57053 Book Publishing and Marketing
8cp Graduate subject – Writing – 400 level
This subject is offered to students who wish to gain an understanding of the place of marketing in the publishing industry. Among a variety of aspects of publications marketing, the subject, explores both the inherently creative links between publishing and marketing and also detailed issues such as strategic marketing campaigns, the construction and management of budgets, the evaluation of marketing strategies, and methods for analysing the retail market where specific publications are concerned. The subject shows students how to identify and understand a target audience and the most effective ways to reach it. In this subject, the focus is on the marketing of books and magazines, though many of the principles discussed could be applied to other forms of text publications.
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Spring semester, City campus
2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $832.67
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,760.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
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