Communicating Knowledge: Publishing in the 21st Century

Feather (information science, Loughbough U., UK) presents a descriptive study of the current structure of the publishing industry. The consolidation of the industry, the structure of international publishing trade, and issues of intellectual property are discussed in the opening chapter. Later chapters separately describe the forms of publishing, the publishing process, and book marketing. Final chapters look at the impact of information technology. Distributed by Gale. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR