Wr 464 Bookselling

Comprehensive course in professional bookselling. Issues specific to the wholesale and retail sale of books in a variety of genres and markets will be covered. Changes in the industry and their impact on literary culture will be addressed. Students learn how bookstores, book wholesalers, and book distributors are organized and function in the marketplace. The nature of the book as both intellectual artifact and commodity will be discussed, with special emphasis on the impact of new delivery technologies. Also offered for graduate-level credit as Wr 564 and may be taken only once for credit.