Communicating Knowledge

Publishing in the 21st Century

By: John Feather

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Hardcover | 1 January 2003

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This book provides an introduction to publishing practices in the context of the information society, concentrating on its structure and operation. It puts publishing into the wider context of communication knowledge and information and shows how publishing will continue to be a key element of the information society. The contents include: A historical survey, the publishing industry, the publishing process and the challenges to publishing.

"Communication Knowledge" offers invaluable advice to senior librarians in both academic, research and large public reference libraries, as well as practicing librarians, students and lecturers on LIS, publishing, communications and media studies courses, publishers and those with an interest in information and publishing.

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Non-Fiction Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Encyclopaedias & Reference Works Interdisciplinary Studies Communication Studies Industry & Industrial Studies Media, Entertainment, Information & Communication Industries Publishing Industry & Book Trade Library & Info Sciences Library & Information Services

Preface	p. ix
Tables	p. xi
Figures	p. xii
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Publishing from the Past to the Present	p. 1
Introduction: what is publishing?	p. 1
From printing to publishing	p. 6
The language of publishing	p. 14
The internationalization of publishing	p. 20
Publishing in the Global Economy	p. 27
Introduction	p. 27
The international book trade: a statistical overview	p. 30
The British and American book trades	p. 35
Publishing companies	p. 40
Conglomerates and independents	p. 45
The legal framework of publishing	p. 48
Conclusion	p. 53
Forms of Publishing	p. 59
Introduction	p. 59
The variety of published material	p. 60
The sources of published material	p. 75
The formats of published material	p. 79
The Publishing Process	p. 97
Introduction	p. 97
What is an author?	p. 99
Authors and publishers	p. 105
Creative relationships: authors and editors	p. 106
Business relationships: contracts and rights	p. 112
From author to bookseller	p. 116
Conclusion	p. 123
Selling Books	p. 131
Introduction	p. 131
Selling consumer books	p. 133
Book clubs and direct selling	p. 137
Book prices and the demise of the Net Book Agreement	p. 139
Wholesaling and the distribution of books	p. 144
E-commerce and the book trade	p. 147
Selling to libraries	p. 149
Information Technology and Publishing	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
ICT and print publishing	p. 161
Electronic publishing	p. 164
The impact of electronic publishing	p. 169
ICT and the business of publishing	p. 178
Authors and readers	p. 180
Publishing in a Networked World	p. 185
Introduction	p. 185
The great convergence	p. 187
The use of information media	p. 192
Copyright: the threatened asset	p. 198
The business of publishing re-made	p. 202
Bibliography	p. 211
Index	p. 225
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