LEADER 03619nam 22007215 450 001 9910520091803321 005 20240314160039.0 010 $z9783030791537$bprint 010 $z303079153X$bprint 010 $a9783030791544$belectronic book 010 $a3030791548$belectronic book 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-79154-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6840079 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6840079 035 $a(CKB)20443704000041 035 $a(MiFhGG)9783030791544 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-79154-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)9920443704000041 100 $a20220103d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#|||a|a|| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBestsellers: Popular Fiction Since 1900 /$fby Clive Bloom 205 $a3rd ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (468 pages) 300 $aPreviously issued in print: Cham Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. 311 08$aPrint version: Bloom, Clive Bestsellers : popular fiction since 1900 Third edition Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021 9783030791537 327 $a1. Origins, Problems and Philosophy of the Bestseller -- 2. How the British Read -- 3 Genre: History and Form -- 4. Literature for Children -- 5. Further Thoughts on Literature for Children -- 6. Best-selling Authors Since 1900. 330 $aThis book charts the publishing industry and bestselling fiction from 1900, featuring a comprehensive list of all bestselling fiction titles in the UK. This third edition includes a new introduction which features additional information on current trends in reading including the rise of Black, Asian and LGBTQIA+ publishing; the continuing importance of certain genres and up to date trends in publishing, bookselling, library borrowing and literacy. There are sections on writing for children, on the importance of audiobooks and book clubs, self- published bestsellers as well as many new entries to the present day including bestselling authors such as David Walliams, Peter James, George R R Martin and far less well known authors whose books s sell in their thousands. This is the essential guide to best-selling books, authors, genres, publishing and bookselling since 1900, providing a unique insight into more than a century of entertainment, and opening a window into the reading habits andsocial life of the British from the death of Queen Victoria to the Coronavirus Pandemic. . 606 $aFiction 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century 606 $aBooks$xHistory 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y21st century 606 $aPrinting 606 $aPublishers and publishing 606 $aFiction Literature 606 $aTwentieth-Century Literature 606 $aHistory of the Book 606 $aContemporary Literature 606 $aPrinting and Publishing 615 0$aFiction. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aBooks$xHistory. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aPrinting. 615 0$aPublishers and publishing. 615 14$aFiction Literature. 615 24$aTwentieth-Century Literature. 615 24$aHistory of the Book. 615 24$aContemporary Literature. 615 24$aPrinting and Publishing. 676 $a381.450020973 676 $a823.9109 700 $aBloom$b Clive$0132890 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910520091803321 996 $aBestsellers$92582885 997 $aUNINA