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Book SynopsisThis collection profiles understudied figures in the book and print trades of the seventeenth century. With an equal balance between women and men, it intervenes in the history of the trades, emphasising the broad range of material, cultural, and ideological work these people undertook.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction by Rachel Stenner and Kaley Kramer; 2. John Spilman: Paper-Making as Literary Print History by Georgina E. M. Wilson; 3. Richard Adams and his Network of Credit by Joe Saunders; 4. Michael Sparke and Dissent in the English Book Trade, c.1586–1653 by William Clayton; 5. Neighbourhood Networks: Mapping Thomas Cotes' London by Jennifer Young; 6. Anne Griffin: Printer and Publisher at Eliot's Court Press by Alan B. Farmer; 7. Ruth Raworth: Constructing Milton and Moseley by Benjamin Woodring; 8. York's First Female Printer: Alice Broad, 1661–1680 by Kaley Kramer; 9. John Harris: From Stage Business to Page Business by Michael Durrant; 10. Widow Dover or Mrs Darby, one of 'ye craftyest & most obstinate of yetrade' by Verônica Calsoni Lima; 11. Elinor James and Print Petitioning, c.1645–1719 by Rosalind Johnson; List of Abbreviations.

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Book Synopsis“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love and nurture it into being, and once it gains gross motor skills, it starts going exactly where we don’t want it to go: it heads right for the goddamned electrical sockets.”   With wit and irreverence, lexicographer Kory Stamper cracks open the obsessive world of dictionary writing, from the agonizing decisions about what to define and how to do it to the knotty questions of ever-changing word usage.   Filled with fun facts—for example, the first documented usage of “OMG” was in a letter to Winston Churchill—and Stamper’s own stories from the linguistic front lines (including how she became America’s foremost “irregardless” apologist, despite loathing the word), Word by Word is an endlessly entertaining look at the wonderful complexities and eccentricities of th

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Book SynopsisA wide-ranging and accessible account of the history of the book from ancient inscription to contemporary e-books, within local, national and global contexts. Includes a practical section on methods, sources and approaches, together with a chronology and a guide to further reading.Trade Review'Francis Bacon said 'some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly'. This book is firmly in the latter category. My own copy is already looking somewhat mauled and well used, with ample marginalia, highlighted lines and references, and bookmarks sticking out of key sections. I cannot think of a better way to show how highly I recommend it.' Samantha J. Rayner, English'As a whole, the collection accomplishes what it sets out to do: it is an effective introduction to the field and its issues and practices, and it points the way toward new and exciting developments.' Marta Kvande, Papers of the Fall Bibliographical Society of CanadaTable of ContentsChronology; 1. The study of book history Leslie Howsam; Part I. Book Cultures, Local, National and Global: 2. Books in the library Karen Attar; 3. Books in the nation Trish Loughran; 4. Books in global perspectives Sydney Shep; Part II. The Material Book and the Mutable Text: 5. Materials and meanings Peter Stoicheff; 6. Handwriting and the book Margaret J. M. Ezell; 7. The coming of print to Europe Adrian Johns; 8. The authority and subversiveness of print in early modern Europe Cyndia Clegg; 9. The industrial revolution of the book James Raven; 10. The book in the long twentieth century Alistair McCleery; 11. The digital book Jon Bath and Scott Schofield; Part III. Methods, Sources and Approaches to the History of the Book: 12. Book history from descriptive bibliographies Michael F. Suarez, S.J.; 13. Book history from the archival record Katherine Bode and Roger Osborne; 14. Book history in the reading experience Mary Hammond; 15. Book history in the classroom Leslie Howsam; Glossary of technical terms; Guide to further reading.

