A Guide to Effective Costing of Storybooks in the Global South

The report aims to raise awareness of the various costs that go into producing and translating storybooks, and of the relationship between investment and quality. The authors point out that the long-term sustainability of local-language publishing requires that the costs involved in producing openly licensed resources be met fairly, using financial models that will enable people to establish, grow and maintain effective content creation organizations. Key sections cover: storybook models, cost drivers and variables; and content producer costs. Appendices describe the work of The Asia Foundation, BookBox, Book Dash, Saide's African Storybook Initiative, StoryWeaver from Pratham Books, Sub-Saharan Publishers, and Ubongo.