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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779145503321

Autore

West James L. W

Titolo

American authors and the literary marketplace since 1900 / / James L.W. West III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1990

©1988

ISBN

1-283-89729-6

0-8122-0453-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 pages)

Collana

A Publication of the A.S.W. Rosenbach fellowship in bibliography

Disciplina

070.5

Soggetti

Literature publishing - United States - History - 20th century

Authors and publishers - United States - History - 20th century

Authors and readers - United States - History - 20th century

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Books and reading - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-163) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Authorship -- Chapter 2. Publishing -- Chapter 3. Distribution -- Chapter 4. The Editor -- Chapter 5. The Agent -- Chapter 6. The Magazine Market -- Chapter 7. Subsidiary fights -- Permissions -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines literary authorship in the twentieth century and covers such topics as publishing, book distribution, the trade editor, the literary agent, the magazine market, subsidiary rights, and the blockbuster mentality.