British Book Publishing as a Business since the 1960s
The British Library Studies in the History of the Book
Here the author, a finance expert who has specialised in publishing, traces the convoluted pattern which has led to the creation of several multi-media companies, and in turn the individual stories of some of the major publishers involved in this shift. The study concludes with an examination of the profitability of trade publishing groups and the impact on literary standards. This book will be of interest to anyone involved in the business of books and the effect of business on what is read by the public.
Review
?Much of the material is fascinating, and could otherwise only be retrieved from the pages of the Bookseller. It is as near as we shall come for some time to a serious historical account of a truly momentous era of change.?
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