Innovation in the book market and new challenges

In the context of the increasing interest within the field of book studies in the current economic, legal, organisational and technical aspects of book production and circulation, researchers are seeking closer contact to the book and publishing industry and to its organisations and companies – particularly in Munich.

The challenges facing the discipline of book studies today are reflected even more clearly in the new name, formally introduced in June 2018, Centre for Book Studies: Book Research – Publishing Economics – Digital Media: an intensive academic and practical examination of the past, present and future of the book medium (printed + digital). The Centre for Book Studies aims to represent the discipline in a manner that is international, interdisciplinary and prepared for the innovative developments in research and teaching, including a focus on strengthening the constructive and high-potential interplay between philology and the book.