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GB
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Book Title
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Books in the Digital Age
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9780745634784
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ISBN
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9780745634784
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Genre
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Business & Finance
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Release Date
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03/15/2005
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2005
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The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in
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Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
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Publication Name
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Books in the Digital Age : The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States
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Publisher
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Polity Press
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9.7 in
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Publishing, Sociology / General
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2005
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Textbook
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Trade Paperback
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Language
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English
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1.3 in
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36.9 Oz
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6.8 in
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Number of Pages
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480 Pages
John B. Thompson Books in the Digital Age (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-10
0745634788
ISBN-13
9780745634784
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44771815
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Publication Name
Books in the Digital Age : The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States
Language
English
Subject
Publishing, Sociology / General
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
36.9 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
6.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-280957
Reviews
The world of academic publishing owes a great debt of gratitude to John Thompson. At a time when the world seems topsy-turvy with change, this extensive and rigorous study is our best guide to the key issues of the day.” Drake McFeely, Chairman and President, W.W. Norton & Company “This is an extremely perceptive view of an industry that is not known for looking objectively at the big picture. I cannot remember ever having read such a lucid, absorbing and accurate account of the university press world.”Walter Lippincott, Director, Princeton University Press ‘”John Thompson provides a rigorous and comprehensive overview of the changes that are occurring in academic publishing. Anyone wishing to know firsthand the issues that keep publishers awake at night would do well to start here. Anyone wishing to know where academic publishing is heading should look no further.”William Sisler, Director, Harvard University Press “There is no other study of the publishing world, past or present, as comprehensive or fully researched as this. Thompson helps us make sense of the material and cultural underpinnings of academic knowledge, enables us to assess what digitization has meant to date for the world of books and gives us an ideal benchmark from which to measure future trends.”Professor Michael Schudson, University of California, San Diego “A masterly study of academic and higher education publishing in the UK and USA. Thompson has provided a perceptive and illuminating analysis of the outcomes of the first major empirical research into a significant sector of book publishing.” Professor Paul Richardson, Director of the Centre for International Publishing Studies, Oxford Brookes University “This is undoubtedly the best book I have read about publishing… It is the only book about publishing I have ever read where every statement rings true.” Learned Publishing ‘Everything is closely argued and thoroughly documented with facts and figures, and the use of quotations from interviewees helps to anchor the text to the ground. No work on publishing that I know of approaches its objective scrutiny and analysis of the current publishing situation. Moreover, it is very readable. I cannot commend it too highly’. Interlending and Document Supply “A fascinating study of the contemporaryacademic publishing world in the UK and the US”. The Times Higher Education Supplement., “As compelling as it is thorough … a fascinating study of the contemporary academic publishing world in the UK and US.” Times Higher Education Supplement “Likely to become the standard work in the field.” British Journal of Educational Studies “This is undoubtedly the best book I have read about publishing … It is the only book about publishing I have ever read where every statement rings true.” Learned Publishing “Faultless, fascinating … a must-read.” Logos “A first-rate piece of scholarship.” Academic Matters “A truly landmark study.” Journal of Scholarly Publishing “[Those] working within academic/higher education publishing and librarianship have much to gain from this title; it is a valuable resource that explores how textbook publishing programmes in the UK and US in the early stages of the new millennium have evolved from the 1980s industry landscape. It also provides an opportunity to learn directly from senior executives within the academic publishing arena, who speak frankly, on the condition of anonymity.” InPrint “Extremely useful to use as a potted history of a new area of interest for me.” eLucidate “Thompson has soaked himself in publishing fact and lore. [His findings] are consistently reliable.” Science “The world of academic publishing owes a great debt of gratitude to John Thompson … this extensive and rigorous study is our best guide to the key issues of the day.” Drake McFeely, Chairman and President of W. W. Norton & Company “A lucid, absorbing and accurate account of the university press world.” Walter Lippincott, Director of Princeton University Press “Anyone wishing to know firsthand the issues that keep publishers awake at night would do well to start here. Anyone wishing to know where academic publishing is heading should look no further.” William Sisler, Director of Harvard University Press “There is no other study of the publishing world, past or present, as comprehensive or fully researched as this.” Professor Michael Schudson, University of California, San Diego “A masterly study.” Paul Richardson , Oxford Brookes University, “As compelling as it is thorough.”Gordon Johnson, Times Higher Education Supplement”Likely to become the standard work in the field.”Anthony Haynes, British Journal of Educational Studies”Thompson has soaked himself in publishing fact and lore. [His findings] are consistently reliable.”Sam Elworthy, Science”The world of academic publishing owes a great debt of gratitude to John Thompson … this extensive and rigorous study is our best guide to the key issues of the day.”Drake McFeely, Chairman and President of W. W. Norton & Company”A lucid, absorbing and accurate account of the university press world.”Walter Lippincott, Director of Princeton University Press”Anyone wishing to know firsthand the issues that keep publishers awake at night would do well to start here. Anyone wishing to know where academic publishing is heading should look no further.”William Sisler, Director of Harvard University Press”A masterly study.”Paul Richardson, Oxford Brookes University, ‘An analysis that is as compelling as it is thorough a fascinating study of the contemporary academic publishing world in the UK and the US.’Times Higher Education Supplement’This is undoubtedly the best book I have read about publishing It is the only book about