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Dear Colleagues,</div>
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In addition to the <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/292" id="OWA63173da6-3498-302b-2c8d-d2d89572b596" class="OWAAutoLink" title="http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/292" data-auth="NotApplicable">
Code of Best Practice in Scholarly Journal Publishing, Editing and Peer Review</a> (2015), ASSAf today also published the
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Best Practice for Publishers of Scholarly Books and Conference Proceedings</a>.</div>
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<b>About this publication:</b><br>
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First Compiled By: Roshan Cader, Pierre de Villiers, Hetta Pieterse<br>
Date: February 2017 </div>
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Revised Draft Compiled By: Roshan Cader, Andrew Joseph, Hetta Pieterse, Cecile de Villiers, Wikus van Zyl<br>
Date: October 2024<br>
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Approved By: National Scholarly Book Publishers’ Forum of South Africa (NSBPF); Committee on Scholarly Publishing in South Africa (CSPiSA); ASSAf Council<br>
Date: October 2024<br>
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Endorsed by: • African Sun Media • AOSIS • Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Press • National Inquiry Services Centre (NISC) • Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) • University of Cape Town (UCT) Press • University of Johannesburg (UJ) Press
• University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Press • University of South Africa (Unisa) Press • University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Press <br>
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Ina</div>
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