The Book Publishing IndustryThe Book Publishing Industry focuses on consumer books (adult, juvenile, and mass market paperbacks) and reviews all major book categories to present a comprehensive overview of this diverse business. In addition to the insights and portrayals of the U.S. publishing industry, this book includes an appendix containing historical data on the industry from 1946 to the end of the twentieth century. The selective bibliography includes the latest literature, including works in marketing and economics that has a direct relationship with this dynamic industry. This third edition features a chapter on e-books and provides an overview of the current shift toward digital media in the US book publishing industry. |
Contents
New Book Title Output Book Categories and Prices Economic Data Sales | 1-27 |
History and Analysis | 2-36 |
Business Operations | 3-16 |
The Editorial Process | 3-42 |
Editors Book Acquisitions Production Operations and Costs | 5-16 |
Marketing and Selling Books | 5-58 |
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The Book Publishing Industry Albert N. Greco,Jim Milliot,Robert M. Wharton No preview available - 2014 |
The Book Publishing Industry Albert N. Greco,Jim Milliot,Robert M. Wharton No preview available - 2014 |
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American Author Publisher Units Bantam Bogart book categories book industry book publishing industry Book Trade Almanac bookstore Bowker Annual Library Brown consumer copies Copyright Danielle Steel Disney e-books Economic editor Education electronic fiction Frontlist Rank Title Greco Hardcover Backlist Hardcover Frontlist HarperCollins Harry Potter Ibid J.K. Rowling J/YA Hardcover J/YA Paperback Jack Canfield James Patterson Jeff Kinney John Grisham Journal of Scholarly Juvenile/YA Hardcover Juvenile/YA Paperback Lemony Snicket Library and Book Management manuscript Mass Market Paperbacks Media Michael million Nora Roberts Paperback Backlist Paperback Frontlist Patricia Cornwell Publisher Units Sold R.L. Stine R.R. Bowker Random House Rank Title Author Research Quarterly revenues Review Rick Riordan royalty Scholarly Publishing Scholastic Series of Unfortunate Seuss Seuss Random Simon & Schuster Statistics Stephen King Stephenie Meyer Stephenie Meyer Little Table Tim LaHaye Title Author Publisher Total Trade Paperbacks U.S. book U.S. Department Unfortunate Events University Press York