Chapter 3 - Books

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e-publishing

the publication and distribution of books initially or exclusively online

subsidiary rights

the sale of a book, its contents, even its characters, to outside interests, such as filmmakers

pulp novels

dime novels

Name six reasons books are an important cultural resource.

1. Books are agents of social and cultural change. 2. Books are an important cultural repository. (confirmation) 3. Books are windows to the past. 4. Books are important for personal development. 5. Books provide entertainment, escape, an personal reflection. 6. Books are mirrors of culture. 7. Books that are purchased become more of an individual and personal item, rather than the constant consumption of mass media.

Who developed the paper back in England?

Allen Lane in London

What are the major categories of books?

Book club editions, El-hi, Higher education, Mail-order books, Mass market paperbacks, Professional books, Religious books, Standardized tests, Subscription reference books, Trade books, University press books

What were the major developments in the modernization of the printing press?

Linotype, offset lithography

What factors allowed the flowering of the American novel, as well as the expansion of the book industry, in the 1800s?

Linotype, offset lithography, dime novels/pulp novels, lower cost printing, widespread literacy among colonists

What are the products of increasing hyper commercialism in the demand for profit in the book industry?

Profitability at all costs, increased distressed industry, severe structural problems, subsidiary rights, instant books, tie-in novels

Who developed the paper back in the United States?

Robert de Graff

What is the impact of the conglomeration on the book Industry?

Started with small operations (cottage industry), now thousands of publishers, including THE BIG 5. They control more than 80% of all US book sales.

e-book

a book that is downloaded in electronic form from the Internet to a computer or handheld device.

What was the stamp act? Why did colonial printers object to it?

all printed materials needed to have the governments seal. It was steeply taxed and cost-worthy because parliament was trying to make it money back from the French and Indian war. Colonial printers made pamphlets openly rejecting and challenging England's right to govern the colonies.

cottage industry

an industry characterized by small operations closely identified with their personnel

tie-in novels

books based on popular television shows and movies

instant books

books published very soon after some well publicized public event

Why were the early colonists not a book reading population?

books were for the wealthy, uneducated, illiterate, reading was a leisure activity (people worked hard all day), books weren't portable.

platform agnostic publishing

digital and hard-copy books available for any and all reading devices

e-reader

digital book having the appearance of a traditional book but with content that is digitally stored and accessed

What are e-books, e-readers, and e-publishing?

electronic readers...convergence

disintermediation

eliminating gatekeepers between artists and audiences

trade books

hard or soft cover books including fiction and most nonfiction and cookbooks, biographies, art books, coffee table books, and how-to books

dime novels

inexpensive late 19th and early 20th century books that concentrated on frontier and adventure stories; sometimes called pulp novels

offset lithography

late 19th century advance making possible printing from photographic plates rather than from metal casts.

aliteracy

possessing the ability to read but being unwilling to do so

print on demand (POD)

publishing method whereby publishers store books digitally for instant printing, binding and delivery once ordered.

linotype

technology that allowed the mechanical rather than manual setting of print type

remainders

unsold copies of books returned to the publisher by bookstores to be sold at a greater discount


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