Publishers & Publishing Industry

Predatory Publishing introduces and examines many forms of unethical and unprofessional publishing, whilst also analysing its tactics and impact on scholarly communication. Covering all aspects of predatory publishing, including topics such as...

'It's always been difficult to get published. But up till the last couple of decades, if you managed to get published, you were sure of some sales, or at least that your publisher would work hard to get them with a reasonable prospect of results. It's a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983057253Author Michael N MarcusFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Silver Sands BooksPublisher Silver Sands BooksWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm)...

The trade in books has always been and remains an ambiguous commercial activity, associated as it is with literature and the exchange of ideas. This collection is concerned with the cultural and economic roles of independent bookstores, and it considers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781722503291Author Mark Victor HansenFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint G&D MediaPublisher G&D Media

Many writers dream of having their work published by a respected publishing house, but don’t always understand publishing contract terms – what they mean for the contracting parties and how they inform book-publishing practice. In turn, publishers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605830483Author Irene TichenorFormat PaperbackPage Count 111Imprint Grolier ClubPublisher Grolier ClubWeight(grams) 152g

China has a long and complex history of relating to the outside world. With its recent entry into the World Trade Organization, China is now committed to comply with the principles and rules of the international trading system as the largest trading...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925495294Author Aaron MannionFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 350g

A catalogue of the Horblit collection of books, tracts, leaflets, and broadsides printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps at his press at Middle Hill, or elsewhere to his order, now in the collection of the Grolier Club. Published to accompany The Collector...

By way of a case study of one of the oldest French book agencies, Agence Hoffman, this book analyzes the role played by French literary agents in the importation of US fiction and literature into France in the years following World War II. It sheds light...

A history of the first 150 years of Cornell University Press.Book InformationISBN 9781501740305Author Karen M. LaunFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Cornell University PressPublisher Cornell University Press

Little magazines have often showcased the best new writing in America. Historically, they have served the dual functions of representing the avant-garde of literary expression while also helping many emerging writers become established authors. Although...

Communicating Ideas is the first attempt to place publishing in America in its political and commercial setting. The book addresses the political implications of scholarly communication in the era of the new computerized technology. Horowitz does so by...

Buying and Clearing Rights is the first work to consider the difficulties of rights clearances in all forms of media. It offers practical advice on how to plan, clear and pay for rights. Covering such areas as co-production and the co-financing of...

Over the long nineteenth century, German book publishing experienced an unprecedented boom, outstripping by 1910 all other Western nations. Responding to the spread of literacy, publishers found new marketing methods and recalibrated their relationships...

Over the course of the long eighteenth century, a network of some fifty women writers, working in French, English, Dutch, and German, staked out a lasting position in the European literary field. These writers were multilingual and lived for many years...

This collection provides students and researchers with a new and lively understanding of the role of institutions in the production, reception, and meaning of literature in the period 1700-1900. The period saw a fundamental transition from a patronage...

In many parts of the world, oppositional publishing has emerged in contexts of state oppression. In South Africa, censorship laws were enacted in the 1960s, and the next decade saw increased pressure on freedom of speech and publishing. With growing...

This volume completes the history of Cambridge University Press from the sixteenth century to the late twentieth. It examines the ways by which the Press launched itself as a London publisher in the 1870s, building up its educational and academic lists...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913559772Author William MacAdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Birch Brook PressPublisher Birch Brook PressWeight(grams) 74g

China has a long and complex history of relating to the outside world. With its recent entry into the World Trade Organization, China is now committed to comply with the principles and rules of the international trading system as the largest trading...

This Element looks at the publishing history of the genre, girls' literature, in the United States spanning 1850-1940. The genre is set in context, beginning with an examination of the early American women's literature that preceded girls' literature...

Marketing in Publishing, offers a wealth of practical information on creative strategies to increase book sales in a competitive and rapidly-changing marketplace. It is the first comprehensive study in this area to be published since the ending of the...

In recent years many historians have argued that the Reformation did not - as previously thought - hamper the development of Northern European visual culture, but rather gave new impetus to the production, diffusion and reception of visual materials in...

"A bookseller is the being who is most aware of the futility of a book, and of its importance."-Hector Yanover Like most of our cultural institutions and workers, bookshops and booksellers have worked hard in the last few years to respond to political...

In the first third of the twentieth century, the publishing industry in the United Kingdom and the United States was marked by well-established and comfortable traditions pursued by family-dominated firms. The British trade was the preserve of...

Understanding Women's Magazines investigates the changing landscape of women's magazines. Anna Gough-Yates focuses on the successes, failures and shifting fortunes of a number of magazines including Elle, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Frank, New Woman and...

Little magazines made modernism happen. These pioneering enterprises were typically founded by individuals or small groups intent on publishing the experimental works or radical opinions of untried, unpopular, or underrepresented writers. Recently,...

You've finished your book. That's step one. Book publicist Dana Kaye now takes you through step two: getting your book into the hands of legions of readers.How we read books is changing rapidly, and so is where we buy them. From the rise of eBooks to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046022Author Janneke AdemaFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Introduction to Contemporary Print Culture examines the role of the book in the modern world. It considers the book's deeply intertwined relationships with other media through ownership structures, copyright and adaptation, the constantly shifting roles...

Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition integrates perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities, focusing on methodology as a strategic level of analysis that joins practical applications with theoretical issues.The Handbook...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648412004Author Eleanor C. WhitneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Microcosm PublishingPublisher Microcosm Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992846022Author Stephanie J. HaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Powerhouse PublicationsPublisher Powerhouse Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798869012067Author Bolakale AremuFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Ojula Technology InnovationsPublisher Ojula Technology InnovationsWeight(grams) 163g

Women in Independent Publishing is a collection of interviews with and resources about women actively engaged in small-press publishing between the 1950s and the 1980s. The interviewees include Hettie Jones, Margaret Randall, Bernadette Mayer, and many...

Women in Independent Publishing is a collection of interviews with and resources about women actively engaged in small-press publishing between the 1950s and the 1980s. The interviewees include Hettie Jones, Margaret Randall, Bernadette Mayer, and many...

Project Management for Book Publishers provides readers with a solid understanding of efficient processes and workflows for content creation, product development, and the marketing and distribution of both physical and digital products.Digital has...

**Business Book Awards 2024 Finalist**Write a self-help book that makes a differenceIf you’re a coach, therapist, or trainer wanting to write a book that transforms your readers’ lives, you may feel unsure about what’s involved. How do you translate the...