The Edinburgh history of the book in Scotland. Volume 4, Professionalism and diversity, 1880-2000 /
In this volume a range of distinguished contributors provide an original analysis of the book in Scotland during a period that has been until now greatly under-researched and little understood. The issues covered by this volume include the professionalisation of publishing, its scale, technological...
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Edinburgh :
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2007.
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Table of Contents:
- COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; Section 1: The Publishing Infrastructure: 1880-1980; The Competitors; The Professionalism of Publishing; Library Provision in Scotland; The Business of Publishing; Selling to the World; The Development of the Bookshop; Section 2: Production, Form and Image; The Material Book; Typography; Design and Illustration; The Book and Photography; Section 3: Publishing Policies: The Literary Culture; The Changing Face of the Publishing House: 1880-1980; Literary Publishing: 1880-1914
- Literary Publishing: 1914-45Literary Publishing: 1945-2000; The Gaelic Book; Section 4: Publishing Policies: The Diversity of Print; Religious Publishing; Educational, Academic and Legal Publishing; Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishing; Reference Publishing; Children's Books; Magazines and Comics; Section 5: Authors and Readers; Authors in the Literary Marketplace; The Economics of Authorship; Readers and Reading; Section 6: The Future of the Book in Scotland; Contributors; Bibliography; Index
