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About Sotrane Publishers

An independent book publisher in Lusaka, Zambia

Sotrane Publishers was established to create more professional opportunities for Zambian and African writers and to publish literature that records knowledge, experience, culture and ideas relevant to our communities.

We work with authors, librarians, booksellers, distributors, institutions and other partners across the literary sector.

We take a book from manuscript to reader: editing and proofreading, cover design and typesetting, ISBN registration, book printing, distribution and book marketing. Authors can read how publishing with us works and submit a book proposal; readers can buy books by Sotrane authors online, with delivery across Zambia.

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Sotrane in numbers

Titles published
179across 11 categories
Authors published
872.1 titles per author
In the bookshop
12570% of the catalogue
In production
6books being made now

Titles by category

179 titles in 11 categories

  1. Children's Stories & Young Adult5933%
  2. History, Governance & Autobiographies3318%
  3. Educational & Professional2615%
  4. Fiction2514%
  5. Self Help148%
  6. Culture & Indigenous Knowledge95%
  7. Poetry53%
  8. Anthologies42%
  9. Uncategorised21%
  10. Other categories21%

Children's Stories & Young Adult is the largest category, with 33% of the catalogue.

Authors by gender

From our author registration forms

38registered authors
  • Female1745%
  • Male2155%

This chart counts the 38 of our 52 registered authors who gave a gender, not the 87 authors we have published.

Books in production

Where each book is in our publishing process

  1. Appraisal3
  2. Editing0
  3. Design2
  4. Printing1
  5. Market ready0

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