scholarly journals Globalization and the direction of the Canadian publishing industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey Gurfinkel
Keyword(s):  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Book Industry ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Global Market ◽  
General Distribution ◽  
Retail Market ◽  
Book Market ◽  
Market Sector ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Funding Cuts

Since the merger of Indigo and Chapters in 2001, and the bankruptcy of Stoddart Publishing and General Distribution Services in 2002, the Canadian publishing industry has faced perilous times in an already troubled market sector. In addition to the problems specific to the Canadian publishing industry- for example, federal and provincial funding cuts to the industry; the monopoly of the book retail market by the chain outlet Chapters-Indigo; the difficulty and expense of book distribution within Canada; competition from multinational publishing companies; the lack and expense of traditional marketing opportunities- the growing global market for books presents further difficulties for an industry that is struggling to retain its "Canadian" focus. This study considers the recent impact, both positive and negative, of globalization on the Canadian book industry, with a specific focus on publishers as the key figures in this industry. By surveying three publishing houses that represent specific segments of the industry- large multinational, mid-size, and small presses- I examine different approaches to surviving in the current book market and offer several conclusions about the future of Canadian publishing, most notably that the larger the publishing house, the less it is troubled by challenging market conditions.

scholarly journals Globalization and the direction of the Canadian publishing industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey Gurfinkel
Keyword(s):  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Book Industry ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Global Market ◽  
General Distribution ◽  
Retail Market ◽  
Book Market ◽  
Market Sector ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Funding Cuts

Since the merger of Indigo and Chapters in 2001, and the bankruptcy of Stoddart Publishing and General Distribution Services in 2002, the Canadian publishing industry has faced perilous times in an already troubled market sector. In addition to the problems specific to the Canadian publishing industry- for example, federal and provincial funding cuts to the industry; the monopoly of the book retail market by the chain outlet Chapters-Indigo; the difficulty and expense of book distribution within Canada; competition from multinational publishing companies; the lack and expense of traditional marketing opportunities- the growing global market for books presents further difficulties for an industry that is struggling to retain its "Canadian" focus. This study considers the recent impact, both positive and negative, of globalization on the Canadian book industry, with a specific focus on publishers as the key figures in this industry. By surveying three publishing houses that represent specific segments of the industry- large multinational, mid-size, and small presses- I examine different approaches to surviving in the current book market and offer several conclusions about the future of Canadian publishing, most notably that the larger the publishing house, the less it is troubled by challenging market conditions.

scholarly journals Graphic Novels in the Repertoire of Modern Russian Publishers

2020 ◽  
pp. 156-172
Author(s):  
Olga Yu. Panferova ◽  
◽  
Elena L. Mzhelskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Novels ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Book Market ◽  
Contemporary Culture ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Selection Of

The article summarizes the practice of Russian publishers in the formation of the repertoire of graphic novels. In the modern world, visual perception of information is becoming an increasingly common way of obtaining and processing information. Graphic novels are forming an important part of contemporary culture in general and literature in particular, occupying a larger niche in the contemporary literary market. Publishers are trying to meet the needs of readers and include more and more series with graphic novels in their repertoire. The most successful projects in the publishing houses Bubble, Jellyfish Jam, Zodiac, 42!, Komil’fo, AST, specializing in graphic novels, are analyzed. The expansion of this book segment is continuous and quite fast. Summarizing the repertoire policy of Russian publishers, it can be asserted that graphic novels come to play an increasingly important role in modern society and in the modern book market, and they will be equal in importance to classical book editions in the future. Every year the number of graphic novels by Russian authors in the book market is growing. The repertoire of Russian publishers engaged in the production of graphic novels is quite diverse. Specialized publishers pay more attention to the projects produced, due to which there are fewer errors in the production of graphic novels in these publishers. The number of publications produced per year in specialized publishing houses is small, compared with large universal publishers. Projects of specialized publishers are more carefully selected, are often original or little-known in Russia. Each project of graphic novels by foreign authors is unique for a certain publishing house, and is not released in other publishing houses. The spread of circulations in specialized publishing houses is quite wide and often depends on the features of the project, the author’s fame, the features of the publication, as well as the niche of the publishing house. Large universal publishers mainly focus on graphic novels of widespread popularity, as a rule, within the Marvel, DC universes. All publishers considered in the study have a clear principle of development of their repertoire; in specialized publishers, the selection of projects is much more thoughtful, and each project is given more attention.

