The Price of University Press Books: 2009-2011
Drawing on the data collected by Yankee Book Peddler, this article analyses the average prices and title output of books published by university presses and commercial scholarly and professional publishers in 2009, 2010, and 2011. The authors also sought to answer a series of questions that have lon...
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Published in | Journal of scholarly publishing Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 363 - 380 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
North York, ON
University of Toronto Press
01.07.2012
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Summary: | Drawing on the data collected by Yankee Book Peddler, this article analyses the average prices and title output of books published by university presses and commercial scholarly and professional publishers in 2009, 2010, and 2011. The authors also sought to answer a series of questions that have long perplexed the entire university press community: First, are too many scholarly books being published in North America; second, what are the channels of distribution for these books, and have they changed recently; and third, can university presses develop a strategy that will enable them to maintain their role as the pivotal source of substantive scholarly research? |
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ISSN: | 1198-9742 1710-1166 |
DOI: | 10.3138/jsp.43.4.363 |