Victorian publishing : the economics of book production for a mass market, 1836-1916 / Alexis Weedon
- Bib ID:
- 3065707
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Weedon, Alexis
- Description:
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- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2003
- xvi, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0754635279
- Series:
- Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
- Summary:
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"Drawing on research into the book-production records of twelve publishers - including George Bell & Son, Richard Bentley, William Blackwood, Chatto & Windus, Oliver & Boyd, Macmillan, and the book printers William Clowes and T&A Constable - taken at ten-year intervals from 1836 to 1916, this book interprets broad trends in the growth and diversity of book publishing in Victorian Britain. Chapters explore the significance of the export trade to the colonies and the rising importance of towns outside London as centres of publishing; the influence of technological change in increasing the variety and quantity of books; and how the business practice of literary publishing developed to expand the market for British and American authors."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- The Nineteenth Century Series General Editors' Preface
- 1. Archives and Information Sources
- 2. The Growth of the Mass Market for Books
- 3. Trends in Book Production Costs
- 4. Looking after the Bottom Line
- 5. Educational Publishing
- 6. Publishing Strategies for the Mass Market: A Case Study
- App. 1. The Book Production Cost Database (BPCD)
- App. 2. Brief Sketches of the Histories of the Main BPCD Firms and their Archives
- App. 3. Import and Export of Books Manufactured in Great Britain.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-205) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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