scholarly journals Mikhail Prishvin's «Diaries» as a publishing project

Bibliosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
N. Р. Dvortsova
Keyword(s):  
System Analysis ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Local History ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Editorial Work ◽  
History Of ◽  
Publishing Houses

The research centers upon the bibliographical study of the history (1991–2017) and prehistory (1957–1990) of M. M. Prishvin’s «Diaries» (1905–1954) publication recognized as the longest (18 volumes) diaries in Russian literature.  In modern science Prishvin’s «Diaries» are studied in a number of aspects: as a historical and cultural chron­icle of the country in 1905–1954; the writer’s self-consciousness and creative laboratory; a fiction text in the system of its motives, literary and philosophical contexts, as well as from the point of view of its publishing fate which is narrowly understood as a fragmentary history of its publication.  The paper novelty is due to, first, reconstruction of the history and prehistory of the «Diaries» publication, and second, the system analysis of the publication history in connection with the changing economic models of publishing business, types of publishing houses, their repertoire, strategies, and features of the editorial work during the publication of the collected works. Moreover, the author distinguishes three types of ego-texts in Prishvin’s works (sketch books, diary, and diary books) and, accordingly, different publication strategies.  The study reveals that within the prehistory of the «Diaries» publication there were two main approaches to their publishing: first, they were published in shortened versions (1986); second, in fragmentary versions based on the thematic or chronological principle, most often in a journal variant.  Prishvin’s «Diaries» are considered in the context of the writer’s whole collected works: the pre-Soviet («Znanie Publishing House», 1912–1914) and the Soviet («Gosizdat», 1927–1930, 1929–1931; «Goslitizdat», 1935–1939; «Khudozhestvennaya literature», 1982–1986) periods.  The history of Prishvin’s «Diaries» publication in the post-Soviet period is described as a collective book project carried out by the efforts of five state and non-state publishing houses: «Moskovskii Rabochii» (1991–1995), «Russkaya kniga» (1999–2004), «ROSSPEN» (2012); «Novyi Khronograf» (2013–2014); and «Rostok» (2006–2017). The author demonstrates the «Diaries» connection with the repertoire and strategies of these publishers.  After the reconstruction of the history and prehistory of Prishvin’s «Diaries» publication from the initial fragments to full print and electronic versions, the author convincingly proves that this long-term collective book project belongs to the local history of the Russian publishing industry in the XX–XXI centuries.  

scholarly journals Cultural Odyssey. Reflections on Culture in General and on the Book Industry in Particular

2014 ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
B. S. Esen’Kin
Keyword(s):  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Book Industry ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Book Trade ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Book Market ◽  
Book Publishing Industry ◽  
Science And Education

In the article there are presented the topical issues of development of book publishing industry in general and its branches - publishing companies and book trade - in the conditions of cultural and economic globalization: preservation of humanitarian environment, traditions, culture, literature, science and education; book publishing as the basis of social and economic welfare of state, cultural basis for accumulation and dissemination of knowledge; as well as there are described problems of formation of state policy in the field of culture and book industry, problems of self-regulation, ethical and legal relationships between members of book market.

PR COMMUNICATIONS OF PUBLISHING HOUSES AS A SCIENTIFIC OBJECT

2017 ◽  
pp. 35-43
Author(s):  
Tetyana Jezhyzhanska
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Current State ◽  
Modern Media ◽  
Media Space ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Book Publishers

