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The Business of Books: How International Conglomerates Took Over Publishing and Changes the Way We Read
by Schiffrin, Andre
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1859847633
- ISBN 13
- 9781859847633
- Seller
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About This Item
London and New York: Verso, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition 2000 Verso Publishing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. As New in fine gray cloth with silver titles, solid and square with sewn binding, sharp, square corners. Handsome volume describing the transformation of American publishing, with the demise of a plethora of small but prestigious houses that often put ideas before profit in their publishing decisions, sometimes even deliberately. Now five behemoths share 80 percent of the market and profit margin is all (2000). Part memoir, part history, here is an account of the collapsing standards of contemporary publishing that is irascible, acute, and often passionate.181 pages. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" Tall. 2000, Verso, London and New York.
Synopsis
André Schiffrin was, for thirty years, the publisher of Pantheon Books. In 1990 Schiffrin left Pantheon to found The New Press. He is the author of The Business of Books, Words and Money, A Political Education , and Dr. Seuss & Co. Go to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of America’s Leading Comic Artists . He divides his time between Paris and New York.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028505
- Title
- The Business of Books: How International Conglomerates Took Over Publishing and Changes the Way We Read
- Author
- Schiffrin, Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1859847633
- ISBN 13
- 9781859847633
- Publisher
- Verso
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Keywords
- PUBLISHERS BOOKS READIND
- X weight
- 0 oz
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