The 3.2 issue of the academic journal Culture. Society. Economy. Politics discusses various facets of the evolution of the book industry. This special issue presents various contributions, focusing mainly on the book market and author-publisher relationships in Romania and the UK. Valuable proposals are also advanced for a Romanian House of Children’s Literature, as well as for Creative writing workshops as facilitators of utopian societies.
The issue is open access, available here.
Table of contents
Post-Pandemic-Era: Another Crossroad for the Book Industry? / Bogdan HRIB
Overcrowded Market or a Chance to Be Different? Micro Independent Presses in the UK / Sanda IONESCU
Turning Pages, Facing Challenges: Unveiling Business Inactivity and SMEs’ Challenges in Romania’s Book Publishing Market / Cecilia CIOCÎRLAN, Bogdan HRIB
Education and the Children’s Book Market at the Crossroads: the Foundations for Creating a Romanian House of Children’s Literature / Roxana TĂNASE-SAHANAGIU
Beyond the Manuscript: Unraveling Author-Publisher Dynamics / Ana-Maria OSADCI-BACIU, Alexandra ZBUCHEA
Write Like You’re Living in a Better World: Creative Writing as a Means for Building the Societies We Wish to See / Luke Ray Di MARCO CAMPBELL
Photojournalism. Between Industry and Culture / Iulia HRIB
