In the 20th century, cumulative millions of readers received books by mail from clubs like the Book-of-the-Month Club, the Book Society or Bertelsmann Club. This Element offers an introduction to book clubs as a distribution channel and cultural phenomenon, and shows that book clubs and book commerce are linked inextricably. It argues that a global perspective is necessary to understand the cultural and economic impact of book clubs in the 20th and into the 21st century. It also explores central reasons for book club membership, condensing them into four succinct categories: convenience, community, concession and, most importantly, curation. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

For undergraduate and graduate courses in e-Commerce Systems Development and Organizational Information Systems Development. This book focuses on those concepts that are at the core of developing effective e-Commerce systems and is a starting point for the study of how effective e-Commerce systems are developed. Readers are provided a foundation for further investigation into particular issues as well as for actually developing successful e-Commerce in the real world. It does not require any particular programming skills as a prerequisite. *Complete life-cycle approach. Provides students with an overview of all the activities necessary for developing successful e-Commerce systems. *A combination of user, business, and computing viewpoints and needs. Identifies for students the range of commerce and computing issues that need to be resolved together to ensure a successful result. *Discussion of the computing processes required for the development of e-Commerce systems. Provides computer science students with an introduction to the set of software engineering processes identified by the Organization for International Standardization. Provides business students with an introduction to

A distinctive history of the traditions of reading and life in the Renaissance library, as seen in the texts of Renaissance intellectuals