Books in the Digital Age: The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States

ISBN: 978-0-7456-3478-4

Paperback

480 pages

March 2005, Polity

Other Available Formats: Hardcover

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This is the first major study of the book publishing industry in Britain and the United States for more than two decades;
Examines the evolution of academic and higher education publishing from 1980 to the present;
Analyses the major problems and opportunities faced by publishing firms today;
Provides the most thorough account to date of the impact of the digital revolution on the book publishing industry;
Will become a standard work on the publishing industry at the beginning of the 21st century.