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Book SynopsisThroughout human history, the world's knowledge and fruits of the creative imagination have been produced, circulated and received through the medium of the material text. This Companion provides a wide-ranging account of the history of the book and its ways of thinking about works from ancient inscription to contemporary e-books, discussing thematic, chronological and methodological aspects of this interdisciplinary field. The first part considers book cultures from local, national and global perspectives. Part two, organized around the dynamic relationship between the material book and the mutable text, develops a loosely chronological narrative from early writing, through manuscript and early printing, to the institution of a mechanized book trade, and on to the globalization of publishing and the introduction of the electronic book. A third part takes a practical turn, discussing methods, sources and approaches: bibliographical, archival and reading experience methodologies, as welTrade Review'Francis Bacon said 'some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly'. This book is firmly in the latter category. My own copy is already looking somewhat mauled and well used, with ample marginalia, highlighted lines and references, and bookmarks sticking out of key sections. I cannot think of a better way to show how highly I recommend it.' Samantha J. Rayner, English'As a whole, the collection accomplishes what it sets out to do: it is an effective introduction to the field and its issues and practices, and it points the way toward new and exciting developments.' Marta Kvande, Papers of the Fall Bibliographical Society of CanadaTable of ContentsChronology; 1. The study of book history Leslie Howsam; Part I. Book Cultures, Local, National and Global: 2. Books in the library Karen Attar; 3. Books in the nation Trish Loughran; 4. Books in global perspectives Sydney Shep; Part II. The Material Book and the Mutable Text: 5. Materials and meanings Peter Stoicheff; 6. Handwriting and the book Margaret J. M. Ezell; 7. The coming of print to Europe Adrian Johns; 8. The authority and subversiveness of print in early modern Europe Cyndia Clegg; 9. The industrial revolution of the book James Raven; 10. The book in the long twentieth century Alistair McCleery; 11. The digital book Jon Bath and Scott Schofield; Part III. Methods, Sources and Approaches to the History of the Book: 12. Book history from descriptive bibliographies Michael F. Suarez, S.J.; 13. Book history from the archival record Katherine Bode and Roger Osborne; 14. Book history in the reading experience Mary Hammond; 15. Book history in the classroom Leslie Howsam; Glossary of technical terms; Guide to further reading.

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Book SynopsisThis volume covers the history of printing and publishing from the lapse of government licensing of printed works in 1695 to the development of publishing as a specialist commercial undertaking and the industrialization of book production around 1830. During this period, literacy rose and the world of print became an integral part of everyday life, a phenomenon that had profound effects on politics and commerce, on literature and cultural identity, on education and the dissemination of practical knowledge. Written by a distinguished international team of experts, this study examines print culture from all angles: readers and authors, publishers and booksellers; books, newspapers and periodicals; social places and networks for reading; new genres (children's books, the novel); the growth of specialist markets; and British book exports, especially to the colonies. Interdisciplinary in its perspective, this book will be an important scholarly resource for many years to come.Trade Review'This volume of The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain is an impressive and valuable achievement: it not only surveys a vast range of material, but also presents a great deal of detailed new primary research.' Rosemary Dixon, Queen Mary, University of London'This volume provides essential reading for both expert and beginning scholar … wide-ranging, scholarly and frequently fascinating examination of print products embedded in their wider contexts …' Stefanie Lethbridge, Zeitschrift für Anglistik und AmerikanistikTable of ContentsIntroduction Michael F. Suarez, S.J.; Part I. Quantity and Nature of Printed Matter: 1. Toward a bibliometric analysis of the surviving record, 1701–1800 Michael F. Suarez, S.J.; 2. Printed ephemera Michael Twyman; Part II. Economic, Legal and Cultural Context: 3. The book as a commodity James Raven; 4. Copyright, authors and censorship Mark Rose; 5. The rise of the professional author? Dustin Griffin; 6. Women and print: readers, writers, and the market Isobel Grundy; Part III. The Technologies and Aesthetics of Book Production: 7. The technologies of printing James Mosley; 8. The industrialisation of the paper trade John Bidwell; 9. A year's work in the London printing house of the Bowyers Keith Maslen; 10. Book illustration and the world of prints Tim Clayton; 11. The morphology of the page Nicolas Barker; 12. Bookbinding in the eighteenth century (1695–1830) Nicholas