This book will be of interest to those in the book trade, either publishers or booksellers, and all those concerned with the future of publishing in both the U.S. and Britain. Several chapters deal specifically with "The American Scene" and with "Bookselling in the USA". Among the contributors are: Gerald Howard, formerly with New American Library and Penguin USA, and now at W.W. Norton; Tim Rix, former Chairman of Longman; Nigel Newton of Bloomsbury; Lennie Goodings from Virago; lan Chapman of Pan Macmillan; Dan Franklin of Secker & Warburg; and Tim Waterstone from the Waterstone chain.