Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-281) and index.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Book Trade Before Printing; The Book Revolution; Books in the Marketplace; The Foundation of an Industry; A Taste of Freedom; The Licensed Press; Response to Freedom; The Trade and the Law; The Expanding Trade; Periodicals and Part Books; Publishers and Booksellers; The Book Trade and the Industrial Revolution; The Organisation of the Trade in the Nineteenth Century; The Age of the Novel; The Diffusion of Knowledge; The Publishers and the Authors; The Customs of the Trade; Old Ways and New Directions; Allen Lane's Idea.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Covers the whole period in which books have been printed in Britain, from copying manuscripts to the Net Book Agreement.
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Title
History of British publishing.
International Standard Book Number
0415026547
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Book industries and trade-- Great Britain-- History.
Publishers and publishing-- Great Britain-- History.