Pickwoad; Part IV. The Book Trade and its Markets: A. London and the 'Country': 13. London and the central sites of the English book trade 1695–1830 James Raven; 14. Personnel within the London book trades: evidence from the Stationers' Company Michael L. Turner; 15. The English provincial book trade: evidence from the British Book Trade Index Maureen Bell and John Hinks; 16. The Scottish book trade Iain Beavan and Warren McDougall; 17. Printing in Ireland Charles Benson; B. Two Case Studies: 18. The craft, the craftsman, and the crafty man: Richard Francklin (active 1718–65) James J. Caudle; 19. The Longmans Asa Briggs; C. Serial Publication and the Trade: 20. London newspapers 1695–1830 Michael Harris; 21. Newspapers and the sale of books in the provinces C. Y. Ferdinand; 22. British commercial and financial journalism before 1800 John McCusker; 23. Distribution – the case of William Tayler Michael L. Turner; 24. Periodicals and the trade 1694–1780 James Tierney; 25. Periodicals and the trade 1780–1830 Brian Maidment; D. The International Market: 26. Continental imports to Britain 1695–1740 P. G. Hoftijzer and O. S. Lankhorst; 27. The English book on the Continent Bernhard Fabian and Marie-Luis Spieckermann; 28. The British book in North America 1695–1840 James N. Green; 29. The British book in India 1695–1830 Graham Shaw; Part V. Books and their Readers: A. Religious Books: 30. Religious publishing Isabel Rivers; 31. The Bible trade B. J. McMullin; 32. The publishing and distribution of religious books by voluntary associations: from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge to the British and Foreign Bible Society Scott Mandelbrote; B. Literature and the Culture of Letters: 33. Book reviewing Antonia Forster; 34. English literature 1695–1773 Michael F. Suarez, S. J.; 35. British literature 1773–1830 Kathryn Sutherland; 36. Scholarly editing: patristics, classical literature and Shakespeare Marcus Walsh; 37. The reprint trade Tom Bonnell; C. Specialist Books and Markets: 38. Collecting and the antiquarian book trade Richard Landon; 39. The Stationers' Company and the almanack trade Robin Myers; 40. Children's books and school books Andrea Immel; 41. Music David Hunter; 42. Maps and atlases in Britain 1690–1830 Yolande Hodson; 43. Enlarging the prospects of happiness: travel reading and travel writing 1695–1830 Shef Rogers; 44. Law books Wilfrid Prest; 45. Philosophical books 1695–1830 John Vladimir Price; 46. Scientific and medical books to 1780 Alice Walters; 47. Scientific and medical books 1800–30 John Topham; 48. Radical publishing Marcus Wood; 49. Mining the archive: a guide to present and future book-historical research resources Michael F. Suarez, S.J.; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first history of the book in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the early fifteenth century. The twenty-six expert contributors to this volume discuss the manuscript book from a variety of angles: as physical object (manufacture, format, writing and decoration); its purpose and readership (books for monasteries, for the Church's liturgy, for elementary and advanced instruction, for courtly entertainment); and as the vehicle for particular types of text (history, sermons, medical treatises, law and administration, music). In all of this, the broader, changing social and cultural context is kept in mind, and so are the various connections with continental Europe. The volume includes a full bibliography and 80 black and white plates.Table of ContentsPreface; Part I. The Roles of Books: 1. Books and society Christopher de Hamel; 2. Language and literacy Rodney M. Thomson and Nigel J. Morgan; Part II. Book Production: 3. The format of books: books, booklets and rolls Pamela Robinson; 4. Layout and presentation of the text M. B. Parkes; 5. Technology of production of the manuscript book: I. Parchment and ruling Rodney M. Thomson; II. Illumination Nigel J. Morgan; III. Binding Michael Gullick and Nicholas Hadcraft; 6. Handwriting in English books c.1100–1425 M. B. Parkes; 7. Monastic and Cathedral book production Rodney M. Thomson; 8. Urban production of manuscript books and the role of the university towns M. A. Michael; Part III. Readership, Libraries, Texts and Contexts: 9. Library catalogues and indexes Richard Sharpe; 10. University and monastic texts: I. Biblical exegesis, theology,and philosophy Jeremy Catto; II. Latin poetry, satires, fables and grammar Jan Ziolkowski; III. Encyclopaedias Michael Twomey; 11. Law Nigel Ramsay; 12. Books for the liturgy and private prayer Nigel J. Morgan; 13. Compilations for preaching and Lollard literature: I. Compilations for preaching Alan Fletcher; II. Lollard literature Anne Hudson; 14. Spiritual writings and religious instruction Alexandra Barratt; 15. Vernacular literature and its readership: I. Anglo-Norman Tony Hunt; II. Middle English Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards; III. Welsh Daniel Huws; 16. History and history books Geoffrey Martin and Rodney M. Thomson; 17. Archive books Nigel Ramsay; 18. Scientific and medical writings Charles Burnett and Peter Jones; 19. Music Nicolas Bell; 20. Illustration and decoration Martin Kauffman; Bibliography; General index; Index of manuscripts; Plates.

