Beskrivning
Beskrivning
These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearlyfive centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remainedlargely unchanged, but at the dawn of the twenty-first century theindustry finds itself faced with perhaps the greatest challenges sinceGutenberg. A combination of economic pressures and technological changeis forcing publishers to alter their practices and think hard about thefuture of the books in the digital age.In this book – the firstmajor study of trade publishing for more than 30 years – Thompsonsituates the current challenges facing the industry in an historicalcontext, analysing the transformation of trade publishing in the UnitedStates and Britain since the 1960s. He gives a detailed account of howthe world of trade publishing really works, dissecting the roles ofpublishers, agents and booksellers and showing how their practices areshaped by a field that has a distinctive structure and dynamic. Thisnew paperback edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to takeaccount of the most recent developments, including the dramatic increasein ebook sales and its implications for the publishing industry and itsfuture.
