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The Book World Today: A New Survey of the Making and Distribution of Books in Britain book cover

1st Edition

The Book World Today A New Survey of the Making and Distribution of Books in Britain

Edited By John Hampden Copyright 1957
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge
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Originally published in 1957, The Book World Today was the most comprehensive survey yet attempted of the making and distribution of books in Britain at the time. All the main aspects and problems of this complicated process are expounded by men of high standing in their own fields, who wrote from expert knowledge. Anyone who earned their living from books, was likely to find here facts and... Read more

Foreword.  Introduction Sir Stanley Unwin.  1. Authorship Walter Allen  2. Author, Agent and Publisher An Author’s Agent  3. The Structure of the Book Trade F. D. Sanders  4. General Publishing W. G. Taylor  5. Educational Publishing A. W. Ready  6. Publishing for Young Readers John Bell  7. Medical, Scientific and Legal Publishing R. H. Code Holland  8. Paper-bound Books Sir Allen Lane  9. Book Production David Bland  10. Book Clubs John Baker  11. Reviewing Richard Church  12. Bookselling in London Anthony Godwin  13. Bookselling in the Provinces Alan B. Ward  14. Wholesale Bookselling Arthur Coleridge  15. Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookselling Ian R. Grant A Note on the “Book Rings” John Hampden  16. Public, National and other Libraries Lionel R. McColvin  17. Commercial Libraries Basil Donne-Smith  18. Sales Promotion Sydney T. Hyde  19. Books, Radio and Television Joseph Trenaman  20. The National Book League J. E. Morpurgo  21. British Books Overseas Sir Stanley Unwin  22. Books and the British Council John Hampden.  Appendices.  Index.

Biography

John Hampden (1898–1974)

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