Was There Irrational Exuberance in the U.S. Book Publishing Industry? An Analysis of University Presses and Commercial Academic Professional Book Publishers: 1989-2000

By:
Dr. Albert Greco,
Clara Rodriguez,
Robert Wharton
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Was there a decline in new title book output of university presses between 1989-2000? Was there an increase or decrease in new book title output in certain academic fields in the humanities, the social sciences, and the math-science area between 1989-2000? Was there evidence there was "irrational exuberance" in the scholarly university press community between 1989-2000?


Keywords: University Presses, Commercial Academic Presses, New Book Title Output
Stream: Publishing
Presentation Type: 30 minute Paper Presentation in English
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Dr. Albert Greco

Professor, Graduate Svchool of Business Administration, Fordham University
New York, New York, UNITED STATES

Author of the Book Publishing Industry (Erlbaum 2005); co-author of The Culture and Commerce of Publishing in the 21st Century (Stanford University Press; 2007; in press). Author of papers on book industry in The Journal of Scholarly Publishing, the Journal of Media Economics, the Journal of Cultural Economics, Learned Publishing, etc. Presented papers on the book industry (in 2006) at the World Bank, the Library of Congress, the Academy of Marketing Science, Book Expo America, and Informs Marketing Science.

Clara Rodriguez

Professor of Sociology and Assistant Chair, Department of Sociology, Fordham University (NYC)
UNITED STATES

Robert Wharton

Professor of Management Systems and Area Chair, Department of Management Systems, Fordham University
UNITED STATES

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