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Big fiction : how conglomeration changed the publishing industry and American literature / Dan Sinykin. by Sinykin, Dan. Columbia University Press, 2023. Call #: 070.50973 S618b Subjects Fiction -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Fiction -- Publishing -- United States.   Publishers and publishing -- Economic aspects -- United States.   Publishers and publishing -- Mergers -- United States.   American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.   American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.   Popular literature -- History and criticism.   Authors and publishers -- United States.   Books and reading -- United States. ISBN:  9780231192941 (hc.) Alternate title:  How conglomeration changed the publishing industry and American literature Description:  xii, 313 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "In the late 1950s, Random House editor Jason Epstein would talk jazz with authors like Ralph Ellison while pouring drinks in his office. By the late 1960s, he was poring over profit-and-loss statements. What happened? Beginning in 1965 after RCA bought Random House and then with subsequent purchases of publishing companies by multinational conglomerates, the business of publishing started to change. With more of an emphasis on rationalization, many publishers began to focus on genre and brand name authors. However, amidst a changing marketplace, other publishers found new avenues and possibilities to publish literary and experimental fiction. In 'Big Fiction,' Dan Sinykin examines how changes in the publishing industry affected fiction and literary form. Beginning with RCA's purchase of Random House in 1965 to the invention of the Amazon Kindle in 2007, Sinykin reveals how power situated in multinational media conglomerates and disseminated through the book publishing industry has influenced what kind of fiction and authors get published. In considering how publishers pursued profits and prestige, Sinykin examines four different sectors of the industry: mass market books and the rise of superstar authors such as Danielle Steel; the changing focus of Random House as a trade publisher; the rise of nonprofits such as Graywolf; and the employee-owned Norton. He also considers how women and writers of color navigated shifts in the publishing industry and allegorized their experiences in their fiction."--From publisher. "'Big Fiction' is sharply written and sharply argued, part of a wave of cutting-edge works of literary history put out by Columbia University Press."--Barnes&Noble editorial review. Dan Sinykin is an assistant professor of English at Emory University with a courtesy appointment in quantitative theory and methods. He is the author of American Literature and the Long Downturn: Neoliberal Apocalypse (2020). His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, Dissent, and other publications. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 070.50973 S618b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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