Victorian Literary Businesses. The management and practices of the British publishing industry
Details:
- Author(s) Joseph, Marrisa
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2019
- Pages 229pp; illus
- Publisher Springer International Publishing
- Place Published Cham
Topics:
- Name Intellectual property inc patents, trade marks, designs & copyright inc management
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Scholarly work dealing with the business practices of publishing, 1843-1900, from a management perspective. Touches on role of copyright law, literary agents, professional associations, practices of leading houses, etc, in establishing these practices. Sections include: 'Institutional routines and the Victorian publishing industry'; 'Authorship - legitimation of a literary profession'; 'Literary agents - middlemen of the industry'; 'Publishing power houses'; 'The Macmillans - a leviathan house'; 'Protecting the future - literary professional associations