Summaries
British Book Market
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Prior to mass production of books the
circulation of texts was very limited.
Since books were now more easily spread, being an author was now an
established career.
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John Newberry was the first person to address
books towards children. This was to get
an early start on literacy in England.
Also, illiterate adults were able to learn to read these lower level
books.
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London had a large control of all the book trade
in England.
Industrialization of the Book
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At the end of the 1700’s Nicholas-Louis Robert developed
a machine that helped with papermaking.
Many contributions were made to his original machine and by 1807 the
machine could make more paper in a day than a person could by hand in a week.
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Stereotyping saved printers money on
mass-producing books. Instead of using
wood, which would have to be replaced after damage was done to it, they started
using metal. This meant that more copies
could be produced without having to spend money fixing the cut out.
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The production of books during the 1970’s would
be unfathomable to prior generations.
Books were now printed on machine made paper, which are folded and bound
by a machine as well. A countless number
of books could be produced today compared to the amount that used to be made.
Comment
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In “British Book Market”, I thought that it was
interesting when it said that consumers who purchased books in the 1600s
thought that once they purchased a book they then owned the right to distribute
it to others. It was not until around
1700 a copyright law was put in place that made clear that the consumer was
only purchasing a copy, not the rights.
Question
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How was lithography different from any other
means of text production before it? How did it influence later adaptations to
text production?
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