The Professions of Authorship

The Professions of Authorship PDF Author: Matthew Joseph Bruccoli
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570031441
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Book Description
A tribute to a man whose life's work has centered on the study of authorship and who is a scholar and book collector of the first magnitude, The Professions of Authorship examines the business of writing, publishing, and selling books - or what George V. Higgins describes in this volume as a "perplexing, disorganized, chameleonic enterprise". Twenty-three authors, publishing professionals, and scholars who share Matthew J. Bruccoli's love and knowledge of books offer candid observations and opinions about the past, present, and future of publishing. In doing so, they unravel many of the mysteries surrounding this tradition-bound endeavor.