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A French academic looks at American book publishing

A French academic looks at American book publishing LOGOS A French academic looks at American book publisiiing Claire Bruyere As a French professor of American literature at Paris V I I - Denis Diderot University, Claire Bruyere has developed a special interest in American book histO' ry and book publishing. She teaches a course on contemporary American book publishing and also writes and initiates research in the field. In 1985, she pub• lished a study of the works of Sherwood Anderson. Reading, writing and publishing are social practices tooted in histoiy and local languages. No wondei then if today, in the age of global ISBN, theie ate still national diffeiences among Westein nations that share a lot economically, legally and cultutally One lealizes this when trying to explain American publishing to Fiench undeigiaduate students. The Ameiican "book chain" from authoi to leadei featuies some playeis unknown to Fiench students and sometimes indeed not familiai to Fiench piofessionals - fot example, "litetaiy agents", "packagers", "jobbers" and "chain buyers". English teims used in Fiench may not have the same meaning. "Editoi" until recently was not edi- teur, which means publishei. But Ameiican usage is confusing. How can "tiade publishing" have noth• ing to do with trade paperbacks? "Packagers" http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Logos Brill

A French academic looks at American book publishing

Logos , Volume 5 (3): 148 – Jan 1, 1994

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Brill
Copyright
© 1994 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0957-9656
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1878-4712
DOI
10.2959/logo.1994.5.3.148
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Abstract

LOGOS A French academic looks at American book publisiiing Claire Bruyere As a French professor of American literature at Paris V I I - Denis Diderot University, Claire Bruyere has developed a special interest in American book histO' ry and book publishing. She teaches a course on contemporary American book publishing and also writes and initiates research in the field. In 1985, she pub• lished a study of the works of Sherwood Anderson. Reading, writing and publishing are social practices tooted in histoiy and local languages. No wondei then if today, in the age of global ISBN, theie ate still national diffeiences among Westein nations that share a lot economically, legally and cultutally One lealizes this when trying to explain American publishing to Fiench undeigiaduate students. The Ameiican "book chain" from authoi to leadei featuies some playeis unknown to Fiench students and sometimes indeed not familiai to Fiench piofessionals - fot example, "litetaiy agents", "packagers", "jobbers" and "chain buyers". English teims used in Fiench may not have the same meaning. "Editoi" until recently was not edi- teur, which means publishei. But Ameiican usage is confusing. How can "tiade publishing" have noth• ing to do with trade paperbacks? "Packagers"

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Published: Jan 1, 1994

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