Author Description

In eight volumes of author, title & publisher indexes, this core reference guide delivers; Entries for over 1.9 million active citations of all kinds--adult, juvenile, popular, scholarly & reprints--with more than 180,000 new titles added annually. The most complete & current bibliographic & ordering information for every title --updated by the publishers themselves--from pages, price & publisher to edition, binding & ISBN. Some one million price & entry revisions reflecting the rapid changes taking place in the publishing world today. A stand-alone Publishers Index to more than 70,000 firms, including some 5,000 new publishers. Wholesalers and distributors to more than 3,500 publishers. In the ever-changing world of book publishing, nothing you can put on your shelf keeps your reference, acquisitions & collection development activities as organized & up to date as Books in Print 2002-2003. It's the one unfailing resource you can count on to stay on top of all book changes.