The most divisive issue probably was the charge of undue economic concentration Periodicals center are among the contested issues. Copyright, book distribution,ĭiscount rates, royalties and secondary rights, the rise of chain bookstores,Īmerican Book Awards (TABA), and the proposed creation of a central, national Has worsened since 1977, with clashes among authors, publishers, booksellers,Īnd librarians becoming more common each year. In the prices we charge, in the uses we make of books. So that we often offend each other in seeking our individual interests -inĬopyright, in selecting publications, in making academic appointments, in purchasing, Of society we seem to be separated by a system that puts authors and publishersĪnd booksellers and librarians and finally readers in opposition to each other, In the April 1977 issue of Scholarly Publishing that where the book community should be working together for the advancement of scholarship and for the good Herbert Bailey, director of the Princeton University Press, wrote and for improved communication within the book community - has never been Is to make the book community aware of its common interests and interdependent Hope becomes a continuing discussion about the responsibilities, perceivedĪnd real, of the various segments of the book community.īook is a natural forum for such a discussion,since one of its principal purposes Nonetheless it is an essential one, and the Center for theīook will continue to draw additional parts of the book world into what we Papers and statements in this volume demonstrate, the topic is not an easy To authors, to librarians, to each other, and of course to themselves. Sponsored two invitational seminars aimed at encouraging discussion among publishersĪnd booksellers of their "responsibilities" - to the general reading public, In April 1979 and April 1980, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress Inflation: A Dilemma for All Book Industry Participants 71 The Responsibilities of Publishers to Booksellers 66 Publishers and Booksellers: The Perennial Odd Couple 50Īmerican Publishers and Booksellers: A Personal Perspective 59 The April 25, 1980, Seminar: The Co-Responsibilities of American Doctorow, writer and vice president, American Center of PEN Lillienstein, general counsel, American BooksellersĮ. Hoffman, vice president, Doubleday and Company, andĬhairman, Association of American Publishers 30 Hoopes, president, Association of American Publishers 28Īlexander C. On Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights of the U.S. ![]() ![]() Selected statements made at the March 13,1980, hearings before the Subcommittee Of PEN International (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists)Īnd the Arthur Garfield Hayes Center for Civil Liberties of New York UniversityĬoncentration in Book Publishing and Bookselling 28 Senate Hearings: Publishers,Ī report on a January 30,1980, symposium sponsored by the American Center The January 1980 PEN Symposium and March 1980 U.S. The Private and Public Responsibilities of the American Publisher On Having Responsibilities and Being Responsible 10 The April 4-5, 1979, Seminar: Private and Public Responsibilities
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