Commercialization of publishing has eroded public respect for literature

Evidence

Over the last two centuries, society has experienced the increasing professionalization of authorship through agenting, marketing, and the takeover of the publishing industry by corporations not primarily concerned with literature. Film, television, and the internet have all had roles in promoting fame and fortune—or rather, celebrity and money—as the proper goals of authorship. At the same time and at the same pace, the respect with which society regards literature has declined. — Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French, Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition, 17

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the corporatization-of-publishing theme in Carey’s The Faber Book of Reportage-influenced histories and to Communication as Culture’s take on press commercialization. — connects to: Book auctions were ridiculed as places where bibliophiles wasted their money — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 959

Related

• Book auctions were ridiculed as places where bibliophiles wasted their money (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Book auctions were ridiculed as places where bibliophiles wasted their money #exemplifies (0.45) — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 959