Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Adult-to-Child Crossover Fiction; Chapter Two Rewriting for Another Audience; Chapter Three Child-to-Adult Crossover Fiction; Chapter Four All Ages Fantasy; Chapter Five Authors Crossing Over; Chapter Six Publishers and the Marketplace; Chapter Seven Paratexts and Packaging; Epilogue: Causes and Consequences of the Current Crossover Craze; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
In this volume, Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readerships, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices