Abstract |
This essay identifies resources for the study of book history and print culture. Covering primarily English-language printed books published since 2000, it discusses notable titles in four parts. Part 1 presents key publications about the modern book publishing business; coverage includes titles about trade and scholarly book publishing as well as publishers and publishing houses. Part 2 covers book design and production, including books about typefaces, pages, bindings, and formats, as well as catalogs of beautiful books. Part 3 discusses key publications from the discipline known as the history of the book, including reference works, textbooks, and single-volume and comprehensive book histories. Part 4 includes books about the future of the book by a range of scholars, critics, book historians, and other writers. Most of the titles identify an increasingly corporate mind-set along with digital technologies as the primary agents changing book publishing and print culture now and in the future.
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Recommended Citation |
Bracken, James K. (2014). Book History and Print Culture at the Millennium. Choice 51(7) doi: 10.5860/CHOICE.51.07.1157. Retrieved from https://oaks.kent.edu/article/book-history-and-print-culture-millennium
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