The article studies the current state and prospects of researches of publishing house’s communications, namely PR communications of book publishers. The attention is drawn to insufficient scientific development of this problem, on t one hand, and obvious importance in the modern conditions to provide publishing house with competitiveness, on the other one. The literature and sources related to this issues are analyzed, the theoretical and practical possibilities of using PR in the activity of book publishers are determined, the history and current state of research of publishing house`s PR communications is studied. The prospects for further scientific study and practical use of PR communications in the activities of publishing houses are determined. The relevance of the research topic is that communication in the information society is a fundamentally new phenomenon that creates new values, changes the technologies and product configurations, systems of work with the clients. The companies have always tried to establish communication, that is built around and within the system of interactions, which would help managers to achieve a strategic goal. However, the modern communications are different from traditional ones. The objective of the article is to investigate formation of theoretical basis of PR-communications of publishing houses in the modern media space of Ukraine. The realization of this objective involves performing the following research tasks: to analyze the professional literature on the main issues of research; to find out the positions of foreign and domestic communications researchers in the publishing industry; to consider the theoretical studies of PR communications of publishing houses in the modern media space. To achieve this objective, we use such general scientific methods as analysis that allowed us to separate the actual tendencies of communication in publishing industry for their subject study, synthesis, by which the integral picture of theoretical basis of the research of communications of publishing industry of Ukraine is integrated into the whole. The method of generalization allowed to study, to systematize and to structure the information. Also, the descriptive method and method of comparison were used, as well as with the help of the method of scientific forecasting we were able to determine the prospects of development of PR- communications of publishing houses in the modern media space

scholarly journals A Book Industry in Transition: The Shortage of Books in Indonesia in the Late 1940s and 1950s’

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Eline Sophie Kortekaas
Keyword(s):  
Board Member ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Book Industry ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Dutch Books ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Dutch Language ◽  
Second World ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

This paper examines the book shortage crisis in Indonesia in the late 1940s and 1950s. After the Second World War, several Dutch colonial publishing houses decided to continue their businesses in Indonesia. During the second half of the 1940s there seemed to be an evergrowing demand for books in Indonesia, and by the end of 1949, several Dutch newspapers reported a so-called book crisis. A small booklet entitled De boekennood van modern Indonesië (Book Crisis of Modern Indonesia) (1949) seemed to be the herald of this alarming news. It was written by A.P. van Schieveen, who was a board member of the Vereniging van Indische Boekhandelaren, a society of Dutch book traders which had been established in 1926. In this booklet he emphasizes the importance of reading for Indonesia’s development, but also warns the Dutch publishing industry of the fact that the preferred second language seems to have become English. As a solution to support the continuing use of the Dutch language, he urged the Dutch publishing industry to distribute large quantities of Dutch books all over Indonesia. G. Ockeloen, the editor of Madjallah perdagangan buku di Indonesia/Maandblad voor de boekhandel in Indonesië (1949), responded to this matter. According to Ockeloen, Van Schieveen was stating the obvious, and he wrote that there was an even larger crisis going on, which was the shortage of books in Bahasa Indonesia.

scholarly journals Ammattitaiteilijuus ja kirjailijana olemisen ehdot muunkielisten kirjailijoiden näkökulmasta

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-25
Author(s):  
Katri Talaskivi
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Practical Reasons ◽  
Art World ◽  
Income Source ◽  
Dominant Language ◽  
Background Data ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Professional Artist

In this article I describe the results of a questionnaire survey done on non-dominant language writers in Finland, and reflect this on the criteria by which a professional artist has been traditionally defined in Finland. The background data consists of reports and studies on artists' social standing conducted by Arts Promotion Center Finland, Cupore and the Finnish Writers' Union. There were 31 responses to the study from non-dominant language residents of Finland who identify themselves as writers. Among these writers, the most often mentioned factor to define a professional writer were published works. Published works have also been central when a professional artist / writer has been defined in the Finnish art support system since its beginning in the late 1960's and early 1970's, and indirectly they are important also when professionalism is defined through memberships of trade unions, grants, main income source etc. as in all these evaluation in based on work that has been approved as part of the art world, i. e published by a publishing house.  According to this reflection, the Finnish way of defining a professional writer to a great extent excludes writers who are unable to publish their work on paper through commercial publishing houses, let alone in Finnish or Swedish. This is the case with most writers with refugee, assylum seeker or voluntary exile background, or writers who come from countries with a different publishing industry from the Finnish model, or whose audiences are spread in all parts of the globe; instead, they publish online for political, financial, or practical reasons. My article strengthens the argument that the Finnish institutionalist way of defining a professional artist needs to be modified, especially on the level of institutional practises, to meet the reality of a quickly multilingualized society.

