TY - BOOK ID - 78494824 TI - The book world PY - 2016 SN - 9004315888 9789004315884 9789004315860 9004315861 PB - Leiden Boston DB - UniCat KW - Book industries and trade KW - English literature KW - Books KW - Books and reading KW - Subscription libraries KW - Censorship KW - Authors and publishers KW - Authors and readers KW - Library materials KW - Publications KW - Bibliography KW - Cataloging KW - International Standard Book Numbers KW - Appraisal of books KW - Choice of books KW - Evaluation of literature KW - Literature KW - Reading, Choice of KW - Reading and books KW - Reading habits KW - Reading public KW - Reading KW - Reading interests KW - Reading promotion KW - British literature KW - Inklings (Group of writers) KW - Nonsense Club (Group of writers) KW - Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) KW - Book trade KW - Cultural industries KW - Manufacturing industries KW - Readers and authors KW - Authorship KW - Author and publisher KW - Publishers and authors KW - Publishing contracts KW - Contracts KW - Book proposals KW - Copyright KW - Literary agents KW - Book censorship KW - Literature and morals KW - Anticensorship activists KW - Challenged books KW - Expurgated books KW - Intellectual freedom KW - Prohibited books KW - Libraries, Subscription KW - Membership libraries KW - Libraries KW - History KW - Publishing KW - Marketing KW - Appraisal KW - Evaluation KW - Law and legislation KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78494824 AB - British literature underwent profound changes in the period 1900-1940. What role did audiences and channels of book distribution play in this? In this wide-ranging collection, the influence of publishers, distributors, librarians and readers come to the foreground to open up new perspectives on literature and print culture. Rooted in original archival research, chapters include studies of the engagement of canonical writers and bestsellers with the literary marketplace; the influence of international and mobile audiences; publishing practices involving genre, promotion, and censorship; and the significance of spaces of reading including bookshops, circulating libraries and on-board passenger ships. Through a series of detailed case-studies that focus on under-explored aspects of distribution and readership, the contributors open up new perspectives on literature and the British book trade. ER -