1st Edition
British Book Trade Organisation A Report on the Work of the Joint Committee
Edited By F. D. Sanders
Copyright 1939
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1939, British Book Trade Organisation: A Report on the Work of the Joint Committee is a twelve-year study of the methods of book sales in Britain. The Joint Committee issued three reports, which were summarised here along with the Committee’s Recommendations, and an indication of the kind if action that had since resulted. A crucial factor in the push for further reforms... Read more
Introduction by Stanley Unwin. The Reports and Recommendations of the Joint Committee. Section A: Getting Orders 1. Publicity 2. Cost of Publicity 3. Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Activities Section B: Filling Orders, or Distribution 1. Channels of Distribution 2. Distribution from Producer to Retailer 3. Distribution from Retailer to Public Section C: Trade Organisation and Practices 1. The Training of Staffs by Lectures and Classes 2. Trade Tools 3. Trade Practices – Production 4. Trade Practices – Distribution 5. Colonial Editions 6. Personal Contact. Appendix. Index.
Biography
F. D. (Francis Douglas) Sanders
