"Whether you want to find publicists, distributors, co-publishers, translation rights buyers, or regional information in (over 170) countries outside the U.S. & Canada, the handiest general directory is INTERNATIONAL LITERARY MARKET PLACE."--THE HUENEFELD REPORT. This singular contact directory to publishing worldwide covers over 170 countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Fully updated profiles cover more than 17,500 book related concerns, including over 10,000 publishers; plus book trade organizations; trade reference books & journals; literary agents; book manufacturers; book clubs; major book dealers & libraries; literary associations; suppliers; periodicals & prizes; & translation agencies. Plus, ILMP 1995 includes two indexes--Types of Publications Index & Subject Index--that offer access to publishers via some 120 headings. An International Section also provides information on copyright conventions, international organizations, & literary prizes, as well as an international bibliography, a review of the ISBN system, & a convenient book trade calendar.

Combining analysis with detailed accounts of authors' careers and the global trade in literature, this book assesses how postcolonial writers respond to their own reception and niche positioning, parading their exotic otherness to metropolitan audiences, within a global marketplace.

The business directory of American book publishing.