Crisis in the domestic and world book market: causes and ways to eliminate its consequences

Based on the study of world experience in the development of book trade, the author has developed a number of anti-crisis measures to improve the situation and increase the analysis of the structure of sales, growth in prices for book products. Particular attention in the article is paid to the consideration of modern technologies, such as print on demand, self publishing, ensuring the implementation of the foundations of a lean manufacturing system, reducing costs and inventory, as well as the use of digital prints on Internet platforms as a means of effectively combating the distributors of pirated content on the network.

The Changing World of Scholarly Books

Digital scholarly book technologies, especially print-on-demand (POD), directly impacted authors, readers, libraries, and publishers. It was possible to significantly reduce traditional lithographic (often called litho, offset, or photo-offset) print runs and rely on small runs, which were more likely to be sold, and then utilize POD for additional sales. This chapter addresses the impact of technological changes on print and digital scholarly books, including patron-driven access, and the impact on academic library collection development and electronic reserves. Attention is paid to the movement for open access scholarly books, libraries publishing academic books, and the growing threats and costs of book piracy to publishers, including Sci-Hub. Scholarly book revenues are presented and discussed.