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Alexis Weedon

Victorian publishing : the economics of book production for a mass market, 1836-1916 /Alexis Weedon - London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group , 2016. - xvi,212 Pages ;24 cm.

1. Archives and information sources --
2. The growth of the mass market for books --
3. Trends in book production costs --
4. Looking after the bottom line --
5. Educational publishing --
6. Publishing strategies for the mass market : a case study.

As Pierre Bourdieu points out, economic success and artistic status rarely overlap in cultural industries. This volume focuses on the period in which commercial book publishing became a mass market business that was able to appeal to a wide range of interests and incomes.

ISBN: 9781138258600

Publisher. No.: International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002 Atlantic Publishers & Distributors : 7/22 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economics

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Production--Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.

Dewey Class. No.: 338.47070 WEE