The book world of sixteenth-century England was heavily focused on London. London's publishers wholly dominated the production of books, and with Oxford and Cambridge the booksellers of the capital also played the largest role in the supplying and distribution of books imported from Continental Europe. Nevertheless, by the end of the sixteenth century a considerable network of booksellers had been established in England's provincial towns. This dissertation uses scattered surviving evidence from book lists and inventories to investigate the development and character of provincial bookselling in the period between 1520 and 1640. It draws on information from most of England's larger cities, including York, Norwich and Exeter, as well as much smaller places, such as Kirkby Lonsdale and Ormskirk. It demonstrates that, despite the competition from the metropolis, local booksellers played an important role in supplying customers with a considerable range and variety of books, and that these bookshops became larger and more ambitious in their services to customers through this period. The result should be a significant contribution to understanding the book world of early modern England. The dissertation is accompanied by an appendix, listing and identifying the books documented in nine separate lists, each of which, where possible, has been matched to surviving editions.

<p>During the 17th century the production and distribution of printed works increased in Stockholm and Uppsala. However, all works that the publisher wanted to print, did not reach the reader. This thesis aimed to show when, where and how printed books and dissertations did not reach the reader. To achieve this aim, aspects of several well known models showing systems of book production and distribution were combined and adapted to suit Swedish conditions in the 17th century. This combined model focused on processes of selection and was presented and used as a theoretical approach. Processes of selection in this paper are processes in which often a conscious choice was made of which books people produced and distributed. By using literature that had already been written about the chosen subject the paper examines what this material tells us about processes of selection during the selected period. Six processes of selection have been identified and discussed, three belonging to the production of works and three belonging to the distribution of works. During the production publishers’ motives and conditions for publishing and how this affected what they chose and did not choose to publish were discussed. Publishers with economical motives might publish fewer books which contained new ideas as reprinting popular books probably resulted in a higher profit. If a publisher wanted to use the publishing of a book as a way to further his career that probably could lead to fewer books containing offensive material being published. The state of the printing material and the economy of the printer and publisher were things that could affect which books that were printed. Books that came to Stockholm and Uppsala from other countries could be lost while being transported. The increase and decrease of the book collection at the university library in Uppsala affected the reader’s range of books to choose from. This is a two years master’s thesis in library and information science.</p>

During the 17th century the production and distribution of printed works increased in Stockholm and Uppsala. However, all works that the publisher wanted to print, did not reach the reader. This thesis aimed to show when, where and how printed books and dissertations did not reach the reader. To achieve this aim, aspects of several well known models showing systems of book production and distribution were combined and adapted to suit Swedish conditions in the 17th century. This combined model focused on processes of selection and was presented and used as a theoretical approach. Processes of selection in this paper are processes in which often a conscious choice was made of which books people produced and distributed. By using literature that had already been written about the chosen subject the paper examines what this material tells us about processes of selection during the selected period. Six processes of selection have been identified and discussed, three belonging to the production of works and three belonging to the distribution of works. During the production publishers’ motives and conditions for publishing and how this affected what they chose and did not choose to publish were discussed. Publishers with economical motives might publish fewer books which contained new ideas as reprinting popular books probably resulted in a higher profit. If a publisher wanted to use the publishing of a book as a way to further his career that probably could lead to fewer books containing offensive material being published. The state of the printing material and the economy of the printer and publisher were things that could affect which books that were printed. Books that came to Stockholm and Uppsala from other countries could be lost while being transported. The increase and decrease of the book collection at the university library in Uppsala affected the reader’s range of books to choose from. This is a two years master’s thesis in library and information science.

Thesis--Nijmegen, 1983. / Dutch and French; summary in French. Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-290) and index.

