Jacana Media publishes 55 to 60 books a year but such a large output for a local publisher is an unintentional by-product of its love for new writers.
The Boekehuis, voted one of 50 unique bookshops in the world in 2006, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
The development of the Amazon Kindle — now in its third generation — has sparked the digital publishing world.
Writers based throughout Africa submitted about 250 manuscripts in the fiction category and 50 in the non-fiction category.
The book is not dead, says Jonathan Ball, managing director of Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Managing director of Pan Macmillan SA, Terry Morris, says local publishing is in a very healthy condition — particularly non-fiction.
It is not surprising that crime is a common subject in contemporary South African writing, fact and fiction.
<b>Leon de Kock</b> walks the line between the real and the "real" in South African writing.