The Book in the United States Today

Contents: Prolegomenon / Richard Abel A religious country reflected in its publishing industry / Werner Mark Linz Children's books: 500 million a year. Where to go from here? / Charles E. Gates US school publishing: from Webster and McGuffey to the Internet / Cameron S. Moseley The new world of the American public library / Mary R. Somerville Independent bookselling: a frontline dispatch / William J. Kramer The rise of the book chain superstore / Stephen Horvath Wholesalers burgeon on speed and service / Steven J. Mason The internationalization of the US book trade: the world's rediscovery of America / Richard Abel The paperback conquest of America / Betty Ballantine Book clubs in America / Al Silverman Very like a whale: the world of reference publishing / Joseph J. Esposito Medical publishing in the US: a competitive industry where readers need not be buyers / Eric J. Newman Journals face the electronic future / Pieter S. H. Bolman The US college textbook: a learning tool without rival if values are maintained / Robert R. Worth The American university library: embattled by economics and technology / Hendrik Edelman The mixed blessings of society publishing / Judy C. Holoviak Between academe and the marketplace: university presses face the 21st century / Naomi B. Pascal Electronic publishing and the indispensability of publishers / Sandra M. Whisler The positive role of large corporations in US book publishing / Martin P. Levin An independent publisher speaks his mind / Donald S. Lamm Postscript / Gordon Graham