Victorian Publisher - A Study of the Bentley Papers

Klappentext This is a study of the rise and activity of the London publishing house which started in 1829 as Bentley and Colburn and was finally absorbed by Macmillan in 1898. Zusammenfassung This is a study of the rise and activity of the London publishing house which started in 1829 as Bentley and Colburn and was finally absorbed by Macmillan in 1898. Professor Gettmann has worked from the surviving papers of the firm and gives more details of the aims! methods and successes of an English publisher than can be found anywhere else. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. A brief history of the House of Bentley; 2. The march of intellect; 3. Puffing; 4. Agreements; 5. Profit and loss; 6. Work of art or article of commerce?; 7. The publisher's reader; 8. The three-decker; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Royal A. Gettmann, Royal Alfred Gettmann
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521153201
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15320-1
• Seiten: 296
• Themen: Sachbuch > Lexika, Nachschlagewerke; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Medien, Kommunikation > Journalistik; REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, Bibliographies, catalogues