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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The Publishers' and Stationers' Weekly Trade Circular
Author: How Books Came to America
Author: John HruschkaPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027107227X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Anyone who pays attention to the popular press knows that the new media will soon make books obsolete. But predicting the imminent demise of the book is nothing new. At the beginning of the twentieth century, for example, some critics predicted that the electro-mechanical phonograph would soon make books obsolete. Still, despite the challenges of a century and a half of new media, books remain popular, with Americans purchasing more than eight million books each day. In How Books Came to America, John Hruschka traces the development of the American book trade from the moment of European contact with the Americas, through the growth of regional book trades in the early English colonial cities, to the more or less unified national book trade that emerged after the American Civil War and flourished in the twentieth century. He examines the variety of technological, historical, cultural, political, and personal forces that shaped the American book trade, paying particular attention to the contributions of the German bookseller Frederick Leypoldt and his journal, Publishers Weekly. Unlike many studies of the book business, How Books Came to America is more concerned with business than it is with books. Its focus is on how books are manufactured and sold, rather than how they are written and read. It is, nevertheless, the story of the people who created and influenced the book business in the colonies and the United States. Famous names in the American book trade—Benjamin Franklin, Robert Hoe, the Harpers, Henry Holt, and Melvil Dewey—are joined by more obscure names like Joseph Glover, Conrad Beissel, and the aforementioned Frederick Leypoldt. Together, they made the American book trade the unique commercial institution it is today.
Ridley & Co.'s Monthly Wine and Spirit Trade Circular
Author: The Publishers' and Stationers' Weekly Trade Circular
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338213294X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
Publishers' Weekly
Author: Bushnell's Des Moines Trade Circular
Author: Joseph P. BushnellPublisher:
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Category : Des Moines (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Annual American Catalogue
Author: L. PylodetCaspar's Directory of the American Book, News and Stationery Trade, Wholesale and Retail, Comprising [also The] ...
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Author: Carl Nicolaus CasparPublisher:
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Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
Book Description
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society
Author: Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Published papers whose appeal lies in their subject-matter rather than their technical statistical contents. Medical, social, educational, legal,demographic and governmental issues are of particular concern.