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Book Value Categories and the Acceptance of Technological Changes in English Book Production.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosenberg, Simon.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2020.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Muensteraner Monographien Zur Englischen Literatur / Muenster Monographs on English Literature Series
Subjects:
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Copyright information
  • Acknowledgement
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Death of the Printed Book?
  • The Book as an Evolutionary Process?
  • The Book
  • Publishing
  • Structure
  • Approach of This Study
  • 1. Basic Concepts: Value and Acceptance
  • 1.1. Value
  • 1.2. Acceptance
  • 1.3. Value and the Book
  • The Value Chain of Publishing
  • 1.4. Book Value Categories
  • Economic Value
  • Content Value
  • Symbolic Value
  • Conclusion
  • 2. The Gutenberg Age
  • 2.1. Context: Introduction of the Printed Book
  • Type Material
  • Paper
  • Printing Process
  • Gutenberg's B42
  • Incunables as Transitional Books
  • 2.2. Early Printing Presses in England
  • 2.2.1. Preconditions in England
  • Readers
  • Publishing Categories
  • Patronage
  • 2.2.2. William Caxton
  • 2.2.3. Wynkyn de Worde and Richard Pynson
  • Comparing Caxton, de Worde and Pynson
  • 2.2.4. The English Provinces
  • Oxford (1478-1519)
  • Cambridge (1520-1522)
  • St Albans (1479-1486)
  • 2.3. Acceptance of the Printed Book in England
  • 2.4. The Book Value Categories Applied
  • 3. The Industrial Age
  • 3.1. Context: England During the Industrialization
  • 3.1.1. Publication
  • Authors
  • Publisher
  • 3.1.2. Manufacture
  • Printing from Plates
  • Paper
  • Sourcing of Material
  • New Printing Presses
  • 3.1.3. Reception
  • 3.1.4. Distribution
  • Railways
  • Libraries
  • Mudie's "Select Library"
  • 3.2. Acceptance of Industrialized Book Production
  • 3.3. Book Value Categories Applied
  • 4. The Digital Age
  • 4.1. Context: Introduction of the E-Book
  • 4.2. Publishing in the Digital Age
  • 4.2.1. The Early E-Book-Market
  • 4.2.2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Digital Content
  • Support of Acceptance
  • Hindrances of Acceptance
  • Piracy
  • Price Policy
  • Formats
  • Reading Devices
  • 4.3. Acceptance of the Digital Book
  • 4.4. The Book Value Categories Applied
  • Conclusion.
  • Gutenberg Age
  • Industrial Age
  • Digital Age
  • Prognosis?
  • List of Illustrations
  • Bibliography.

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