Books in the digital age : the transformation of academic and higher education publishing in Britain and the United States / John B.Thompson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Publishing as an economic and cultural practice -- 2. The social structure of publishing fields -- 3. The publishing field since 1980 -- 4. Academic publishing under pressure -- 5. Academic publishing in transition (1) : changing organizational cultures -- 6. Academic publishing in transition (2) : list diversification and field migration -- 7. Academic publishing at the crossroads -- 8. Higher education publishing in the US (1) : the formation of the field -- 9. Higher education publishing in the US (2) : the differentiation of the field -- 10. Higher education publishing in the UK -- 11. Globalization and localization in the UK field of higher education publishing -- 12. The digital revolution and the publishing world -- 13. Academic publishing and the digital revolution -- 14. Higher education publishing and the digital revolution -- 15. The hidden revolution : reinventing the life cycle of the book.

"This is the first major study of the book publishing industry in Britain and the United States for more than two decades. Thompson focuses on academic and higher education publishing and analyses the evolution of these sectors from 1980 to the present." "Books in the Digital Age will become a standard work on the publishing industry at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It will be of great interest to students taking courses in the sociology of culture, media and cultural studies, and publishing. It will also be of great value to professionals in the publishing industry, educators and policy makers, and to anyone interested in books and their future."--BOOK JACKET.

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