Media : Publishing

Drawing on the history of English feminism and the study of Victorian periodical and newspaper presses, this book asks a key question: what did it mean to have a Victorian feminist write for an established newspaper or periodical? Using Frances Power Cobbe as an example, the book helps us understand Victorian feminism and its political workings. more...

Price: $94.00

This third volume in Mike Ashley’s four-volume study of the science-fiction magazines focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. It saw the end of the Apollo moon programme and the start of the ecology movement. This proved to be one of the most complicated periods for the science-fiction magazines. Not only were they struggling to survive within the economic climate, they also had to cope with the death of the father of modern science fiction, John W. Campbell, Jr., while facing new and potentially threatening opposition. The market for science fiction diversified as never before, with the growth in new anthologies, the emergence of semi-professional magazines, the explosion of science fiction in college, the start of role-playing gaming magazines, underground and adult comics and, with the success of Star Wars , media magazines. This volume explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this, from the death of Campbell to the start of the major popular science magazine Omni and the first dreams of the Internet. more...

Price: $75.00

Although biography as a genre has increasingly become a topic of scholarly inquiry, the genre of scientific biography; those biographies of scientists, engineers and medical doctors; has largely been overlooked. It is to remedy this situation that this volume has been conceived. Borrowing approaches and methods from cultural studies and the history, philosophy and sociology of science, the contributors to this volume cover a broad range of subjects, periods and locations. By presenting a rich diversity of essays, the volume is able to chart the reoccurring conceptual problems and devices that have influenced scientific biographies from the seventeenth century to the present day. more...

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How do publishers work and make money? Why do they exist?. This expanded and thoroughly revised fourth edition of Inside Book Publishing is designed for students of publishing, authors needing to find out publishing secrets, and those wanting to get in or get on in the industry. It addresses the big issues – globalization of publishing, the impact of the internet – and explains publishing from the author contract to the bookshop shelf. It covers:. • how the present industry has evolved,. • publishing functions - editorial, design and production, marketing, sales and distribution, and rights. • the role of the author,. • copyright and contracts,. • the sales channels for books in the UK, from the high street to ebooks, and. • getting a job in publishing. It features:. • topic boxes written by expert contributors,. • a glossary of publishing terms,. • suggestions for further reading,. • a directory of publishing organizations, and. • a companion website (http://www.insidebookpublishing.com/). It is an essential tool for anyone embarking on a career in publishing, and a useful handbook for those who are in the industry and for authors. more...

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As a fitting epilogue to a life intimately linked to Washington, D.C., Pulitzer Prize winner Katharine Graham, the woman who transformed The Washington Post into a paper of record, left behind this lovingly collected anthology of writings about the city she knew and loved, a moving tribute to the nation’s capital. more...

Price: $16.95