Steam-powered knowledge
Subtitle: William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860
By: Aileen Fyfe
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780226276519
Subjects: William and Robert Chambers; Economic aspects; Publishers and publishing; Railroads; George Routledge and Sons; Booksellers and bookselling; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the flood of cheap print; title: W. & R. Chambers and the market for print; title: Part I. Organizing a proper system of publishing; title: Industrial book production; title: Reaching a national market; title: Production and steam power; title: New formats for information; title: Reaching an overseas market; title: A modern printing establishment; title: Part II. Railways and competition; title: The coming of the railways; title: Centralizing business in Edinburgh; title: Routledge and the new competition; title: Railway bookstalls; title: Instruction in the railway marketplace; title: The dignitaries of the trade take on Routledge; title: Part III. Steamships and transatlantic business; title: Transatlantic opportunities; title: Getting to know the American market; title: The dissemination of cheap instruction; title: A new spirit of engagement; title: Building relationships with Boston and Philadelphia; title: Piracy and shipwreck!; title: Epilogue.