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Title Merchants of culture : the publishing business in the twenty-first century / John B. Thompson.
Author Thompson, John B. (John Brookshire)
Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2010.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  070.5 THO    Check Shelves
Description viii, 432 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 416-420) and index.
Contents The 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.
Subject Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History.
Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History.
Publishers and publishing -- Technological innovations.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Great Britain.
Booksellers and bookselling -- United States.
Literary agents -- Great Britain.
Literary agents -- United States.
ISBN 9780745647869 (hbk.) : $25.00
0745647863 (hbk.)
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