Marketing Literature The Making of Contemporary Writing in Britain [Hardcover]

This is an important study of the publishing of contemporary writing in Britain. It analyzes the changing social, economic and cultural environment of the publishing industry in the 1990s-2000s, and investigates its impact on genre, authorship and reading. It includes case studies of Trainspotting and the His Dark Materials trilogy.Preface Introduction PART ONE: MARKETING LITERATURE: CONTEXTS AND THEORY Publishing Contexts and Market Conditions Literature and Marketing Genre and the Marketplace PART TWO: PUBLISHING HISTORIES Icons and Phenomenons Marketing Stories Crossovers Conclusion: Writing Beyond Marketing Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

'...accessible, yet scholarly...set to become the leading textbook for a new generation of scholars interested in the history of the book.' - Claire Chambers, THE

'Claire Squires has written a fine work on contemporary UK publishing and marketing. Her clear, superbly engaging analyses of the histories behind recent best-sellers adds immeasurably to our understanding of contemporary publishing structures and book promotion activity. It deserves to be required reading for those keen on learning how books and authors make their way through today's complex literary marketplace.' - David Finkelstein, Research Professor of Media and Print Culture, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

'A timely, thoughtful, brilliantly researched and extremely clearly written account of the importance of marketing within contemporary publishing. Utilising a breathtaking variety of oral and written sources, Squires displays invaluable knowledge of and insight into the sometimes byzantine publication strategy of the trade publishing industry. If it is true that the quality most sought after in a publisher is hindsight then this book can help provide all those connected with or interested in contemporary literary fiction with a sense of this very precious resource.' - Peter Straus, literary agent

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