The paper analyses three important social and cultural trends that reinforced reading in English in non-English-speaking countries. First, English became the lingua franca of academia, and the simultaneous explosive growth of tertiary education increased the number of English speakers globally. Second, English became the language of popular culture and, as such, now dominates global bestseller production. Third, due to the growth of Amazon and other online retailers of electronic and printed books, books in English became readily available in most non-English-speaking countries. The paper will show that in Anglo–Saxon book markets, ebooks have a different cultural role than in continental Europe ...
[full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] Starting from the premise that the book ...
This present volume constitutes the third online edition of ESP Across Cultures. The decision to ch...
The MA dissertation discusses the relationship between Year 6 students' reading comprehension achiev...
This paper deals with four cultural and historical features of book industry that still determine th...
This paper reports on a study of publishers’ attitudes towards e-books in the context of the global ...
The article describes a research project conducted in Sweden and its initial base-line results ...
The number of books published in a country reflects its economic, social and cultural development. Y...
This issue of Libellarium features papers based on presentations at the Publishing trends and contex...
This two-day conference brings together scholars from the field of publishing studies to examine key...
Media consumption is commonly seen as a major way of appropriating languages and cultures. Availabil...
The creeping dominance of Anglophone-center journals as the most viable publication venues worldwide...
AbstractThis paper examines the impact that e-books and ecommerce have on the current and future evo...
This report provides an overview of internationally evolving ebook markets, with a unique set of dat...
Is reading facing a crisis nowadays and is the reader an endangered species? Does the development of...
The contemporary book business is both globalized and digitalized, whether we are talking internatio...
[full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] Starting from the premise that the book ...
This present volume constitutes the third online edition of ESP Across Cultures. The decision to ch...
The MA dissertation discusses the relationship between Year 6 students' reading comprehension achiev...
This paper deals with four cultural and historical features of book industry that still determine th...
This paper reports on a study of publishers’ attitudes towards e-books in the context of the global ...
The article describes a research project conducted in Sweden and its initial base-line results ...
The number of books published in a country reflects its economic, social and cultural development. Y...
This issue of Libellarium features papers based on presentations at the Publishing trends and contex...
This two-day conference brings together scholars from the field of publishing studies to examine key...
Media consumption is commonly seen as a major way of appropriating languages and cultures. Availabil...
The creeping dominance of Anglophone-center journals as the most viable publication venues worldwide...
AbstractThis paper examines the impact that e-books and ecommerce have on the current and future evo...
This report provides an overview of internationally evolving ebook markets, with a unique set of dat...
Is reading facing a crisis nowadays and is the reader an endangered species? Does the development of...
The contemporary book business is both globalized and digitalized, whether we are talking internatio...
[full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] Starting from the premise that the book ...
This present volume constitutes the third online edition of ESP Across Cultures. The decision to ch...
The MA dissertation discusses the relationship between Year 6 students' reading comprehension achiev...