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008			110615s2010 001 0 eng u
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035			_a(OCoLC)ocm620321123
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050			_aZ325 _b.T47 2010
100	1		_aThompson, John B. _q(John Brookshire)
245	1	0	_aMerchants of culture : _bthe publishing business in the twenty-first century / _cJohn B. Thompson.
260			_aCambridge, UK ; _aMalden, Mass. : _bPolity, _c2010.
300			_aviii, 432 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 416-420) and index.
505			_aThe growth of the retail chains -- The rise of literary agents -- The emergence of publishing corporations -- The polarization of the field -- Big books -- Extreme publishing -- Shrinking windows -- The wild West -- The digital revolution -- Trouble in the trade -- Conclusion: facing an uncertain future -- Appendix 1. Selected imprints of the main publishing corporations -- Appendix 2. Note on research methods.
520			_a"In this book . . . Thompson situates the current challenges facing the industry in a historical context, analysing the transformation of trade publishing in the United States and Britain since the 1960's. He gives a detailed account of how the world of trade publishing really works, dissecting the roles of publishers, agents and booksellers and showing how their practices are shaped by a field that has a distinctive structure and dynamic. By reconstructing this dynamic he is able to shed fresh light on how bestsellers are made and on why many thousands of books and authors find themselves marooned in an industry increasingly focused on short-term growth and profitability. Against this backcloth Thompson analyses the impact of the digital revolution on book publishing and examines the pressures, both economic and technological, that are re-shaping the field of trade publishing today." - BOOK JACKET
650		0	_aPublishers and publishing _zGreat Britain _xHistory.
650		0	_aPublishers and publishing _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aPublishers and publishing _xTechnological innovations.
650		0	_aBooksellers and bookselling _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aBooksellers and bookselling _zUnited States.
650		0	_aLiterary agents _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aLiterary agents _zUnited States.
650		0	_aBook industries and trade _xHistory.
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