Talk:John Murray (publishing house)

message: Please add a link to <http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/>, which is editing and publishing all of the correspondence of Charles Darwin. John Murray was a significant correspondent of Darwin. Eadp 14:29, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Add external link

message: I have some concerns about today's edits. They seem to have largely copied and pasted content from here:
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Could I ask that the most blatant copyvios be removed? --Mais oui! 19:09, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed all the copyvio material added by user  but retained the references.   — Athænara </font>  ✉  20:08, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. --Mais oui! 08:01, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyvio 

message: "One must also add that John Murray was one of the first publishers of Herman Melville.After his manuscript of a book based on his adventures in the Marquesas was rejected by Harper and Brothers in New York it was accepted by John Murray in London. This "Narrative of Four Months among the Natives of Valley of the Marquesas Islands"  was later published as "Typee" by Wiley and Putman of New York."
The above was added to the John Murray archives section of the article by user .  I moved it here as references which verify it are needed.  If it is verified it should perhaps be in a different section.  — Athaenara 22:11, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Melville item 

message: Before someone reverts my edit again: I saw that the two have been mixed together here and I don't know how the best way is to fix it. The article talks about both. I've come across other articles that mentioned John Murray either as the publisher or the house and both link here. I've not touch any since this one needs to be fixed first. I don't know how many article link here so is it even possible to fix it? If so I think we should have two separate articles. One on the publisher and one on the publishing house.--Nocturnalsleeper (talk) 13:12, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure the distinction is meaningful. What was the legal status of the publishing house? If it was a corporation, then we may be able to write on it; but if it was a partnership, or the property of John Murray Sr. or Jr., what is there to say? It was, at any given time, what the living John Murray was doing, and no more. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:22, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Until its takeover, John Murray Publishers was as far as I know (speaking as a former Editor under John Murray VII) always a private family-owned firm headed by the contemporarily senior John Murray (generally with his successor-to-be in a more junior position) as a full-time occupation. Because of this, contemporary references to "John Murray" often meant the publishing house or the individual interchangeably, because the business-related activities of the two were indistinguishable. I'm not aware that any of the seven John Murrays were notable for any activities unconnected with their primary positions, so to me it makes sense to subsume the individuals within their business. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 13:48, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Murray the publisher vs. John Murray the publishing house 

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