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Books for sale : the advertising and promotion of print since the fifteenth century / edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote.

Van Pelt Library Z280 .B68 2009
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Myers, Robin (Book trade historian)
Harris, Michael, 1938-
Mandelbrote, Giles
John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
Series:
Publishing pathways
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Books--Marketing--History.
Books.
Selling--Books--History.
Selling.
Booksellers and bookselling--History.
Booksellers and bookselling.
Book industries and trade--History.
Book industries and trade.
History.
Selling--Books.
Books--Marketing.
Physical Description:
xvi, 191 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; London : British Library, 2009.
Summary:
"Study of book history focused on the promotion and advertising of printed materials. Part of Publishing Pathways series. Collection of 8 essays that look at the advertising and marketing techniques of booksellers and publishers from the 15th to the 20th century in the western world"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Sale advertisements for books printed in the fifteenth century / Lotte Hellinga
Selling the Biblia Regia: the marketing and distribution methods for Christopher Plantin's polyglot Bible / Julianne Simpson
Printed advertisements: some variations in their use around 1700 / Michael Harris
Advertising books in eighteenth-century Paris: evidence from Waddesdon Manor's trade card collection / Phillippa Plock
Many good books: advertising and the book trade in early nineteenth-century Ireland / Charles Benson
From protection to promotion: the uses of the book jacket / Alan Powers
The use and effect of literary prizes in the late twentieth century / Peter Straus
Advertising books online: yesterday, today and tomorrow / Udo Göllmann.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
ISBN:
9781584562658
158456265X
9780712350853
0712350853
OCLC:
456373702

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