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Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens – Studien

Edited by: Historische Kommission des Börsenvereins des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V.

ISSN: 2197-0351

eISSN: 2197-0408

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Das Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens veröffentlicht wissenschaftliche Beiträge und Quelleneditionen zur Buch-, Bibliotheks- und Buchhandelsgeschichte.

Das Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens enthält neben einem Aufsatzteil umfangreiche Rezensionen zu den wichtigsten buchwissenschaftlichen Veröffentlichungen. Das „Archiv“ ergänzend werden in der Reihe Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens. Studien Monographien publiziert.

Auf dem weiten Weg vom „Autor zum Leser“, wie es Herbert G. Göpfert formulierte, liegen thematische Stationen wie die des Schriftstellers in seinem sozialen Umfeld, die Buchgestaltung, Herstellungs- und Vertriebsformen, das Sammeln in Bibliotheken und Lesezirkeln. Als Teil der gesamtgesellschaftlichen Entwicklung, der politischen, intellektuellen und ökonomischen Situation, öffnet die Buchgeschichte den Blick auf die Kommunikationsgeschichte des Buches vom späten Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart. Das Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens hat in der deutschen und internationalen Buchforschung seinen festen Platz.

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Ute Schneider, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; Ursula Rautenberg, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Book 2015

Deutsche Drucker und Buchhändler in London 1680-1811

Strukturen und Bedeutung des deutschen Anteils am englischen Buchhandel

Graham Jefcoate

Volume 12 in this series

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Over the course of the 18^th century, a large number of German-speaking booksellers, printers, and publishers were active in the London book trade. This study examines the German-language book trade in the English capital and shows that it had a major impact on the London book trade and on cultural exchange between Germany and England. The work makes an important contribution to the history of the German-English book trade.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110355062
ISBN:: 9783110311204
ISBN:: 9783110355062
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Genres and Media in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Book
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Book History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Anglo-American Literature
Subject:: 18th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Das Autorenfoto in Buch und Buchwerbung

Autorinszenierung und Kanonisierung mit Bildern

Sandra Oster

Volume 11 in this series

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In the modern era, photography was discovered by writers as a medium for self-presentation - and by publishers as a vehicle for advertising. Drawing on publishing house brochures and book covers, this work systematically investigates the iconography of the author and the meaning of author photos at the intersection between efforts to communicate content and boost sales.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110346329
ISBN:: 978-3-11-034613-8
ISBN:: 978-3-11-034632-9
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

„Der ganze Verlag ist einfach eine Bonbonniere“

Ullstein in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts

David Oels, Ute Schneider

Volume 10 in this series

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Following major successes in the press business, the Ullstein Verlag strategically expanded its catalog after 1903 to encompass diverse forms of entertainment literature and popular non-fiction. This book takes an interdisciplinary and nuanced look at the diversity of the publishing house's offerings in the context of the cultural, societal, and media environment of the day.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110337211
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033708-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033721-1
ISBN:: 9783110389371
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Subject:: Media and Press
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Bücher für alle

Die UNESCO und die weltweite Förderung des Buches 1946–1982

Christina Lembrecht

Volume 9 in this series

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Books for All! Bücher für alle! Livres pour tous! ¡Libros para todos!: This was the slogan of UNESCO’s worldwide efforts to improve access to books. In the present work, the author conducts case studies of book promotion projects, and evaluates their impact. At the same time, the examination raises fundamental questions about the societal role of the book. It offers a global comparison of differently structured book markets and international book cultures. Thus, it makes a major contribution to the international history of the book trade in the 20th century and to our understanding of the role of the book in world culture. Simultaneously, the examination can be read as a case study about the working methods and functions of a large international organization.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110303391
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030311-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030339-1
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History until 1945
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literature of other Nations and Languages
Subject:: Other Nations and Languages
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: International Relations
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Print Only 2010

Verlagslizenzierungen in der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone (1945-1949)

Bettina Jütte

Volume 8 in this series

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After the end of the Second World War, the book-trade in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany was faced with major upheavals. Books were censored, and publishers needed a licence from the occupying power before they could conduct their business. The study provides a detailed, handbook-like description of the licensing procedure, presents the institutions and individuals involved in the process and explains the legal regulations and different conditions publishers were confronted with in the respective states and provinces.

ISBN:: 9783110230116
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History until 1945
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Miscellaneous
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2008

"... für unseren Betrieb lebensnotwendig ...": Georg von Holtzbrinck als Verlagsunternehmer im Dritten Reich

Thomas Garke-Rothbart, Siegfried Lokatis

Volume 7 in this series

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This study is the first academic analysis of Georg von Holtzbrinck's business activities before 1948. His companies were on the whole rather insignificant. However, the skill with which Holtzbrinck experimented in manipulating these instruments was already an early indicator of his subsequent company strategies. The study provides insights into unexplored areas of the National Socialist book and journal trade, as well as the early history of the modern book club. Thus, it represents a piece of criticial self-examination on the beginnings of today's media structures.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783598441240
ISBN:: 978-3-598-24906-8
ISBN:: 978-3-598-44124-0
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History until 1945
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Miscellaneous
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Publisher:: K. G. Saur

Book 2008

Distribution und Übersetzung englischen Schrifttums im Deutschland des 18. Jahrhunderts

Jennifer Willenberg

Volume 6 in this series

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Whether Enlightenment philosophy, Shakespeare, landscape gardening or fashionable clothing - the 18th Century is considered to be the most "English" century in German history. This study examines the material basis of this intensive cultural transfer at the point where the history of the book trade overlaps with the history of science and ideas, and German and English studies: the Distribution and Translation of English Literature in 18th Century Germany. It describes the theory and practice of translation right up to the working conditions of the often impoverished translators. Previous studies dealing with the discovery of England or an image of England in 18th Century Germany have limited themselves to the issue of the reception of individual authors and heavyweights of literary fiction. Neither the factors of distribution and translation nor academic and informative writing have been satisfactorily researched until now.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783598441066
ISBN:: 978-3-598-24905-1
ISBN:: 978-3-598-44106-6
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Early Modern History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Miscellaneous
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Publisher:: K. G. Saur

Book 2007

Der Verlag H. Goverts im Dritten Reich

Anne-M. Wallrath-Janssen

Volume 5 in this series

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Der 1934 von Eugen Claassen und Henry Goverts gegründete H. Goverts Verlag konnte, anders als andere Verlage bürgerlich-liberaler Provenienz, bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges fortbestehen und erhielt bereits im Oktober 1945 von der Britischen Militärregierung die Lizenz zur Weiterarbeit. Die Studie zeigt verlagsinterne Entscheidungsprozesse auf und stellt dar, unter welchen Bedingungen und wie weit es einem Kleinverlag möglich war, Handlungsspielräume unter der nationalsozialistischen Diktatur zu nutzen.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110976618
ISBN:: 978-3-598-24904-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-097661-8
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History until 1945
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Miscellaneous
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Publisher:: K. G. Saur

Book 2007

Ein Verleger sucht sein Publikum

Die Straßburger Offizin des Matthias Hupfuff (1497/98-1520)

Oliver Duntze

Volume 4 in this series

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Oliver Duntze's study is the first monograph to describe a new type of publisher which was becoming widespread after 1480 offering educated laymen of the region a new vernacular programme of guidebooks, light fiction and devotional literature.

This study is an important contribution to research on the history of books and the book trade, and on early printing. Historians and scholars of German literature will also find it interesting, since the detailed coverage of Hupfuff 's printing programme sheds light on the literary interests of customers and readers of the late 15th century.