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Aug 06, 2015 publishers association of sa explains to john and a caller about how to go about publishing a book in south africa. The gospel according to dog, the magdalene gospel, and spirited women. The cape town book fair chatted to mousehands simon nye on selfpublishing as part of independent publishing in south africa. Religious publishers lighting the way south african book. Enter the total word count for your completed manuscript only. Depending on the software used and the time you are. For the past thirty years i have had the extraordinary good fortune to travel frequently through rural southern africa and south africa in particular. Posts about book marketing written by selfpublishsouthafrica.
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