Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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| politics | Fay Weldon | Weldon wrote a fighting speech for the awards ceremony, protesting .about publishers' treatment of authors. She claimed later to have shown it ahead of time to the organisers, but I suppose they hadn't bothered to... |
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12 March 1896: The Publishers Association was officially...
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12 March 1896
The Publishers Association
was officially founded at a constitutional meeting in Stationers' Hall, London.
Curwen, Peter. The UK Publishing Industry. Pergamon Press, 1981.
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Feltes, Norman N. Modes of Production of Victorian Novels. University of Chicago Press, 1986.
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November 1896: The Publishers Council sent a letter cautioning...
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November 1896
The Publishers Council
sent a letter cautioning the press—especially editors of literary periodicals—not to publish unauthorized quotations of excessive extracts from copyright books in articles purporting to be reviews.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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November 1896: The Publishers Council objected to series...
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November 1896
The Publishers Council
objected to series such as Popular New Novels, The Masterpiece Library, and the Review of Reviews, all of which published abridgements of popular novels and were edited by W. T. Stead
.
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November 1897: The Publishers Association's Committee on...
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November 1897
The Publishers Association
's Committee on Title-pages issued recommendations for printing—not concealing—a book's bibliographical history.
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1 January 1900: The Net Book Agreement went into effect,...
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1 January 1900
The Net Book Agreement went into effect, establishing minimum prices for the sale of books.
Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Curwen, Peter. The UK Publishing Industry. Pergamon Press, 1981.
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March 1903: The Publishers Association established an...
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March 1903
The Publishers Association
established an Educational Books Committee
to look into the implications of the 1902 Education Act on educational book-publishing.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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11 September 1905: The Times Book Club opened at 93 New Bond...
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11 September 1905
The Times Book Club
opened at 93 New Bond Street, London, and quickly ran afoul of the Net Book Agreement.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
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1908-1909: The issue of cheap 7d cloth-bound reprints...
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1908-1909
The issue of cheap 7d cloth-bound reprints of copyright works became a real threat to the profitability to author and publisher of the 6s novel.
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1951: André Deutsch, with the help of Jack Newth...
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1951
André Deutsch
, with the help of Jack Newth
(president of the Publishers Association
) and Edmond Seagrave
(editor of Bookseller), founded André Deutsch Limited
at 12 Thayer Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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