[ecrea] Seeking authors for Entertainment book series

The editors of the book series Palgrave Entertainment Industries are 
seeking to commission books on a number of specific topics (specified 
below) and are calling for expressions of interest.

The Entertainment Industries are a distinct sector of the Creative 
Industries, with particular business models, relationships with 
audiences and aesthetic systems. The Palgrave Entertainment Industries 
series – edited by Professor Alan McKee (University of Technology, 
Sydney), Associate Professor Christy Collis and Dr Stephen Harrington 
(Queensland University of Technology) – examines the processes and 
products of the Entertainment Industries, the ways they are used and the 
purposes they serve.


The series editors are currently seeking to commission books in the 
following areas:


· Sports and entertainment: This book will provide an overview of the 
way in which sport works as entertainment. It could include historical, 
business or cultural perspectives. It could be organised around a 
particular case study, or draw on a series of examples.


· The history of the entertainment industries: This book will give a 
sense of how the entertainment industries emerged as a distinct cultural 
category. It could focus on a single national or cultural context, or 
could provide a comparative perspective. It could include business or 
cultural perspectives.


· Experiential entertainment: This book will examine the nature of 
‘experiential’ entertainment: a category distinct from mediated 
entertainment or live performance, which commodifies physical, or 
interactive experiences (including, but not limited to, theme parks, 
thrill rides and fairs). It will demonstrate how such products fit into 
the category of entertainment. It will explain the importance of this 
category for understandings of entertainment.


If you’re interested in writing any of these titles, please contact in 
the first instance Professor Alan McKee on (alan.mckee /at/ uts.edu.au), 
sending your CV and a single paragraph outlining your ideas for the book 
you would like to write. Please note that we are not seeking full book 
proposals at this stage.


If you would like any more information please contact Professor McKee at 
the above email address.


Please feel free to distribute this email as widely as possible through 
our own networks.


Alan, Christy and Stephen









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