Contemporary publishing and the culture of books

Contemporary publishing and the culture of books / edited by Alison Baverstock, Richard Bradford, and Madelena Gonzalez.

Contemporary Publishing and the Culture of Books is a comprehensive resource that builds bridges between the traditional focus and methodologies of literary studies and the actualities of modern and contemporary literature, including the realities of professional writing, the conventions and practic...

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Other Authors: Baverstock, Alison (Editor), Bradford, Richard, 1957- (Editor), Gonzalez, Madelena (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Series:Routledge Literature Companions
Subjects:
Book industries and trade > Great Britain.
Publishers and publishing > Great Britain.
Books and reading > Great Britain.
Authors and publishers > Great Britain.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Publishing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
Authors and publishers
Book industries and trade
Books and reading
Publishers and publishing
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • The structure and workings of a publishing house / David Barker
  • Types of publishing houses / Per Henningsgaard
  • UK Reading culture / Alison Lawson
  • Sunk treasure: Can the traditional public library service survive in contemporary Britain? / Ellie Bowker and Clare Somerville
  • How can shared reading create a community? / Alison Baverstock
  • The review and the reviewer / Claire Squires
  • Life writing and biography in contemporary publishing / Robert Fraser
  • Creative Writing courses and the pragmatics of publishing / Lyle Skains
  • The modern literary agent / Angus Phillips
  • The non-mainstream: Independents, self-Publishing, eBooks, blogging, the on-line culture of books / Caroline Harris
  • Parallels between fiction and food Writing / Amy Burns
  • The history and influence of travel writing / Peter Bolan
  • Understanding our place: Publishing's role in the reading ecosystem under neoliberal economics / Jasmin Kirkbride
  • How audio books have become standard format for general publishers alongside hardback, paperback and e-book / Nicholas Jones
  • French children's literature and autism: A case for more children's books on autism and for autistic children / Lucie Ducarre
  • Interviewing the women of Virago: Using oral history to uncover the story of the feminist publishing house / Eleanor Birne.

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