Cultural economics, books and reading

The field of cultural economics is surprisingly short on research on the book market and on the activity of reading compared with other more recently invented media such as films and musical recordings. There are a number of traditional economic propositions relevant to books and reading which could...

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Published inJournal of cultural economics Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 517 - 526
Main Author Cameron, Samuel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer Science + Business Media 01.12.2019
Springer US
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Arts
Cultural Economics
Economic Policy
Economics
Economics and Finance
Innovations
Microeconomics
Music
Musical recordings
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Reading
Regional and Cultural Studies
Technological change
Technology
Reading
Libraries
Comic books
Books
Economics of literature
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Summary:The field of cultural economics is surprisingly short on research on the book market and on the activity of reading compared with other more recently invented media such as films and musical recordings. There are a number of traditional economic propositions relevant to books and reading which could be further researched. In addition, books and reading are strongly impacted by the disruptive innovations of digital technology and the use of online distribution platforms that fuel much of the research on the more recently invented cultural media. This paper gives an overview of some key new papers collected in this special issue and identifies additional lacunae in this general field of research.
ISSN:0885-2545
1573-6997
DOI:10.1007/s10824-019-09365-0