The English Book Trade

An Economic History of the Making and Sale of Books
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-89824-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 552 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 1180 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Originally published in 1938, and as a third edition in 1974, this volume presents the results of original research into the economic aspects of the transition from the medieval manuscript to the modern printed book. It discusses the problems of supply of materials and labour created by the introduction of machinery and the growth of the literary market. The social evolution of the printing crafts is portrayed, focussing first upon the Stationers’ Company and later upon the trade union. The book traces the development of the author-printer-publisher relationship, and its bearing on the question of copyright and reviews, inter alia the organisation and price policy of bookselling from the days of legal maximum prices to the net book agreement. The 3rd edition contains sections on Public Lending Right, paperbacks, photo-copying in its relation to publishing and the rise of international publishing.

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Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Plant, Marjorie

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: The Age of Hand-Printing 1. Introduction 2. The Demand For Books 3. The Division of Labour in the Book Industry 4. The Structure of the Industry in the Period of Hand-Production 5. Copyright 6. Early Trade and Labour Organisation 7. Labour Supply and Conditions of Employment 8. Premises and Equipment 9. The Supply of Paper 10. Binding Materials 11. Financial Organisation and Terms of Publication 12. The Sale of Books Part 2: The Application of Mechanical Power 13. The Application of Mechanical Power to Printing 14. The Accessories of Modern Printing 15. Paper in the Machine Age 16. Modern Bookbinding 17. Modern Labour Conditions 18. The Rise of the Trade Unions 19. The Cost of Books in the Age of Mechanical Power 20. Copyright and Competition 21. The Volume of Production Since the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century.

Über Autor(innen)

Marjorie Plant was Deputy Librarian of the British Library of Politcal and Economic Science at the LSE from 1945 to 1968.