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Book SynopsisVolume 4 of The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain covers the years between the incorporation of the Stationers' Company in 1557 and the lapsing of the Licensing Act in 1695. In a period marked by deep religious divisions, civil war and the uneasy settlement of the Restoration, printed texts - important as they were for disseminating religious and political ideas, both heterodox and state approved - interacted with oral and manuscript cultures. These years saw a growth in reading publics, from the developing mass market in almanacs, ABCs, chapbooks, ballads and news, to works of instruction and leisure. Atlases, maps and travel literature overlapped with the popular market but were also part of the project of empire. Alongside the creation of a literary canon and the establishment of literary publishing there was a tradition of dissenting publishing, while women's writing and reading became increasingly visible.Trade Review'The bibliography is extensive and detailed, and the index comprehensive and thorough. … here we have, naturally in book form, a major scholarly survey of just about every aspect of the book, commercial, physical and intellectual.' Reference Reviews'… this fourth volume of the The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain will be a constant source of information and a stimulus to further thought: like its predecessor, it is a splendid achievement.' The Times Literary Supplement'… the editors deserve congratulation for persuading so many eminent scholars to write to their strengths in such a pleasantly readable manner.' The Times Literary Supplement'… the volume's range of scholarship is impressive. A rich group of illustrations … add to the reader's understanding of the texts themselves … must immediately become required reading for any student of early modern religion … All the contributors, as well as Cambridge University Press, must be congratulated on this splendidly comprehensive volume … it is a pleasure to read as well as an invaluable reference work.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History'However, what this volume should do is encourage book historians out of their period and subject specialisms. It should also stimulate a broader acknowledgment of the importance of the book and the book trade.' Journal of the Printing Historical Society'… our … most heartfelt thanks go to Cambridge University Press for a 'Cambridge History' fully worthy of its distinguished predecessors.' The Book CollectorTable of ContentsIntroduction John Barnard; Part I. Religion and Politics: 1. Religious publishing in England 1557–1640 Patrick Collinson, Arnold Hunt and Alexandra Walsham; 2. Religious publishing in England c.1640–1695 Ian Green and Kate Peters; Part II. Oral Traditions and Scribal Culture: 3. Oral and scribal texts in early modern England Harold Love; 4. John Donne and the circulation of manuscripts Peter Beal; 5. Music books Mary Chan; Part III. Literature of the Learned: 6. The Latin trade Julian Roberts; 7. Patronage and the printing of learned works for the author Graham Parry; 8. University printing at Oxford and Cambridge David McKitterick; 9. Editing the past: classical and historical scholarship Nicolas Barker; 10. Maps and atlases Laurence Worms; 11. The literature of travel Michael Brennan; 12. Science and the book Adrian Johns; 13. Samuel Hartlib and the commonwealth of learning Mark Greengrass; 14. Ownership, private and public libraries Elisabeth Leedham-Green and David McKitterick; 15. Monastic collections and their disposal James P. Carley; Part IV. Literary Canons: 16. Literature, the playhouse and the public John Pitcher; 17. Milton Joad Raymond; 18. The Restoration poetic and dramatic canon Paul Hammond; 19. Non-conformist voices Nigel Smith; 20. Women writing and women written Maureen Bell; Part V. Vernacular Traditions: 21. The Bible trade B. J. McMullin; 22. English law books and legal publishing J. H. Baker; 23. ABCs, almanacs, ballads, chapbooks, popular piety and textbooks R. C. Simmons; 24. Books for daily life: household, husbandry, behaviour Lynette Hunter; 25. The creation of the periodical press 1620–1695 Carolyn Nelson and Matthew Seccombe; Part VI. The Business of Print: 26. Printing and publishing 1557–1700: constraints on the London book trades D. F. McKenzie; 27. The economic context 1557–1695 James Raven; 28. French paper in English books John Bidwell; 29. The old English letter foundries Nicolas Barker; 30. Bookbinding Mirjam M. Foot; 31. Mise-en-page, illustration, expressive form: introduction Maureen Bell; Paratextual features of printed books Randall Anderson; The typography of Hobbes's Leviathan Peter Campbell; The Polyglot Bible Nicolas Barker; The look of news: Popish Plot narratives 1678–1680 Harold Love; Sir Roger L'Estrange: the journalism of orality T. A. Birrell; Part VII. Beyond London: Production, Distribution, Reception: 32. The English provinces John Barnard and Maureen Bell; 33. Scotland Jonquil Bevan; 34. The book in Ireland from the Tudor re-conquest to the Battle of the Boyne Robert Welch; 35. Wales Philip Henry Jones; 36. British books abroad: the Continent Paul Hoftijzer; 37. British books abroad: the American colonies Hugh Amory; Part VIII. Disruption and Restructuring: The Late Seventeenth-Century Book Trade: 38. The stationers and the printing acts at the end of the seventeenth century Michael Treadwell; Statistical appendices: 1. Statistical tables; 2. Stationers' company apprentices C. Y. Ferdinand.

