best sellers and the commercialization of literary production in contemporary China /
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Shuyu Kong.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Stanford, Calif. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Stanford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (x, 241 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Breaking Away: Writers as Cultural Entrepreneurs -- Publishing Houses: Creating a Best Seller Machine -- "Second Channel": Book Dealers, Agents, and Studios -- The Economics of Privacy: Publishing Women's Writing -- Translating Foreign Literature: From Elitism to Populism -- Literary Journals: Between a Rock and a Hard Place -- Conclusion: Literature in a Multimedia Millennium.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Shuyu Kong examines the changes taking place in literary writing & publishing in contemporary China under the influence of the emerging market economy. The author focuses on the revival of literary best sellers in the Chinese book market & the establishment of a best-seller production machine.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Title
Consuming literature.
International Standard Book Number
080474940X
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Best sellers and the commercialization of literary production in contemporary China