
"All you need to know about the industry at a time of momentous change." For nearly five centuries, the world of book publishing remained largely static. But at the dawn of the twenty-first century, the...
-Drake McFeely, chairman and president, W.W. Norton & Company

These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearly five centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unchanged, but at the dawn of the twenty-first century the industry finds itself faced with perhaps the greatest challenges since...



In this book - the first major study of trade publishing for more than 30 years - Thompson situates the current challenges facing the industry in an historical context, analysing the transformation of trade publishing in the United States and Britain since the 1960s.