Archive for November, 2008
Are books recession proof?
Friday, November 28th, 2008Suddenly books seem less recession proof than they used to be.
In reporting on the book business for more than 10 years I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been told that as relatively cheap but highly valued items, books tend to weather economic turbulence well.
That view may now have to change.
The value of scholarly books
Friday, November 21st, 2008To climb up the career ladder, academics have to publish - books and journal articles. In an article in Times Higher Education, ‘Why is a bestseller worthless?’, Caron Dann writes about the relative value of different types of books. Research monographs are of supreme importance compared to, say, textbooks or commercial titles such as Stephen [...]
