Book Distribution: The Publishing Quagmire

Abstract

Exactly eight weeks apart, two major articles appeared in Publishers Weekly which shed significant light on one of the greatest problems facing the publishing industry, that of getting its products‐books—into the hands of consumers, whether those consumers be the individual book buyer or institutions such as libraries. The first article shed its light by omission, the second by defining and pinpointing the problem, but both give valuable insight into the publishing industry's own schizophrenic attitudes toward distribution.

Citation

(1983), "Book Distribution: The Publishing Quagmire", Collection Building, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 55-57. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023113