Output details
23 - Sociology
University of Cambridge
Book title
Merchants of Culture
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
Polity Press
ISBN of book
9780745647869
Year of publication
2010
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
-
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
L - media and cultural sociology
Proposed double-weighted
Yes
Double-weighted statement
This book is based on four years of research involving over 280 interviews carried out by the author. The book, which is sole-authored and around 180,000 words, took over a year to write; it consists of 10 chapters, each longer than a normal journal article, that deal with different aspects of the world of trade publishing, from the growth of publishing corporations and the rise of literary agents to the digital revolution. The author carried out a further 20 interviews in 2011 in order to update the book for the new paperback edition, which includes substantial additional material.
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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