The Book in the United States Today

by Richard Abel

This volume is based on a special issue of Logos that grew out of a meeting of an international group of book trade hands. It is the first broad-scale account and assessment of the commercial aspects of the U.S. book trade from publisher to library by way of book dealers and wholesalers. Two major phenomena, concentration into larger units and concern about the electronic future, are recurring themes in this collection. Concentration characterizes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560009721
• ISBN13: 9781560009726
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 269 Pages