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 inJournal of scholarly publishing Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 363 - 380
Main Authors GRECO, Albert N, WHARTON, Robert M, SEN, Falguni
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published North York, ON University of Toronto Press 01.07.2012
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Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information publishing, dissemination and reproduction
Information science. Documentation
Publishing industry
Publishing. Electronic publishing. Bibliological aspects
Sciences and techniques of general use
University presses
North America
University press
Price
Book
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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?
ISSN:1198-9742
1710-1166
DOI:10.3138/jsp.43.4.363