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Great piece by @mellymeldubs introducing the "Hacking the Cultural Industries" series, a collaboration between the online magazine Public Books and the Post45 Data Collective. Melanie introduces the series and then dives into BookScan, the book-sales data collection service and its commercial and cultural significance.

#PublishingInfrastructure #HumanitiesData #Publishing

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Public BooksWhere Is All the Book Data? - Public BooksIndustry is already using data to remake culture. To reverse the tide—to make culture more equitable—we need to decode that data for ourselves.