The academic book of the future. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Rebecca E. Lyons.
• Editors: Lyons, Rebecca E
• Contents: Acknowledgements List of contributors Introduction: The Academic Book of the Future; Rebecca E. Lyons and Samantha J. Rayner PART I: ACADEMICS 1. The academic book as a socially-embedded media artefact; Tom Mole 2. Wearable books; Michael Pidd 3. The impossible constellation: Practice-as-Research as a viable alternative; Sarah Barrow PART II: PUBLISHERS 4. The academic book of the future and the need to break boundaries; Jenny McCall and Amy Bourke-Waite 5. The academic 'book' of the future and its function; Frances Pinter 6. The university press and the academic book of the future; Anthony Cond PART III: LIBRARIANS 7. National libraries and academic books of the future; Maja Maricevic 8. Strategic engagement and librarians; Neil Smyth 9. Academic libraries and academic books: vessels of cultural continuity, agents of cultural change; Kate Price PART IV: BOOKSELLERS 10. Selling words: an economic history of bookselling; Jaki Hawker 11. The future of the academic book: the role of booksellers; Peter Lake 12. Back to the future: the role of the campus bookshop; Craig Dadds Bibliography Further Reading Index.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 070.573; Academic writing -- Publishing; Textbooks -- Publishing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137595782; 9781137595775
• Related ISBNs: 9781137595768
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