The Business of Books
How International Conglomerates Took Over Publishing and Changedthe Way We Read
Part-memoir, part-history, "The Business of Books" is an irascible, acute and often passionate account of the collapsing standards of contemporary book publishing. It has appeared throughout the world in seventeen different editions.
Andre 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.
ISBN/UPC:
9781859847633
Product:
Book, Hardcover
Title:
The Business of Books: How International Conglomerates Took Over Publishing and Changedthe Way We Read
Contributors
- Author: Andre Schiffrin
Publisher:
Verso, 2000
Pages:
181
Languages:
English
Categories
Specification:
7.81 x 5.64 x 0.79 inches, 0.81 pounds
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