There are growing calls for the government to drive the transformation of the educational publishing sector. The publishing of primary and high school books is still largely dominated by a few large multinational publishers. These publishers have been producing schoolbooks and related study materials for the Department of Basic Education for many years. The educational textbook sector is estimated at more than R2 billion annually. The educational book market is the backbone of the publishing industry in the country. The publishing industry was worth an estimated R3.5 billion in revenue in 2019…