Merchants of culture
Subtitle: the publishing business in the twenty-first century
By: John B. Thompson
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Plume
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780452297722
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History; Literary agents; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications Industries; Publishers and publishing; Technological innovations; Booksellers and bookselling; History
Description: " "All you need to know about the industry at a time of momentous  change." -Drake McFeely, chairman and president, W.W. Norton & Company For nearly five centuries, the world of book publishing remained  largely static. But at the dawn of the twenty-first century, the industry faces a combination of economic pressures and technological change that is forcing publishers to alter their practices and think hard about the future of the book. John Thompson's riveting account dissects the roles of publishers, agents, and booksellers in the United States and Britain, charting their transformation since the 1960s. Offering an in-depth analysis of how the digital revolution is changing the game today, Merchants of  Culture is the one book that anyone with a stake in the industry needs to read"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.