The Academic Book of the Future

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: The Academic Book of the Future

   1. Introduction: The Academic Book of the Future

      • Rebecca E. Lyons, Samantha J. Rayner

      Pages 1-9Open Access

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3. Academics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 10-10

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   2. The Academic Book as Socially-Embedded Media Artefact

      • Tom Mole

      Pages 11-17Open Access

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   3. Wearable Books

      • Michael Pidd

      Pages 18-23Open Access

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   4. The Impossible Constellation: Practice as Research as a Viable Alternative

      • Sarah Barrow

      Pages 24-30Open Access

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4. Publishers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. The Academic Book of the Future and the Need to Break Boundaries

      • Jenny McCall, Amy Bourke-Waite

      Pages 32-38Open Access

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   3. The Academic ‘Book’ of the Future and Its Function

      • Frances Pinter

      Pages 39-45Open Access

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   4. The University Press and the Academic Book of the Future

      • Anthony Cond

      Pages 46-55Open Access

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5. Librarians

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 56-56

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   2. National Libraries and Academic Books of the Future

      • Maja Maricevic

      Pages 57-65Open Access

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   3. Strategic Engagement and Librarians

      • Neil Smyth

      Pages 66-73Open Access

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   4. Academic Libraries and Academic Books: Vessels of Cultural Continuity, Agents of Cultural Change

      • Kate Price

      Pages 74-82Open Access

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6. Booksellers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Selling Words: An Economic History of Bookselling

      • Jaki Hawker

      Pages 84-91Open Access

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   3. The Future of the Academic Book: The Role of Booksellers

      • Peter Lake

      Pages 92-97Open Access

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   4. Back to the Future: The Role of the Campus Bookshop

      • Craig Dadds

      Pages 98-103Open Access

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7. Back Matter

   Pages 104-120

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This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. Part of the AHRC/British Library Academic Book of the Future Project, this book interrogates current and emerging contexts of academic books from the perspectives of thirteen expert voices from the connected communities of publishing, academia, libraries, and bookselling.

• Open Access
• REF
• academia
• book
• bookselling
• digital
• ebook
• future
• libraries
• monograph
• publishing
• research
• textbook
• university
• Academic
• academia
• bibliography
• book
• digital
• ebook
• future
• history of books
• libraries
• monograph
• Open Access
• REF
• research
• textbook
• university

“It is clear that a great deal of energy has been put into producing this volume, and it is undoubtedly a useful and well-timed book. … serves as a strong and important reflection of the project’s aims and objectives at its current stage. … offers a tantalising promise of what the project will ultimately contribute: an informed and valuable consideration of how the academic book must develop if it is to fulfil the needs of those who engage with it.” (Leah Tether, San Francisco Review of Books, sanfranciscoreviewofbooks.com, April, 2017)

• University College London, UK

  Rebecca E. Lyons, Samantha J. Rayner

This volume is written by a cross-section of academics, publishers, booksellers and librarians who are collaborating with the AHRC/British Library Academic Book of the Future Project. It has been edited by members of the Project team (Rebecca E. Lyons and Samantha J. Rayner). Find out more about the Project and its aims here: http://academicbookfuture.org/.

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