Tags: West Africa, Books, Technology, Digital Publishing, Libraries

Everything is turning to technology. This has affected the way humans have lived including the way we store and source for information. We are becoming a global society that is more virtual. We download music instead of purchasing CDs. We research on the net rather than going to the library and reading books. Yet, as Kyle Bean remarked, “books also have personality – they have textures and smells which the internet can’t offer”. In the midst of all these we are tempted to ask, what is the future of the ordinary i.e. normal book?

Digital Publishing in West Africa - Prospects and challenges.pdf