Making Places While Building Networks: An exploration of the role of the urban environment in book publishing
The Amsterdam ring of canals is a much beloved location for Dutch book publishers. An exposition of the meaning of this urban environment for publishers adds to the existing knowledge on book publishers and their business locations. It also contributes to our understanding of the role of urban place in cultural production by looking at cultural production from a relatively unexplored angle – that of the cultural intermediary – and by conceptualizing place as a dynamic concept. Publishers function as cultural intermediaries by bringing together the creation of cultural value and the selling of cultural products. An exploration of the meaning of urban place for cultural intermediaries in building reputation and trust in their personal networks with authors, booksellers, colleagues and the press, shows that place is more than geographical proximity and is not a static condition for knowledge spill-overs: it is a process, one that is interdependent on social networks.
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Making Places While Building Networks: An exploration of the role of the urban environment in book publishing
The Amsterdam ring of canals is a much beloved location for Dutch book publishers. An exposition of the meaning of this urban environment for publishers adds to the existing knowledge on book publishers and their business locations. It also contributes to our understanding of the role of urban place in cultural production by looking at cultural production from a relatively unexplored angle – that of the cultural intermediary – and by conceptualizing place as a dynamic concept. Publishers function as cultural intermediaries by bringing together the creation of cultural value and the selling of cultural products. An exploration of the meaning of urban place for cultural intermediaries in building reputation and trust in their personal networks with authors, booksellers, colleagues and the press, shows that place is more than geographical proximity and is not a static condition for knowledge spill-overs: it is a process, one that is interdependent on social networks.
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Making Places While Building Networks: An exploration of the role of the urban environment in book publishing

Making Places While Building Networks: An exploration of the role of the urban environment in book publishing

by Barbara Heebels
Making Places While Building Networks: An exploration of the role of the urban environment in book publishing
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Making Places While Building Networks: An exploration of the role of the urban environment in book publishing

Making Places While Building Networks: An exploration of the role of the urban environment in book publishing

by Barbara Heebels

Overview

The Amsterdam ring of canals is a much beloved location for Dutch book publishers. An exposition of the meaning of this urban environment for publishers adds to the existing knowledge on book publishers and their business locations. It also contributes to our understanding of the role of urban place in cultural production by looking at cultural production from a relatively unexplored angle – that of the cultural intermediary – and by conceptualizing place as a dynamic concept. Publishers function as cultural intermediaries by bringing together the creation of cultural value and the selling of cultural products. An exploration of the meaning of urban place for cultural intermediaries in building reputation and trust in their personal networks with authors, booksellers, colleagues and the press, shows that place is more than geographical proximity and is not a static condition for knowledge spill-overs: it is a process, one that is interdependent on social networks.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781040794388
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/01/2025
Series: Pallas Proefschriften
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 184
File size: 6 MB

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, 2. Creative clusters in Berlin: entrepreneurship and the quality of place in Prenzlauer Berg and Kreuzberg, 3. Performing in Dutch book publishing 1880–2008: the importance of entrepreneurial experience and the Amsterdam cluster, 4. Place-making from publishing house to book fair: Dutch book publishers and the role of place in establishing trust and reputation, 5. Social networks and cultural intermediaries: the multiplexity of personal ties in publishing, 6. Conclusions, References, Nederlandse samenvatting.
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