UID:
almahu_9949568385302882
Format:
1 online resource (300 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783631827383
Series Statement:
Muensteraner Monographien Zur Englischen Literatur / Muenster Monographs on English Literature Series ; v.42
Note:
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.
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Gutenberg Age -- Industrial Age -- Digital Age -- Prognosis? -- List of Illustrations -- Bibliography.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Rosenberg, Simon Book Value Categories and the Acceptance of Technological Changes in English Book Production Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,c2020 ISBN 9783631804261
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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