Victorian publishing : the economics of book production for a mass market, 1836-1916 /

"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 18...

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Author / Creator: Weedon, Alexis.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]
Series:Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Archives and information sources
  • The growth of the mass market for books
  • Trends in book production costs
  • Looking after the bottom line
  • Educational publishing
  • Publishing strategies for the mass market: a case study
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index