Publishers and the public: governmental support in Europe

Smith, Kelvin (author)

The aim of this paper is to explore some of the issues around why and how governments in Europe support the book. It looks at financial support for the creators, producers, promoters, and readers of printed books, and, while it touches on actions by European institutions, the focus is on national and regional activities. The objective is to try and identify different models of support for publishing and the book, and to compare some underlying cultural attitudes and policy objectives of different schemes. Actions in several countries are used to illustrate the different types of support provided, but there is particular reference to the French and British situations, where a variety of support schemes are operated by different branches of central government and by regional authorities.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2004
• Number of pages: Str. 5-20
• Numbering: Vol. 11, no. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-74954
• UDC: 655.4/.5
• ISSN on article: 1318-3222
• COBISS.SI-ID: 23807837
• Publication date in RUL: 21.12.2015

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Javnost = The public
• Shortened title: Javnost
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis, European Institute for Communication and Culture
• ISSN: 1318-3222
• COBISS.SI-ID: 40119808

Secondary language

• Language: Unknown

Abstract

Namen članka je raziskati, na kakšne načine vlade v različnih evropskih državah podpirajo knjižno produkcijo. Članek se usmerja na oblike pomoči, kot jo ustvarjalcem, promotorjem, distributerjem in bralcem tiskanih knjig ponujajo vlade in lokalne oblasti, dotakne pa se tudi evropskih ustanov. Namen članka je raziskati in analizirati različne oblike pomoči knjigi in knjižnemu založništvu ter primerjati vrednotne sisteme in politične cilje, ki te modele naddoločajo. Članek analizira nekaj konkretnih primerov oblik pomoči, osredotoči pa se predvsem na razmere v Franciji in v Veliki Britaniji, kjer oblasti na lokalni in na državni ravni izvajajo številne programe, namenjene podpori knjigi.