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Book SynopsisBetween roughly 1350 and 1500, the English vernacular became established as a language of literary, bureaucratic, devotional and controversial writing; metropolitan artisans formed guilds for the production and sale of books for the first time; and Gutenberg's and eventually Caxton's printed books reached their first English consumers. This book gathers the best work on manuscript books in England made during this crucial but neglected period. Its authors survey existing research, gather intensive new evidence and develop new approaches to key topics. The chapters cover the material conditions and economy of the book trade; amateur production both lay and religious; the effects of censorship; and the impact on English book production of manuscripts and artisans from elsewhere in the British Isles and Europe. A wide-ranging and innovative series of essays, this volume is a major contribution to the history of the book in medieval England.Trade Review'The chapters that form The Production of Books in England, 1350–1500 are consistently high quality essays that create a well-integrated unit. Gillespie and Wakelin have taken care to envision the overarching purpose of the text and to solicit chapters that further the purpose - historicizing the creation of manuscript texts at the beginning of the print revolution. If their challenges are accepted, we can look forward to more varied and vital productions in history of the book.' Linda Englade, Rare Books Newsletter'This volume will have a wide audience, since all the essays make an important contribution to the field of late medieval manuscript studies...an excellent and well-produced book that should quickly become the standard work for later medieval book history.' Elaine Treharne, The Review of English StudiesTable of ContentsForeword Derek Pearsall; Introduction Alexandra Gillespie and Daniel Wakelin; 1. Materials Orietta Da Rold; 2. Writing the words Daniel Wakelin; 3. Mapping the words Simon Horobin; 4. Designing the page Stephen Partridge; 5. Decorating and illustrating the page Martha Driver and Michael Orr; 6. Compiling the book Margaret Connolly; 7. Bookbinding Alexandra Gillespie; 8. Commercial organization and innovation Erik Kwakkel; 9. Vernacular literary manuscripts and their scribes Linne R. Mooney; 10. Book production outside commercial contexts Jean-Pascal Pouzet; 11. Censorship Fiona Somerset; 12. Books beyond England John Thompson; 13. English books and the Continent David Rundle; Afterword: the book in culture Wendy Scase; Bibliography; Manuscript index; Index.

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Book SynopsisProject Gutenberg is lauded as one of the earliest digitisation initiatives, a mythology that Michael Hart, its founder perpetuated through to his death in 2011. In this Element, the author re-examines the extant historical evidence to challenge some of Hart's bolder claims.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Mythological Origins; 3. Ideology; 4. Technological Platforms; 5. Platform Governance; 6. Digital Publishing Collective; 7. Anti-Platform: Project Gutenberg's Lasting Influence; Cast of Characters; Timeline.