While 'book hunger' in Third World societies was regarded by a 'first generation' of theorists, working in the modernization/diffusion of innovation paradigm, as a cause of underdevelopment (and thus requiring the correction of problems relating to the undersupply of books to Third World countries by means of book aid policies, transfer of expertise and technology, and development of modern (western) publishing and distribution procedures and infrastructures), a 'second generation' of theorists working in the dependency/disassociation paradigm responded by insisting that 'book hunger' was an effect of the underdevelopment of peripheral economies, and a symptom of the debilitating cultural effects of the global economic order, with its skewed international distribution of knowledge, resources and capital. In recent approaches to the topic of 'book hunger' (which are wary of the sweeping dichotomies of dependency theory), 'book hunger' serves to describe a chronic shortage of books which results from complex structural inequities and antagonisms, from the distorting effects of global rationalization, as well as from local economic arrangements and policy mechanisms which do not adequately meet the knowledge and information needs of competing local cultural formations. 'Book hunger' is seen to derive from a range of causes, and to produce a range of effects, which correspond to the varying needs, resources, and conditions operative in - and the cultural media and knowledge infrastructures available within specific societies. Obviously, 'book hunger' is rooted to a considerable degree in the specific historical configurations and socioeconomic circumstances of specific countries. An understanding of complex, globally-interlinked socio-cultural, political and economic structures and practices is thus crucial to understanding 'book hunger' in South Africa. A survey of global and local environments within which scholarly books are produced and circulated - including South African distribution systems and knowledge dissemination networks - makes it possible to sketch an approach to South Africa's own 'book hunger:' which is sensitive to the complexity and the specificity of conditions in the local booktrade, and which is able to contribute to the complex debates on local knowledge infrastructures, strategies for book development and new forms of distribution which are now beginning to take place in South Africa. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, 1994.

Este estudo investiga e analisa as publicações periódicas brasileiras criadas no século XIX e realiza um resgate histórico e panorâmico da trajetória da criação jornalística em revistas, do nascimento da imprensa no país até a virada para o século XX. Elaborado como uma grande reportagem, o trabalho acompanha o desenvolvimento histórico das revistas no século em que trilhamos os primeiros passos de vida independente e busca entender o processo de formação do público leitor e o papel que o jornalismo e em particular as revistas desempenhou na discussão dos caminhos que o país queria trilhar. Em sete capítulos, a pesquisa se detém em alguns periódicos que foram marcos no aprimoramento de redatores, impressores, caricaturistas, diagramadores. As primeiras revistas, saídas da Impressão Régia, criada em 1808; a chegada dos impressores contratados fora ou que vinham para o Brasil fazer a América; os primeiros desenhistas e ilustradores; a entrada das mulheres nas redações; a contribuição dos livreiros; o auge das semanais ilustradas no período de estabilidade do Segundo Império e a discussão e os debates promovidos por elas em torno da desgastante Guerra do Paraguai, da libertação dos escravos ou do final do Império e da implantação da República, são os conteúdos desses capítulos que contam a trajetória das revistas brasileiras no século XIX. / This study investigates and analyzes the Brazilian regular publications founded in the 19th century and recovers the historic and panoramic course of the journalistic creation in the magazines of the 19th century, from the birth of the press in the country to the turn of the 20th century. Elaborated as a great news report, this study follows the historical development of the magazines in the century in which we tracked the first steps of our independence, and tries to understand the process of making up the reading public, as well as the role that journalism especially the magazines has played in the discussion of the paths the country intended to trail. In seven chapters, the research dwells on some publications which were landmarks for the improvement of writers, pressmen, cartoonists, designers. The first magazines, published by Impressão Régia (name of the Brazilian official printing house), founded in 1808, the arrival of the pressmen hired overseas or coming to Brazil with the aim of making up America; the first draftsmen and illustrators; the admission of women in newsrooms; the contribution of booksellers; the pinnacle of the illustrated weekly magazines in the steady period of the Second Empire in Brazil in addition to the discussion and debates promoted by them on the outwearing Paraguay War, on the freedom of slaves or on the end of the Empire, as well as the implementation of the Republic, constitute the contents of the chapters giving an account of the development of Brazilian magazines in the 19th century.

