| Description |
xxxi, 260 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Getting into print : the decision-making process in scholarly publishing / Walter W. Powell. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Organization of American Book Publishing -- Differentiation: A Highly Segmented Industry -- Expansion and Modernization -- Changes in the Labor Process -- Transformation or Transition? -- Major Sectors of the Industry -- 2. The Setting -- A Short History of the Two Firms -- Domain -- The Structure of the Two Houses -- Interdepartmental Relations and Conflicts -- Summary -- 3. The Nature of Editorial Work -- The Formal Process of Contracting for a Book -- The Process of Deciding What to Decide Upon -- The Acquisition of Manuscripts -- Analysis of Search Behavior -- Evaluating Manuscripts and the Use of Outside Reviewers -- Saying No Gracefully -- The Publishing of Journals -- Relations with Authors -- Summary -- 4. Discretionary Power and Unobtrusive Controls -- The Case for Editorial Autonomy -- Control Over Uncertain Aspects of the Work Process -- Craft and Occupational Control -- The Power of Informal Controls -- Summary -- 5. Decision-Making as a Means of Organizing Obligations -- Access and Waiting: Differential Chances of Being Published -- Other Facts in the Decision to Publish: Inventory Considerations -- The Status of Authors -- Commercial Concerns -- Summary -- 6. Implications -- The Shortcomings of Orthodoxy -- The Organization of Environments -- Access and Networks -- Appendix: Manuscript Acquisition Code -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Scholarly publishing United States Decision making, Book industries and trade United States Decision making, Editing Decision making, Authors and publishers United States, Organization |
| Analysis |
United States Books Publishing |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 233-250 |
| Subject |
Authors and publishers -- United States.
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Book industries and trade -- United States -- Decision making.
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Editing -- Decision making.
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Organization.
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Scholarly publishing -- United States -- Decision making.
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| LC no. |
84023962 |
| ISBN |
0226677044 |
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