Book Industry

This comprehensive history reviews the story of British publishing, from Caxton--who set up the first press in England--to the present. The author reviews the early trade in bibles, popular ballads and chapbooks, and the ever-widening range of literature bought by the expanding literate public. He a... More

This revised, restructured and thoroughly updated edition of a classic text covers six centuries of publishing in Britain, from before the invention of the printing press to the electronic era.At the beginning of the 21st century, the publishing industry is being transformed by new technologies. Ove... More

This new edition of a reference for librarians is expanded by some 1,100 entries, giving definitions of some 9,600 terms, abbreviations, and acronyms relating to libraries, books, information management, and information technology. Details given range from helpful definitions of bookbinding terms to... More

This volume completes the history of Cambridge University Press from the sixteenth century to the late twentieth. It examines the ways by which the Press launched itself as a London publisher in the 1870s, building its educational and academic lists. It also explores changes in the printing industry... More