Este estudo investiga e analisa as publicações periódicas brasileiras criadas no século XIX e realiza um resgate histórico e panorâmico da trajetória da criação jornalística em revistas, do nascimento da imprensa no país até a virada para o século XX. Elaborado como uma grande reportagem, o trabalho acompanha o desenvolvimento histórico das revistas no século em que trilhamos os primeiros passos de vida independente e busca entender o processo de formação do público leitor e o papel que o jornalismo e em particular as revistas desempenhou na discussão dos caminhos que o país queria trilhar. Em sete capítulos, a pesquisa se detém em alguns periódicos que foram marcos no aprimoramento de redatores, impressores, caricaturistas, diagramadores. As primeiras revistas, saídas da Impressão Régia, criada em 1808; a chegada dos impressores contratados fora ou que vinham para o Brasil fazer a América; os primeiros desenhistas e ilustradores; a entrada das mulheres nas redações; a contribuição dos livreiros; o auge das semanais ilustradas no período de estabilidade do Segundo Império e a discussão e os debates promovidos por elas em torno da desgastante Guerra do Paraguai, da libertação dos escravos ou do final do Império e da implantação da República, são os conteúdos desses capítulos que contam a trajetória das revistas brasileiras no século XIX. / This study investigates and analyzes the Brazilian regular publications founded in the 19th century and recovers the historic and panoramic course of the journalistic creation in the magazines of the 19th century, from the birth of the press in the country to the turn of the 20th century. Elaborated as a great news report, this study follows the historical development of the magazines in the century in which we tracked the first steps of our independence, and tries to understand the process of making up the reading public, as well as the role that journalism especially the magazines has played in the discussion of the paths the country intended to trail. In seven chapters, the research dwells on some publications which were landmarks for the improvement of writers, pressmen, cartoonists, designers. The first magazines, published by Impressão Régia (name of the Brazilian official printing house), founded in 1808, the arrival of the pressmen hired overseas or coming to Brazil with the aim of making up America; the first draftsmen and illustrators; the admission of women in newsrooms; the contribution of booksellers; the pinnacle of the illustrated weekly magazines in the steady period of the Second Empire in Brazil in addition to the discussion and debates promoted by them on the outwearing Paraguay War, on the freedom of slaves or on the end of the Empire, as well as the implementation of the Republic, constitute the contents of the chapters giving an account of the development of Brazilian magazines in the 19th century.

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The Master's thesis follows professional work of Jaroslav Pospisil. Briefly presented the Pospisil's family from Jan Hostivít Pospisil, who founded the family business, to Jaroslav's successor Jaroslav Pospisil junior. Considerable attention will be paid to the composition of the editorial program. It will not be missed out nor Pospíšil's social functions, eg. Association of booksellers and and publishers. Keywords: Publishing houses, book printing, bookstore, publishers and publishing, booksellers, book culture, publishers' catalogs, books, culture and society, fading

This thesis examines the relationship between booksellers, medicine for sexually transmitted diseases, and advertising in eighteenth-century London. The analysis is based on trade cards, prints and advertisement in newspapers and periodicals. The results of the thesis show that booksellers were an active part of the medical marketplace and came to influence the sale of patent medicine in both the capital and in other parts of England during the eighteenth century. The study thus shows that booksellers had a much more important role in the English medical marketplace than previous research has shown. Sex and sexually transmitted diseases regularly featured in advertisement, demonstrating that both sex and sexually transmitted diseases were part of everyday life in eighteenth century London. / I den här uppsatsen undersöks förhållandet mellan bokhandlare, medicin mot könsjukdomar och reklam i 1700-talets London. Analysen baseras på handelskort, tryck och reklam i tid- ningar och tidskrifter. Resultatet av undersökningen visar att bokhandlare var en aktiv del av den medicinska marknaden och kom att påverka försäljningen av patenterad medicine i både huvudstaden och i andra delar av England under 1700-talet. Studien visar därmed att bok- handlare hade en mycket viktigare roll i den engelska medicinska marknaden än vad tidigare forskning har visat. Sex och könssjukdomar förekom regelbundet i reklamen från London och demonstrerar att både sex och könssjukdomar var en del av vardagen i 1700-talets London.