Credit crunch forces rethink on new titles.

The article discusses how the credit crisis is affecting British publishing companies. It describes how the economic and financial recession is leading book publishers to revise the formats, publication dates, and titles of books in order to save capital and cut costs. Subjects under discussion incl...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Bookseller no. 5369; p. 5
Main Author: Page, Benedicte
Format: Article
Published: Bookseller Media Ltd 2/13/2009
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Summary:The article discusses how the credit crisis is affecting British publishing companies. It describes how the economic and financial recession is leading book publishers to revise the formats, publication dates, and titles of books in order to save capital and cut costs. Subjects under discussion include the relationship between writers' agents and publishers, the effect of the economic crisis on the publication of new authors, and publishers such as Simon & Schuster, CCV, and Waterstone.