publishing I have ever read where every statement rings true.’Learned Publishing’faultless, fascinating at times, almost always absorbing a must-read for students of publishing and a reference for those who wish to know and understand how academic publishing operates.’Logos’An urgency pulses in the quiet prose of this book, appropriate to the anxieties of university publishing From first to last page, this is a sober and sobering book.’The AAUP Exchange’Everything is closely argued and thoroughly documented. No work on publishing that I know of approaches its objective scrutiny and analysis of the current publishing situation. I cannot commend it too highly.’Interlending and Document Supply’a truly landmark study Books in the Digital Age should be required reading in all of the publishing institutes and programs, for all employees of scholarly publishing and college textbook houses, for all top administrators at every university that has a university press (at the very least), in a wide range of courses in schools of communication and the liberal arts, and for every student who has aspirations to pursue a career in publishing. This is a book that deserves to be revised and kept in print through multiple editions as a basic handbook for the industry.’Journal of Scholarly Publishing, “As compelling as it is thorough.” Gordon Johnson, Times Higher Education Supplement “Likely to become the standard work in the field.” Anthony Haynes, British Journal of Educational Studies “Thompson has soaked himself in publishing fact and lore. [His findings] are consistently reliable.” Sam Elworthy, Science “The world of academic publishing owes a great debt of gratitude to John Thompson … this extensive and rigorous study is our best guide to the key issues of the day.” Drake McFeely, Chairman and President of W. W. Norton & Company “A lucid, absorbing and accurate account of the university press world.” Walter Lippincott, Director of Princeton University Press “Anyone wishing to know firsthand the issues that keep publishers awake at night would do well to start here. Anyone wishing to know where academic publishing is heading should look no further.” William Sisler, Director of Harvard University Press “A masterly study.” Paul Richardson, Oxford Brookes University
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
070.5730941
Table Of Content
List of figures and tables. Preface. Introduction. Part I The Publishing Business . Publishing as an economic and cultural practice. The social structure of publishing fields. The publishing field since 1980. Part II The Field of Academic Publishing . Academic publishing under pressure. Academic publishing in transition (1): changing organizational cultures. Academic publishing in transition (2): list diversification and field migration. Academic publishing at the crossroads. Part III The Field of Higher Education Publishing. Higher education publishing in the US (1): the formation of the field. Higher education publishing in the US (2): the differentiation of the field. Higher education publishing in the UK. Globalization and localization in the UK field of higher education publishing. Part IV The Digital Revolution . The digital revolution and the publishing world. Academic publishing and the digital revolution. Higher education publishing and the digital revolution. The hidden revolution: reinventing the life cycle of the book. Conclusion. Appendix on research methods. Bibliography. Index.
Synopsis
The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future?This is the first major study of the book publishing industry in Britain and the United States for more than two decades. Thompson focuses on academic and higher education publishing and analyses the evolution of these sectors from 1980 to the present. He shows that each sector is characterized by its own distinctive ‘logic’ or dynamic of change, and that by reconstructing this logic we can understand the problems, challenges and opportunities faced by publishing firms today. He also shows that the digital revolution has had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the book publishing business, although the real impact of this revolution has little to do with the ebook scenarios imagined by many commentators.Books in the Digital Age will become a standard work on the publishing industry at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be of great interest to students taking courses in the sociology of culture, media and cultural studies, and publishing. It will also be of great value to professionals in the publishing industry, educators and policy makers, and to anyone interested in books and their future., The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future? This is the first major study of the book publishing industry in Britain and the United States for more than two decades. Thompson focuses on academic and higher education publishing and analyses the evolution of these sectors from 1980 to the present. He shows that each sector is characterized by its own distinctive ‘logic’ or dynamic of change, and that by reconstructing this logic we can understand the problems, challenges and opportunities faced by publishing firms today. He also shows that the digital revolution has had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the book publishing business, although the real impact of this revolution has little to do with the ebook scenarios imagined by many commentators. industry at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be of great interest to students taking courses in the sociology of culture, media and cultural studies, and publishing. It will also be of great value to professionals in the publishing industry, educators and policy makers, and to anyone interested in books and their future., The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution., The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future? This is the first major study of the book publishing industry in Britain and the United States for more than two decades. Thompson focuses on academic and higher education publishing and analyses the evolution of these sectors from 1980 to the present. He shows that each sector is characterized by its own distinctive ‘logic’ or dynamic of change, and that by reconstructing this logic we can understand the problems, challenges and opportunities faced by publishing firms today. He also shows that the digital revolution has had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the book publishing business, although the real impact of this revolution has little to do with the ebook scenarios imagined by many commentators. Books in the Digital Age will become a standard work on the publishing industry at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be of great interest to students taking courses in the sociology of culture, media and cultural studies, and publishing. It will also be of great value to professionals in the publishing industry, educators and policy makers, and to anyone interested in books and their future., The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future? This is the first major study of the book publishing industry in Britain and the United States for more than two decades. Thompson focuses on academic and higher education publishing and analyses the evolution of these sectors from 1980 to the present. He shows that each sector is characterized by its own distinctive logic or dynamic of change, and that by reconstructing this logic we can understand the problems, challenges and opportunities faced by publishing firms today. He also shows that the digital revolution has had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the book publishing business, although the real impact of this revolution has little to do with the ebook scenarios imagined by many commentators. Books in the Digital Age will become a standard work on the publishing industry at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be of great interest to students taking courses in the sociology of culture, media and cultural studies, and publishing. It will also be of great value to professionals in the publishing industry, educators and policy makers, and to anyone interested in books and their future.
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