Lacuna

By Deane Barker • • tags: definition •

Definition: a gap; an empty space

It’s a Latin word meaning “hole” or “pit.”

Why I Looked It Up

In Merchants of Culture, when discussing the lack of understanding of the book publishing industry:

It was party with the aim of filling this lacuna in our understanding that I set out, nearly a decade ago, to study systematically the contemporary book publishing industry.

Links from this – Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century January 17, 2025
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