Search for dissertations about: "trade publishing"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words trade publishing.

  2. 1. Publishing Translations : Flows, Patterns, and Power-Dynamics in the Swedish Book Market after 1970

    Author : Jana Rüegg; Ann Steiner; Andreas Hedberg; Stefan Helgesson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Translation; book market; publishing studies; book trade; sociology of literature; sociology of translation; the Nobel Prize in Literature; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : The doctoral thesis investigates the role of translations in the Swedish book market between 1970 and 2016 in two sub-studies. The sub-studies are based on statistical and bibliometric methodology via two different datasets covering print editions. READ MORE

  4. 2. Selected or Rejected? : Assessing Aspiring Writers’ Attempts to Achieve Publication

    Author : Henrik Fürst; Patrik Aspers; Elin Thunman; Giselinde Kuipers; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; acquisition of cultural goods; acquisition of manuscripts; artistic careers; artistic markets; aspiring artists; aspiring writers; creative industry; cultural industry; cultural production; fiction debut; literary careers; publishing industry; publishing market; quality uncertainty; sociology of success and failure; trade publishing; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : In many markets for cultural goods, gatekeepers select the cultural goods, relatively few cultural goods are selected, and the criteria for selection are unclear to both artists and gatekeepers. Not knowing whether cultural goods are of the 'right' quality to be selected, artists and gatekeepers become preoccupied with handling quality uncertainty. READ MORE

  5. 3. A World of Myths : World Literature and Storytelling in Canongate's Myths series

    Author : Malin Nauwerck; Johan Professor; Paula Docent; Torbjörn Forslid; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sociology of Literature; World Literature; Book History; Publishing Studies; Sociology of Translation; Marketing; Storytelling; Book Trade; Metafiction; 21st Century; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses contemporary publishing within the global, literary system through the prism of the transnational publishing project the Myths series, initiated by Scottish publishing house Canongate Books in 2005. By combining the perspectives of world literature studies and sociology of literature, I explore the conception, development and communication around the Myths series (today published in forty countries) in relation firstly to the contemporary changes in the publishing industry, situated within a more general literary debate on globalisation and cultural diversity and secondly the rise of a social order epitomised under the umbrella term “new economy”, in which the practice of strategic communication or marketing storytelling has become increasingly common. READ MORE