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Bestsellers: Popular Fiction Since 1900

Autor Clive Bloom
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 ian 2022
This book charts the publishing industry and bestselling fiction from 1900, featuring a comprehensive list of all bestselling fiction titles in the UK. This third edition includes a new introduction which features additional information on current trends in reading including the rise of Black, Asian and LGBTQIA+ publishing; the continuing importance of certain genres and up to date trends in publishing, bookselling, library borrowing and literacy. There are sections on writing for children, on the importance of audiobooks and book clubs, self- published bestsellers as well as many new entries to the present day including bestselling authors such as David Walliams, Peter James, George R R Martin and far less well known authors whose books s sell in their thousands. This is the essential guide to best-selling books, authors, genres, publishing and bookselling since 1900, providing a unique insight into more than a century of entertainment, and opening a window into the reading habitsand social life of the British from the death of Queen Victoria to the Coronavirus Pandemic.  

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030791537
ISBN-10: 303079153X
Pagini: 427
Ilustrații: XXII, 459 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.67 kg
Ediția:3rd ed. 2021
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Origins, Problems and Philosophy of the Bestseller.- 2. How the British Read.- 3 Genre: History and Form.- 4. Literature for Children.- 5. Further Thoughts on Literature for Children.- 6. Best-selling Authors Since 1900.

Notă biografică

Clive Bloom is Emeritus Professor of English and American Studies at Middlesex University, UK and currently holds two other professorial posts. A broadcaster and a widely published writer, he is also Series Editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Crime and Gothic series.   

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This book charts the publishing industry and bestselling fiction from 1900, featuring a comprehensive list of all bestselling fiction titles in the UK. This third edition includes a new introduction which features additional information on current trends in reading including the rise of Black, Asian and LGBTQIA+ publishing; the continuing importance of certain genres and up to date trends in publishing, bookselling, library borrowing and literacy. There are sections on writing for children, on the importance of audiobooks and book clubs, self- published bestsellers as well as many new entries to the present day including bestselling authors such as David Walliams, Peter James, George R R Martin and far less well known authors whose books s sell in their thousands. This is the essential guide to best-selling books, authors, genres, publishing and bookselling since 1900, providing a unique insight into more than a century of entertainment, and opening a window into the reading habits andsocial life of the British from the death of Queen Victoria to the Coronavirus Pandemic.  

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Features a comprehensive list of all bestselling fiction titles since 1900 The only introductory text on the relationship between publishing, the reading public, bestselling genres and authors Ask questions such as what makes a bestseller, how many books does an author need to sell, what do the British read?