Angus Phillips and Michael Bhaskar, eds: The Oxford Handbook of Publishing

摘要

The Oxford Handbook of Publishing joins other Oxford “Handbooks.” The series aims to “offer authoritative and up-to-date surveys of original research in a particular subject area.” With that in mind, one should not expect this book to give the potential publisher “tips” on how to run a publishing operation; it is not a “howto” manual. Rather, it is an exhaustive collection of essays on the history, future, and theory of book publishing. Chapters are grouped into three parts: Publishing in Context, The Dynamics of Publishing, and Publishing in Practice. A final Coda asks the reader to consider eight ‘thought’ experiments when one looks at the future of publishing.