar, Elmarie Costandius (eds), Dr Leslie van Rooi (SU Senior Director: Social Impact & Transformation, and chapter author) and Prof Nico Koopman (SU Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Social Impact, Transformation & Personnel and chapter author) speak to Prof Brenda Schmahmann (UJ), Dr Bernadette Johnson (Wits) and Prof Wim de Villiers (SU Vice-Chancellor) about this book.
Book Launch: 'Mother Earth, Mother Africa & Mission'
Join us as we celebrate the launch of Mother Earth, Mother Africa & Mission. The editors Seblewengel Daniel, Mmapula Diana Kebaneilwe & Angeline Savala will speak to Christina Landman, Beverley Haddad, Musa Wenkosi Dube and Esther Mombo on this important publication.
Book Launch: 'Empowering Novice Academics for Student Success'
Stellenbosch University and African Sun Media invite you to the launch of Empowering Novice Academics for Student Success: Wearing Different Hats. This book is essential for academics who enter the field of higher education and training, as it focuses on preparing teachers and trainers to respond appropriately to student success challenges.
Come and hear author, Dr Johann Hugo, speak to Loraine Schutte about his book. The host of the launch will be Veda Liebenberg.
Book Launch: 'Covid-19: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Impacts on Higher Education'
Durban University of Technology and African Sun Media invite you to the launch of Covid-19: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Impacts on Higher Education. This book spotlights the effects, consequences, and ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic in the areas of knowledge production, knowledge transfer and innovation.
Come and hear Dr Linda Linganiso speak to Prof Sibusiso Moyo, Prof Nokuthula Sibiya, and Prof Urmilla Bob about this publication and their contributions in this field. The lead editor, Prof Tennyson Mgutshini, will also contribute to the launch with his findings.
Book Launch: 'Social Welfare and Social Work in Southern Africa'
Join the launch of 'Social Welfare and Social Work in Southern Africa'.
This book is written by Southern African social welfare, social work, social development, social security and social policy academics, practitioners and advocates who have varying degrees of experience. The authors who contributed chapters to this book added their perspectives to ongoing debates about academic areas in the region. Thus, the bookโs primary objective is to discuss the development of social welfare and social work in Southern Africa. In doing so, it endeavours to contribute to the existing body of knowledge on social welfare and social work in the region. The chapters are examined through different theoretical lenses and historical perspectives.
In this book, African scholars, academics, and practitioners provide a deep and critical reflection of social welfare, social work, and related disciplines during the colonial and post-colonial era, a period characterised by a deliberate move by Africaโs political administrations to focus on nation-building and to attempt to make Africa a global player. Despite being endowed with rich natural resources like minerals; agriculture; and solid family and extended family life, the continent is weak globally. Furthermore, the book focuses on the pre-colonial period โ a golden thread running through the chapters. The book discusses the colonial era when Western countriesโ capture and oppression of Africa characterised the continentโs history.
This book is an appropriate publication at this point in our history; a resource that can be used to generate appropriate narratives and questions within the social welfare and social development sector, particularly on delivery, education and training.
Book Launch: "Contextualised Critical Reflections on Academic Development Practices: Towards Professional Learning"
This book offers insightful reflections on academic development practices. The contributors engage the reader painstakingly in the dynamics of professional learning and effective teaching. This volume facilitates the examination of the need for reflection that leads to professional maturity. All educational institutions seek teachers who continuously search for effective strategies in improving student success. The contributors uncover a variety of approaches as they evince proven suggestions. The chapters are refreshing and edifying. This book is essential for all teachers, lecturers and trainers who want to improve their teaching practice immensely.
Professor Vuyisile T. Msila
Researcher at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs,
University of South Africa.
Join the bookโs editor, Dr Teboho Pitso, speakers Prof Thomas Olsson, Prof Kuzvinetsa Dzvimbo, and Prof Vuyisile Msila at this very special event.
Book Launch: "Critical Reflections on Physical Culture at the Edges of Empire"
Typically studies of physical culture have historically focused on hubs in mainland Europe and America. This publication, by expert writers, draws attention to physical culture on the edges of colonial and imperial empires in spatial and philosophical settings. Join the bookโs editor, Dr Francios Cleophas, panellists Dr Hendrik Snyders, Prof Douglas Booth, Prof Wray Vamplew, and other contributors at this very special event.
Book Launch: Multilingualism in Ancient Contexts
Join the Book Launch of 'Multilingualism in Ancient Contexts: Perspectives from Ancient Near Eastern and Early Christian Contexts'. Multilingualism remains a thorny issue in many contexts, be it cultural, political, or educational. Debates and discourses on this issue in contexts of diversity (particularly in multicultural societies, but also in immigration situations) are often conducted with present-day communicational and educational needs in mind, or with political and identity agendas. This is nothing new. There are a vast number of witnesses from the ancient West-Asian and Mediterranean world attesting to the same debates in long past societies. Could an investigation into the linguistic landscapes of ancient societies shed any light on our present-day debates and discourses? This volume suggests that this is indeed the case.
'Critical reflections on physical culture at the edges of empire' book launch
Join the bookโs editor, Dr Francois Cleophas, authors Tony Collins, Patricia Vertrinsky, Bruce Kidd, Malcolm MacLean, and other contributors at this very special event.
This groundbreaking anthology provides a transnational view of the use of physical culture practices - to strengthen, discipline, and reimagine the human body. Exploring theses of colonialism, gender disparities, and race relations, this international examination of bodily practices is a must-read for all sport historians and those interested in physical training and its meanings. Erudite, solid, enlightening, this is a truly valuable book for the field.
Book Launch: Defence Diplomacy & National Security Strategy
Join the Book Launch of 'Defence Diplomacy & National Security Strategy: Views from the South' by Ian Liebenberg, Dirk Kruijt and Shrikant Paranjpe
The Durban Duo Book Launch
