| Titre | Les obstacles à la recherche sur les stratégies éditoriales. | |
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| Auteur | Paul Dirkx. | |
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Revue | Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales |
| Numéro | no 126-127, mars 1999 Edition, éditeurs. | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Edition, éditeurs. |
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| Résumé anglais | The new Russian publishers Since the disappearance of the State monopoly and censorship Russian publishing has changed radically Many private publishing houses have sprung up On the hole the new Russian publishers are people with an important cultural capital which they are trying to reinvest in the chaotic social and economic configura tion characteristic of present-day Russia Book produc tion which now depends on potential sales in the very short term has been thoroughly modified both quanti tatively overall lower runs but this depends on the field and qualitatively New fields have appeared reli gious books for example or have developed consi derably popular novels) while scientific works or titles with strongly cultural value are in decline If the editorial policy of the different houses was initially deter mined by the need to build up an economic capital by any means available certain polarization can now be seen in the editorial sector which opposes at one end the so-called commercial publication best sellers to producers production at the other end The absence of any true distribution networks the impo verishment of the bulk of the population the lack of funding for public libraries combine to sap the strength of the publishing world Book production and distri bution are increasingly restricted to the two largest cities | |
| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/arss_0335-5322_1999_num_126_1_3282 |
