Conditions of Access - Licensing Book Rights in a Global Market

Using an innovative methodological approach, Conditions of Accessexamines how novels circulate globally through the trade in publishing rights, introduces a model by which to trade these rights and assess threats, and using Australia as a case study, provides a new account of how one nation's literature arrives onthe international stage.

List of contents

About the Author;Table of figures; List of tables; Glossary;
Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Australian novels, international value; 2. Background:
Competing accounts of circulation; 3. Conceptual frames: Understanding access; 4.
Describing the data: Measuring access and influence; 5. Examining international access: Four different accounts; 6. Global
systems: The importance of position; 7. National fields: The value of
consecration; 8. Local networks: The essential role of connection; 9. Conclusion:
Understanding the conditions of access; Acknowledgements; Index; Bibliography  

About the author

Airlie Lawson, PhD, is aliterary sociologist who uses innovative research methods and her extensive book industry experience to understand the material factors that shape contemporary publishing.

Product details

• Authors: Airlie Lawson, Lawson Airlie
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.12.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9781839989896
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-989-6
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Anthem Studies in Australian L; Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, Literary studies: from c 2000