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Book SynopsisTheoretically grounded and using quantitative data spanning more than 50 years together with qualitative research, this book examines investigative journalismâs role in liberal democracies in the past and in the digital age. In its ideal form, investigative reporting provides a check on power in society and therefore can strengthen democratic accountability. The capacity is important to address now because the political and economic environment for journalism has changed substantially in recent decades. In particular, the commercialization of the Internet has disrupted the business model of traditional media outlets and the ways news content is gathered and disseminated. Despite these disruptions, this bookâs central aim is to demonstrate using empirical research that investigative journalism is not in fact in decline in developed economies, as is often feared. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Studying Investigative Journalism 1 From 'Rivers of Gold' to the Digital Economy 2 What is Investigative Journalism? 3 Why Watchdog Reporting Endures: Theories about the Public Sphere, Media Power and Democracy 4 Six Decades of Investigative Journalism: The 1950s to the 2000s 5 The Rise of Collaborative Investigative Journalism 6 New Frontiers: Big Data, Leaks and Large-Scale Investigative Journalism 7 Bankrolling Journalism to Support Investigative Reporting Conclusion: The Future of Investigative Journalism, Reasons for Optimism

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Book SynopsisPublishing Law is an authoritative and engaging guide to a wide range of legal issues affecting publishing today. Hugh Jones and Christopher Benson present readers with clear and accessible guidance to the complex legal areas specific to the ever evolving world of contemporary publishing, including copyright, moral rights, contracts and licensing, privacy, confidentiality, defamation, infringement and trademarks, with analysis of legal issues relating to sales, advertising, marketing, distribution and competition.This new fifth edition presents updated coverage of the key principles of copyright , as well as new copyright exceptions, licensing and open access. There is also further in-depth coverage of the legal issues around the sale of digital content. Key features of the fifth edition include: updated coverage of EU and UK copyright, including a new chapter on copyright exceptions following the significant changes iTrade ReviewAdrienne Muir, Loughborough University: It is recommended as a core text to buy… Overall, I think the book would be even more useful if it reflected changes in the publishing world… This is currently my favoured book. Other recommendations tend to be on specific topics. The students appreciate having one accessible overview of the issues… I am not aware of a UK focused title that meets the needs outlined. Anna Faherty, Kingston University: I think Publishing Law is an accessible, real-world guide to the key legal issues in publishing. I owned a copy when I was a commissioning editor and now encourage all our students to invest in a copy (not just for the course, but also as a handy reference when then are working in the industry). I’m not aware of another title that has the concise and accessible (yet authoritative) appeal of this book. Beverley Tarquini, Oxford Brookes University: Digital rights – more examples and case studies – in fact a whole new chapter would be good....I am unaware of any direct competition as this book is specifically geared to publishing. Table of ContentsPart I: The law, and original works; 1. Publishing and the law; 2. Copyright I – Key Principles; 3. Copyright II – Copyright Exceptions, Licensing and Open Access; 4. Other rights of authors and publishers; Part II: Commissioning: publishing contracts; 5. Author contracts; 6. Other contracts; Part III: Delivery, editing and obligations on publication; 7. Delivery, editing and obligations on publication; Part IV: Publish and be damned; 8. Defamation and other risks; 9. Confidentiality and privacy; 10. Copyright infringement; 11. Trade marks and passing off; Part V: Sales and supply; 12. Sale of goods, digital content and consumer protection; 13. Advertising and marketing; 14. Distribution and export

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Book SynopsisThe author and her husband had always dreamed of owning a bookstore, so when they left high-octane jobs for a simpler life in an Appalachian coal town, they seized an unexpected opportunity to pursue their dream. They succeeded in establishing more than a thriving business - they built a community. This book tells their story.

