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03124aam a2200445 i 4500 001 5FD23752F4E911EBA186761358ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210804010022 008 120201s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012000430 020 $a 0452297729 020 $a 9780452297722 035 $a (OCoLC)727703123 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OQX $d CDX $d YDXCP $d CGP $d YBM $d OCLCF $d S3O $d OCLCO $d IAK $d OCLCQ $d MOV $d DHA $d OCLCQ $d MUO $d NJT $d UWK $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a Z323 T57 2012 084 $a BUS077000 $a BUS077000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Thompson, John B. $q (John Brookshire) $e author. 245 10 $a Merchants of culture : $b the publishing business in the twenty-first century / $c John B. Thompson. 250 $a Second edition. 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b Plume, $c [2012] 300 $a xv, 441 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 520 $a ""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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a "A Plume book." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-429) and index. 505 0 $a Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- 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. 650 0 $a Publishers and publishing $z Great Britain $x History. 650 0 $a Publishers and publishing $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Publishers and publishing $x Technological innovations. 650 0 $a Booksellers and bookselling $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Booksellers and bookselling $z United States. 650 0 $a Literary agents $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Literary agents $z United States. 648 7 $a 1945- $2 sao 856 12 $3 Cover image $u ftp://ppftpuser:welcome@ftp01.penguingroup.com/BooksellersandMedia/Covers/2008_2009_New_Covers/9780452297722.jpg 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210903015744.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5FD23752F4E911EBA186761358ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search