The Cottage by the Highway and Other Essays on Publishing : 25 years of Logos / edited by Angus Philips.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Phillips, Angus.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers and publishing.

Book industries and trade.

Booksellers and bookselling.

Acquisitions (Libraries).

Libraries.

Authorship.

Logos (London, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : BRILL, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Logos – the international journal of the publishing community – celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2015. Since its first publication it has gained a reputation for publishing insightful and clear-headed articles about publishing, and this tradition continues to the present day, with the addition in recent years of academic articles reflecting the growth in the discipline of publishing studies. The present collection provides the opportunity to mark this milestone in the journal’s history by reprinting over thirty articles in book form. The selection has been made with a view to representing the full span of the life of the journal, with a good spread across the years of publication from 1990 onwards. The articles selected are ones that have stood the test of time and have something interesting to say. There is broad international coverage, from Argentina to China, from Iran to Kenya, and a wide selection of topics including publishing, bookselling, libraries, censorship, and book history. The new introduction, written by the journal’s editor-in-chief, Angus Phillips, places the articles in perspective, highlighting their currency and foresight. The volume will be essential reading for both industry professionals and students of book history and publishing studies. Featured articles are by Maarten Aascher, Marc Aronson, Diana Athill, Betty Ballantine, Michael Bhaskar, Marie-Franҫoise Cachin and Sylvie Ducas-Spaes, Henry Chakava, John Curtis, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Joseph J. Esposito, Richard Fisher, Gordon Graham, Arash Hejazi, Eva Hemmungs Wirtén, Albert Henderson, Philip Jarvis and Sue Thomson, Eva Kneissl, Miha Kovač and Rüdiger Wischenbart, Michael Krüger, Laura J. Miller, Ian Norrie, Angus Phillips, Frances Pinter, Oliviero Ponte di Pino, Tatjana Praštalo, Tim Rix, Tom Rosenthal, Jerome Rubin, John Ryden, Tim Waterstone, and Francis Whitehead.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

The Printed Book / Jerome S. Rubin

The Bookseller and the Community / Ian Norrie

Love Makes the World Go Round (?) / Frances Whitehead

Private Enterprise Publishing in Kenya / Henry Chakava

The Paperback Conquest of America / Betty Ballantine

Death of a Library / Tatjana Praštalo

The Cottage by the Highway / Maarten Asscher

The YA Phenomenon in America / Marc Aronson

Remembering for the Future / Michael Krüger

Harlequin Romances in Swedish / Eva Hemmungs Wirtén

The Book in Times of Globalization / Tomás Eloy Martínez

Eastern Adventure / Frances Pinter

The Goncourt and the Booker / Marie-Françoise Cachin and Sylvie Ducas-Spaes

Paul Hamlyn / Philip Jarvis and Sue Thomson

André Deutsch / Diana Athill

Walter and Eva Neurath / Tom Rosenthal

The Dash and Determination of Robert Maxwell / Albert Henderson

George Weidenfeld / John Curtis

Synergy / John Ryden

Jane Austen Gets a Makeover / Angus Phillips

Waterstone on Waterstone’s / Tim Waterstone

Chinese Fiction in English Translation / Eva Kneissl

Schoolbooks 1950–2000 / Tim Rix

Cultural Pluralism or Cultural Uniformity / Miha Kovač and Rüdiger Wischenbart

The Responsible Reader / Gordon Graham

Publishing After the Apocalypse / Joseph J. Esposito

Towards Paracontent / Michael Bhaskar

‘You Don’t Deserve to be Published’ / Arash Hejazi

Perpetual Turmoil / Laura J. Miller

Bookfair English / Oliviero Ponte di Pino

How Shall We Sing in A Strange Land?

Index of Names

Index of Places.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-28353-6

OCLC:

905992709

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004283534 DOI