About

The academic and scientific journal "Publishing Eco-system: International Journal of Publishing Studies" will be a space in which to discuss different and mutually integrated aspects concerning the production, distribution, and communication of books in the various spheres of the publishing supply chain, with particular attention devoted to the mechanisms that contribute to bringing the book from the publisher to the reader, models constructed by the relationships between promoters, distributors, marketing men, librarians, and booksellers, who are increasingly protagonists of rapid changes and generators of new instances.

The intention is to bring us to reflect on all this, evaluating the data not in their contingency, but in the medium/long term; to reason if and how changes have taken place; to invite the protagonists to tell how they move, choose and decide after an author's text has entered their publishing programme.

The journal is open-access and peer-reviewed by Italian and international experts. Its aim is to contribute to the international and Italian debate on the main research issues, as it aims to provide elements of analysis and reflection concerning the relationships and connections, also from a diachronic perspective, between publishing, libraries, bookshops, festivals and commercial events, reading practices, in order to foster the conditions for collaboration and integration between the different subjects operating in the sector and Italian and international experts.

The need was identified for a space that would explain and sediment over time reflections on, for example, the problem of returns, accessibility of books, the tools available to members of the supply chain, the difference in types of bookshops, the role of public and school libraries, promotion and communication, copyright and more.

E-ISSN 2974-8682