Space, Place, and Bestsellers : Moving Books Paperback / softback
by Lisa (University of Tasmania) Fletcher, Elizabeth (University of Tasmania) Leane
Part of the Elements in Publishing and Book Culture series
Paperback / softback
Description
From airport bookstores to deckchairs, as audiobooks downloaded by commuters, and on Kindles and other portable devices, twenty-first century bestsellers move in old and new ways.
This Element examines the locations and mobilities of the contemporary bestseller as a multi-format commercial object.
It employs paratextual, textual, and site-based analysis of the spatiality of bestsellers and considers the centrality of geography to the commercial promise of these books.
Space, Place, and Bestsellers provides analysis of the spatial logic of bestseller lists, evidence-rich accounts of the physical and digital retail sites through which bestsellers flow, and new interpretations of how affixing the label 'bestseller' individual authors and titles generates industrial, social, and textual effects.
Through its multi-layered analysis, this Element offers a new model for studying the spatiality of popular fiction.
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Pre-Order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:31/05/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108738538
Information
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Pre-Order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:31/05/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108738538
