1st Edition

The Economics of the Publishing and Information Industries The Search for Yield in a Disintermediated World

By Albert N. Greco Copyright 2015
328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

Books, scholarly journals, business information, and professional information play a pivotal role in the political, social, economic, scientific, and intellectual life of nations. While publications abound on Wall Street and financial service companies, the relationship between Wall Street’s financial service companies and the publishing and information industries has not been explored until now.... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Legal and Economic Foundation of Intellectual Property and Copyrights

Chapter 2: Money Never Sleeps: The Search for Yield in a Disintermediated World

Chapter 3: Major Marketing and Economic Theories and Issues Impacting the Newspaper, Magazine, and Book Publishing Industries

Chapter 4: The Economics of the Newspaper Industry

Chapter 5: The Economics of the Magazine Industry

Chapter 6: The Economics of the Book Publishing Industry

Chapter 7: The Information Industries

Chapter 8: Disruption in the Book and Information Industries: the Impact of the Kirtsaeng Decision on Trade, Educational, Scholarly, and Information Industry Publishers

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Albert N. Greco is a Professor of Marketing at Fordham University. He has published a variety of books in the publishing field such as The State of Scholarly Publishing and The Book Publishing Industry. His research interests are in the book publishing industry, the scholarly journal industry, marketing and consumer behavior and market demand analysis.

As Greco (marketing, Fordham Univ.) explains in his account of his book's purpose, this is not a traditional history, economics, or mass communications book... Replete with statistical tables, extensive footnotes, and appendixes, Greco's study makes one think. The book is filled with fascinating information that makes readers aware that the publishing and information industry is exceedingly profitable.

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