{"id":62264,"date":"2014-11-05T11:06:29","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T11:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=62264"},"modified":"2014-11-05T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T11:16:45","slug":"book-publishers-call-for-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=62264","title":{"rendered":"Book publishers call for support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ghana Book Publishers association, is calling on government to fully support the publishing industries in order \u00a0to help boost the nations economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President, Dr Samuel Osafo Acquaah,\u00a0 says government should not only make policies but also put the policies into action by providing an enabling environment for business and support for capacity building into the country\u2019s population.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was speaking at the official opening of the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Ghana international book fair with the theme E-Books: a new tool for promoting literacy and global development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;wWyWIyIj8kfZ2Z4Fk5M06jQVTzOpIq2p&#8221;]Ghana international book fair is an activity organised by the Book Publishing Industry to highlight and share with the local and international community, the government and its agencies, stakeholders, educational institutions\u00a0 and the general public issues related to the printing industries in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Mr Acquaah this year\u2019s fair was organised \u00a0to give opportunity to publishers, printers and experts in the book publishing business to discuss challenges and prospects for growth in the industry and the implications for the national development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also this year\u2019s fair was used to introduce the E-Book system which is an electronic version of reading printed books online.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62283\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/publishers-61.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62283\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/publishers-61.jpg\" alt=\"President of the Ghana Book Publishers Association\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/publishers-61.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/publishers-61-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President of the Ghana Book Publishers Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cE-Book serves as a viable tool which will support education, industries, agriculture,tourism and other sectors of our economy,\u201d Dr Acquaah added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/publishers-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62284\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/publishers-4.jpg\" alt=\"publishers 4\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/publishers-4.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/publishers-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Patricia Conteh\/citifmonilne.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Book Publishers association, is calling on government to fully support the publishing industries in order \u00a0to help boost the nations economy. 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