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores problems concerning the series, national development and the national canon in a range of countries and their international book-trade relationships. Studies focus on issues such as the fabrication of a national canon, and on the book in war-time, the evolution of Catholic literature, imperial traditions and colonial libraries.Trade Review'An invaluable and engrossing re-evaluation of the Publishers Series, providing stimulating international comparisons and a lasting and important contribution to modern social and cultural history' - James Raven, Professor in Modern History, University of Essex, UK 'The phenomenon of the publisher's series - so central to 18th and 19th-century publishing and reading practices - has never before been considered so fully. In the sheer breadth of the new material they encompass, enabling comparisons across time and space, these volumes will prove invaluable to students and scholars alike.' - Mary Hammond, Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Southampton, UKTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction. Wondering about 'the Causes of Causes'. The Publisher's Series, its Cultural Work and Meanings PART II: The Series, the Academy, and the World; J.Spiers The American Publisher's Series Goes to War, 1942-1946, J.B.Hench The Spanish Collections of Herder Verlag: International Catholic Literature; A.C.Viro Adamantios Korais' The Greek Library (1805-1827): An Ingenious Publisher and The Making of a Nation; N.Yakovaki Fabricating a National Canon: The Role of Richard Bentley and George Robertson in Developing and Marketing the Australian Library; A.Rukavina Series for Women in 19th Century Netherlandsl; L.Kuitert Leonard Bast's Library: Aspiration, Emulation and the Imperial National Tradition; R.Fraser Negotiating the List: Launching Macmillan's Colonial Library and Author Contracts; S.Towheed Household Words: An Account of the 'Bengal Family Library'; A.Gupta Great Books by the Millions: J. M. Dent's 'Everyman Library'; T.I.Seymour 'The Green and the Gold': Publisher's Series in 19th-century Ireland; E.Tilley One Series After Another: The Macmillan Company of Canada; R.Panofsky Index

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Book SynopsisA field guide to the trade and art of editing, this book pulls back the curtain on the day-to-day responsibilities of a literary magazine editor in their role, and to the specific skills necessary to read, mark-up and transform a piece of writing. Combining a break-down of an editor's tasks including creating a vision, acquisitions, responding to submissions and corresponding with authors with a behind-the-scenes look at manuscripts in progress, the book rounds up with a test editing section that teaches, by way of engaging exercises, the nitty-gritty strategies and techniques for working on all kinds of texts. Generous in its insight and access to practicing editors' annotations and thought processes, The Invisible Art of Literary Editing offers an exclusive look at nonfiction, fiction and poetry manuscripts as they were first submitted, as they were marked up by an editor and how the final piece was presented before featuring an interview with the editor on theTable of ContentsBios Acknowledgments Introduction How this Book is Organized The Focus of this Book 1) Aesthetic: You know it when you see it A Few Words About Mission Exercise: Mission and Aesthetic Vision Exercise: Build a Prototype Journal 2) Acquisition Solicited Subs Unsolicited Work Submission Guidelines Call for Submissions Strategies for Dealing with Submissions Case Study: descant literary magazine Case Study: Rose Metal Press 3) Responding to Submissions Unconditional Acceptance Conditional Acceptance Specific Conditional Acceptance Invitation to Revise and Resubmit Personalized Rejection Warm Form Rejection Form Rejection Best Practices in Rejection Dealing with Blowback 4) Correspondence Initial Contact Sending Edits Confirmation 5) Case Studies Julie Riddle Creative Nonfiction/Personal Essay Valerie Vogrin Creative Nonfiction/Personal Essay Maggie Smith Poetry Mark Doten Fiction Student Example: Grace Dillow Fiction 6) Test Editing Global Editing Editing with a Heavy Hand Editing with the Body Selection and Sequencing Editing with Lenses Scalpel Edit Crafting an Editing Philosophy: A Capstone Assignment Appendix CPR Dummy Stories Dispatch from the Bunker We All Just Pretended To Like it So You Wouldn't Flunk Us Evolution Editing Philosophy Statements: Student Examples Chelsea Yedinak Mackenzie Thompson Lydia Gentry Index

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Book SynopsisThe magnificent final book from the bestselling author of the Wolf Hall TrilogyTrade ReviewThe essays in this posthumous collection displays Mantel's extraordinary range and depth as well as the eclecticism of her interests . . . Read together they have a quality of timelessness and prescience * New Statesman, Books of the Year *I miss knowing Hilary Mantel is out there somewhere, exhuming Tudor England. Don't you? At least we can still hear her (strange, slightly magical) voice in this selection from her essays and reviews. Here we meet not just Mantel the Cromwell-catcher, but Mantel the quill-sharp critic of contemporary life, despising expat life in 1980s Saudi Arabia ('When you come across an alien culture you must not automatically respect it. You must sometimes pay it the compliment of hating it') or revelling in the wit of When Harry Met Sally * The Times, Books of the Year *Her long essays on female writers show Mantel at her best . . . Indeed she excels at writing about writing generally . . . And it's on being a