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    Mhudi

    ‘Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi is the first full-length novel in English to have been written by a black South African and is widely regarded as one of South Africa’s most important...

    • Author: Sol Plaatje
    • Publisher: Jacana Media
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Price: £12.95

Advance Information Sheets

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note: Some items are not strictly necessary in an AI, but are very helpful in getting sales; or for sales administrators.

Title/Subtitle:
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It may help searches for your book, and hence sales, if you do not begin with A, or The, or “a quotation mark”

Cover Illustration:
This is usually about 30mm high.

Authors, Editors, Illustrators etc.
Given and Family Names for the first three contributors, if this person is an Editor, Translator, or the has written an introduction or preface, please annotate each person so named.
Please provide information on their location and affiliation (Academy/other) of each person.
Please make clear the gender of each person.

One line summary:
Description (Not too long, bullet points may help here.)

Contents:
If this is a book in a series please specify Series (and series ISSN if there is one) and the number in that series.

Keywords:
SUBJECT 1 and BIC Code
SUBJECT 2 and BIC Code
Area and Sub Area specification and Geographic BIC Codes

Metrics:
Height in mm
Width in mm
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Weight in grams.
Number of books in a pack.
Page extent.
Publication Date.
Format: Pbk/ Hbk/ other?
ISBN
PRICE
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Illustration and other features:
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Are illustrations in Colour or black and white? – all of them/ some of them (how many)?
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Specify if this is a new Edition? (e.g. Third)
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Language (if not English)

Promotion:
Activities/ reviews/ happenings/ media that will be drawing attention to this book.
Endorsed by “a quote from Prof XXX or Personality YYY”

Similar to/ better than:
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Readership:
General, under-graduate, post-graduate, library, age range if not adult.

Exceptional discounts:
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Imprint/Publisher:
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