<DIV><p><b> "All you need to know about the industry at a time of momentous change."<br>-Drake McFeely, chairman and president, W.W. Norton & Company </b></p><p>For nearly five centuries, the world of book publishing remained largely static. But at the dawn of the twenty-first century, the industry faces a combination of economic pressures and technological change that is forcing publishers to alter their practices and think hard about the future of the book.</p><p>John Thompson's riveting account dissects the roles of publishers, agents, and booksellers in the United States and Britain, charting their transformation since the 1960s. Offering an in-depth analysis of how the digital revolution is changing the game today, <i>Merchants of Culture</i> is the one book that anyone with a stake in the industry needs to read.</p></div>