Focusing on renowned editor Margaret K. McElderry, this article develops the idea of children's book publishing as a field dominated by strong, often subversive, matriarchal leaders who have advanced the status and enhanced the quality of juvenile literature through an intricate female kinship structure. (Author/LRW)

Presents features of an electronic library based on a model of an electronic book. Highlights include mechanisms of the publishing process; electronic libraries and document interface design; the hyper-book project, based on the book metaphor; and hyper-lib, which exploits electronic facilities to create a more powerful and reactive environment.…

A new generation of history textbooks, produced since the 1994 release of controversial national history standards, is now being reviewed by key states. These textbooks appear at a time when educational publishing is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few huge media corporations. Discusses the business of educational publishing, which is…

This section includes national association reports from the American Library Association; the Special Libraries Association; the Association of Research Libraries; the Association of American Publishers; and the American Booksellers Association. (LRW)

This section lists book trade associations in the United States and Canada, as well as international and foreign book trade associations. Addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, and some staff are included. (LRW)

Discusses the origin of the underlying theme (suggesting a schema through which to view the larger corpus of magazine scholarship as a coherent whole) of this special issue on magazine journalism and publishing. Introduces the interrelated themes addressed by the various contributors to the issue. (SR)

Discusses the legal deposit laws that have been enacted since 1950 for all materials published in Nigeria. Efforts at bibliographic control of the materials are described, the National Bibliography of Nigeria is explained, problems with noncompliance among the book industry are addressed, and suggestions for improved legal deposit collection are…

Discussion of the publishing industry and its use of information and communication technologies focuses on the way in which electronic-commerce technologies are changing and could change the publishing processes, and develops a business complementarity model of electronic publishing to maximize profitability and improve the competitive position.…

Contains reports from the American Library Association, Association of American Publishers, American Booksellers Association, Association of Research Libraries, and Council on Library and Information Resources. (PEN)

Provides descriptions of jobs related to desktop publishing. Includes information on salaries, labor market outlook, advancement opportunities, and education/training needed. (JOW)

Discusses the controversies about the copyright question by focusing on a case between France and Portugal in the 19th century. (PA)

Considers trade publishing as a career outside the academy. Notes that trade publishing involves the production and sale of the books found in general bookstores. Describes the author's personal experience exploring trade publishing. Concludes that trade publishing is an exciting arena, but recommends it only to those who love books and can afford…

The Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) and the field of philosophy of education seemed like a natural junction in this author's life. They provided a means by which he could begin to think about the relations between education and his own experiences as a student and teacher, and philosophy. Peters has been editor of…

The Google Book Search Library Project, in which millions of books from libraries will be scanned and made searchable on the Web, has led to controversy and legal action. Publishers are suing Google for copyright infringement, while Google claims their use falls under the fair use privilege of the "Copyright Act". An overview of the library…

In a previous "British Journal of Sociology of Education" article (Nixon and Wellington, 2005) we examined current trends in book publishing and how these have influenced and will influence the construction of the field of educational studies. (The latter study was a followup to an earlier study reported in Nixon [1999].) The present article…