Trade Book Publishing Firms: The Need for Demographic and Economic Datasets, and the Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions

Albert N. Greco ()
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Albert N. Greco: Fordham University

Chapter 7 in A Business History of the Trade Book Publishing Industry in the U.S, 2026, pp 213-246 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The one-time cozy and, at times, an idealized world of trade book publishing was upended by a series of seismic demographic and economic changes as well as coping with a series of important mergers and acquisitions challenges. This chapter describes the pressing need of the “Big” 5 and independent publishers of all sizes: to acquire and understand relevant demographic and economic data; and to understand the potential impact that certain mergers and acquisitions could have on their business models.

Keywords: Demographic data; Economic data; Gross Domestic Product; Consumer price indices; Per capita income; Personal income; Personal consumer expenditures; Unemployment rates; Antitrust laws; Mergers; Acquisitions; Book output; Book prices; Hardcover books; Paperback books; Sherman Antitrust Law; The Clayton Act; The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI); Department of Justice; Bookstore revenues (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-20782-1_7

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