BA Publishing, BIS (Hons) Publishing, MIS Publishing (Cum Laude) (Pretoria)

Ms Miller joined the Department in 2013. She was formerly employed as a Media and Communications Manager at trade publishing houses in the private sector. She is currently busy with her PhD, focusing on the promotion of Afrikaans literature beyond country borders, applying a coopetition business model.

Modules offered

Module coordinator and lecturer:

• PUB 311 – Publishing: Commissioning
• PUB 320 – Publishing: Management in the publishing environment
• PUB 722 – Publishing Management
• PUB 729 – Editorial practice: List building and acquisition of rights

Lecturer:

• PUB 110 – Publishing: The book publishing environment
• PUB 120 – Publishing: The South African book publishing environment

Recent publications and presentations

• Miller, S. (2022). Minority-Language Publishing Challenges and opportunities of Afrikaans trade publishing. Logos, 33 (1). DOI:10.1163/18784712-03104030
• Miller, S. (2020). The South African Publishing Gate: Information Keepers and Seekers. Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies, 37(4), p. 17 pages. doi: 10.25159/2663-659X/6999.
• Buitendach (Miller), S. & le Roux, E. (2018). Travelling Stories: Selling Translation Rights of Afrikaans Fiction to Dutch Publishers. Publishers Research Quarterly, April 2018:1-16.
• Möller, J. & Buitendach, S. (2015). One title, two languages: investigating the trends of publishing adult nonfiction titles in English and Afrikaans during 2010-2014. Communicatio, 41(2):153-174.
• Buitendach, S. & le Roux, E. (2014). The production and reception of Deon Meyer’s works: An evaluation of the factors contributing to bestseller status.  Scrutiny2, 19(1):18-34.
• Information Science Research Colloqium (October 2022), Coopetition in publishing.’ (Poster presentation)
• 6th By the Book Conference, Florence, Italy (June 2019), ‘Navigating Afrikaans publishing in a ‘hypercentral’ language landscape.’ (Presentation of paper)
• 6th Print Culture in South Africa conference, University of Pretoria (May 2019), ‘The Publishing Gate: Information Keepers and Seekers.’ (Presentation)