Books in the Digital Age: The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States

The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future?

This is the first major study of the book publishing industry in Britain and the United States for more than two ...