Chapter 3 - Books
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