The Idea Logical Press: 3 books
In Cold Type
Overcoming the Book Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
During the nineteen seventies and early eighties, the trade book publishing industry faced financial and philosophical problems of a magnitude unparalleled in its existence. It appeared that without undertaking urgent and far-reaching reforms, the profits of publishing houses would decline to a level...
The Mathematics of Bookselling
A Monograph
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
The Mathematics of Bookselling is a definitive resource for book retailers looking to maximize margins and profits through the proven pricing and inventory management practices developed by Leonard Shatzkin, one of 20th century book publishing’s most innovative executives. Because bookselling involves...
The Stars Bear Witness
An organizer of Jewish resistance in Warsaw, and one of its few survivors, tells of five years of epic heroism, pursuit, and miraculous escape
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Bernard Goldstein was a prominent Polish socialist, union organizer and Bund leader in the pivotal years of 1920 and 1921. He became active as a leader of the Jewish resistance movement in German-occupied Poland, eventually playing a critical role on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. Bernard was born...