{"product_id":"consuming-fictions-book-richard-todd-9780747528227","title":"Consuming Fictions","description":"There have been many significant changes over the past two decades in the consumption of serious literary fiction in Britain, readers and booktrade have responded to the development of a prize culture in which the Booker and its shortlist have caught the limelight and flourished, and other literary awards - the Whitbread, the \"Sunday Express\", The Betty Trask, the \"Irish Times\"\/Aer Lingus - have followed suit. The rise of the major book chains - Smiths, Waterstone's, Dillons, Books Etc, Blackwell's - together with trade promotions and film and television tie-ins have also played a part in the new consumption. Agents and publishers have given birth to the literary blockbuster, and a few have suffered high-cost post-natal depression. This is a study of these changes. Richard Todd explains how these prizes work, and analyzes who is reading and who is buying and how much. Drawing on the wide experiences of a range of consultants including writers, publishers, agents, booksellers, the press and media, the book puts the changes into context from every angle.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49621572976913,"sku":"GOR001478376","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0747528225.jpg?v=1751200269","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/products\/consuming-fictions-buch-richard-todd-9780747528227","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}