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Making Places While Building Networks
An exploration of the role of the urban environment in book publishing
The Amsterdam ring of canals and its significance for publishers
The Amsterdam ring of canals is a much beloved location for Dutch book publishers. An exposition of the meaning of this urban environment for publishers adds to the existing knowledge on book publishers and their business locations.
The role of urban place in cultural production
It also contributes to our understanding of the role of urban place in cultural production by looking at cultural production from a relatively unexplored angle – that of the cultural intermediary – and by conceptualizing place as a dynamic concept.
Publishers as cultural intermediaries
Publishers function as cultural intermediaries by bringing together the creation of cultural value and the selling of cultural products.
The meaning of urban place for cultural intermediaries
An exploration of the meaning of urban place for cultural intermediaries in building reputation and trust in their personal networks with authors, booksellers, colleagues and the press, shows that place is more than geographical proximity and is not a static condition for knowledge spill-overs: it is a process, one that is interdependent on social networks.