scholarly journals Przyjemność (z) konsumowania… Książki kucharskie jako element systemów rozrywki dla dzieci (konteksty kultury konsumpcyjnej i medialnej)

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 127-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Has-Tokarz
Keyword(s):  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Marketing Tactics ◽  
Book Market ◽  
Global Brands ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
The Media ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Quantitative Changes ◽  
Culinary Culture ◽  
Media Formats

The contemporary market of books for children and teenagers, despite observable short-term periods of decline, is still one of the most stable and profitable segments of the Polish publishing and book market as publishing industry reports show. Publishing houses obtain guaranteed profits first of all from global bestsellers targeted both at the youngest readers and at teenagers. The present article discusses the phenomenon of branding, i.e. the creation of global brands in the sector of books for young readers. Branding has now become an important instrument of international book marketing, while the so-called brand policy occupies a significant position in the marketing tactics of publishers operating in the segment of books for young readers. The observation of the media in the worldwide and domestic market allows us to see a ten-dency towards the professionalisation of children’s culinary culture. A manifestation of this phenom-enon is inter alia the development of the toy industry associated with the manufacture of culinary accessories, as well as the annexation of the media space reserved for children and the young. Within it, we can notice the multiplication of culinary TV programmes, while more and more Internet culin-ary projects, little chef online games, and applications for mobile devices are becoming available. A culinary “thematic turn” is also taking place in the book market for children and young people. After 1989, impressive qualitative and quantitative changes took place in the cookbook segment for the youngest readers. This evolution covered their new thematic variants and editorial styles, as well as media formats (culinary audiobooks and e-books), which reflected the global fash-ions and ideas characteristic of consumer culture, as well as evidenced the culinary emancipation of the youngest. The report will show diverse variants of present-day cookbooks for young readers linked with children’s entertainment supersystems.

scholarly journals Methods of Graphic Design of the Collected Editions: from the Experience of Soviet Artists of the 1920s

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 645-654
Author(s):  
Dmitry V. Fomin
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Book Market ◽  
Book Design ◽  
Visual Elements ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Quantitative Indicators ◽  
First Time

For the first time, there is presented the comprehensive analysis of the works of Soviet artists of book of the second half of the 1920s, engaged in the book design of the collected works. The flood of the book market with multi-volumes of fiction can be considered a kind of revenge of “big forms”, reaction to the previous stage of book culture, where brochure played the leading role. In the second half of the 1920s, the collected works were most often published in soft-covers. Each volume could be issued as a separate book, strikingly different from the other volumes. This gave the artists a certain freedom of manoeuvre and allowed to break the ingrained stereotypes. There was widely used a spectacular technique: the cover drawing was the same for all volumes, but the colouring of each volume varied.The aim of the article is to expand the established ideas about the book design of the 1920s, to consider and introduce into scientific circulation the forgotten works of known artists. The author carried out the comparative analysis of the multi-volumes issued by the leading publishing houses of those years, using the complex of complementary methods: bibliological, art historical and general historical.Gosizdat was the undisputed leader in the quantitative indicators of publications of the collected works, but its artistic policy in that area was characterized by old-fashioned conservatism tended to minimize the visual elements. The famous publishing house “Academia” in those years published the collected works quite rarely, but enriched the art of book with graphic cycles of such outstanding masters as V.A. Favorsky and N.P. Akimov. The book designers of the publishing house “Zemlya i Fabrika” were particularly successful and consistent in updating the appearance of the collected works: their works had a broad stylistic range and tendency to experiment. Creative search of artists of the 1920s deserves the attention of book historians, designers, illustrators, publishers, because it can give them productive creative ideas.

Scientific and Informational Almanac about Libraries, Publishing Houses and Higher Educational Institutions

2010 ◽  
pp. 122-124
Author(s):  
Valerii P. Leonov ◽  
Mariya G. Bokan ◽  
Nina V. Ponomareva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
State University ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Eastern State ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Far Eastern

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