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Author Thompson, John B. (John Brookshire), author.

Title Book wars : the digital revolution in publishing / John B. Thompson.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2021]
© 2021

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  070.5797 THOMPSON    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  070.5 THO    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  070.5 THO    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  070.5 THOMPSON    Check Shelf
Description xv, 511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- 1. The faltering rise of the ebook -- 2. Re-inventing the book -- 3. The backlist wars -- 4. Google trouble -- 5. Amazon's ascent -- 6. Struggles for visibility -- 7. The self-publishing explosion -- 8. Crowdfunding books -- 9. Bookflix -- 10. The new orality -- 11. Storytelling in social media -- 12. Old media, new media -- Conclusion : worlds in flux.
Subject Publishers and publishing -- Technological innovations.
Electronic publishing.
Electronic publishing. (OCoLC)fst00907433
Publishers and publishing -- Technological innovations. (OCoLC)fst01083515
Other Form: ebook version : 9781509546794
ISBN 9781509546787 hardcover
1509546782 hardcover
9781509546794 (ePub ebook)
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