writer that Mantel is funniest . . . a guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century * Guardian *Today, she reigns supreme as the queen of the historical novel: the achievement of her Wolf Hall trilogy, twice the recipient of Booker Prizes, is universally acknowledged . . . it's a rich and illuminating coda to both Mantel's life and career . . . Now we're the ones stumbling along behind the spectral figure of Mantel herself, eager for her every last word * Daily Telegraph *We must be grateful that she has left us this collection of pieces, thoughtfully compiled by Pearson . . . Revisiting these pieces, with their fierce wit, their dark humour and compassion, is like hearing the voice of an old friend you had not expected to encounter again . . . A Memoir of My Former Self is a fine testament to that remarkable imagination - a reminder of what a voice we have lost, and how fortunate we are that she left us so much * Observer *How did she manage to write on such a wide range of subjects with such interest, such playfulness and such fidelity to the power of interrogation? . . . Most striking here is Mantel's clear-eyed compassion, her insistence on truthfulness . . . deliciously frank . . . Here are fascinatingly various mediations of that secret self. * Times Literary Supplement *Even her biggest fans will find material new to them . . . The overall effect is to make the reader feel that Mantel is with us still, communicating from beyond the grave. This collection - much more than the sum of its parts - allows us to see how her theories of life and art knit together . . . We get a sense of what shaped her . . . She writes with humour, at times droll, at others razor-sharp. Above all, we get to appreciate the poetry and precision of her prose * New Statesman *Hilary Mantel is worth reading on everything . . . Mordant and witty * Literary Review *The range of subjects is magnificent . . . She can create character in a few lines . . . open at any page for treasures and gold * i Paper *Her death at the age of 70 last September still feels like a tragedy. Open the pages of this book and that feeling hardens into certainty. What a talent we lost. Her sentences leap off the page, her range is exceptional . . . You never waste a moment reading Hilary Mantel . . . There wasn't much she couldn't do * Evening Standard *In this dazzling posthumous collection of previously published and original writings . . . Mantel's idiosyncratic and magisterial voice comes through on every page, carrying readers across an astonishing array of subject matter with ease. This is a treasure * Publishers Weekly *A smart, deft, meticulous, thoughtful writer, with such a grasp of the dark and spidery corners of human nature -- Margaret AtwoodOne of the very greatest of our writers; poetic and profound prose with an incomparable feel for the texture of history -- Simon SchamaMantel was a queen of literature . . . her reign was long, varied and uncontested -- Maggie O’FarrellMantel bristled with intelligence, looked at everything, saw everything . . . With the uneasy energy of her early life, Mantel made rigorous and unsettling work about history, the body and the unknowable -- Anne Enright

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Book SynopsisThe magnificent final book from the bestselling author of the Wolf Hall TrilogyTrade ReviewThe essays in this posthumous collection displays Mantel's extraordinary range and depth as well as the eclecticism of her interests . . . Read together they have a quality of timelessness and prescience * New Statesman, Books of the Year *I miss knowing Hilary Mantel is out there somewhere, exhuming Tudor England. Don't you? At least we can still hear her (strange, slightly magical) voice in this selection from her essays and reviews. Here we meet not just Mantel the Cromwell-catcher, but Mantel the quill-sharp critic of contemporary life, despising expat life in 1980s Saudi Arabia ('When you come across an alien culture you must not automatically respect it. You must sometimes pay it the compliment of hating it') or revelling in the wit of When Harry Met Sally * The Times, Books of the Year *Her long essays on female writers show Mantel at her best . . . Indeed she excels at writing about writing generally . . . And it's on being a writer that Mantel is funniest . . . a guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century * Guardian *Today, she reigns supreme as the queen of the historical novel: the achievement of her Wolf Hall trilogy, twice the recipient of Booker Prizes, is universally acknowledged . . . it's a rich and illuminating coda to both Mantel's life and career . . . Now we're the ones stumbling along behind the spectral figure of Mantel herself, eager for her every last word * Daily Telegraph *We must be grateful that she has left us this collection of pieces, thoughtfully compiled by Pearson . . . Revisiting these pieces, with their fierce wit, their dark humour and compassion, is like hearing the voice of an old friend you had not expected to encounter again . . . A Memoir of My Former Self is a fine testament to that remarkable imagination - a reminder of what a voice we have lost, and how fortunate we are that she left us so much * Observer *How did she manage to write on such a wide range of subjects with such interest, such playfulness and such fidelity to the power of interrogation? . . . Most striking here is Mantel's clear-eyed compassion, her insistence on truthfulness . . . deliciously frank . . . Here are fascinatingly various mediations of that secret self. * Times Literary Supplement *Even her biggest fans will find material new to them . . . The overall effect is to make the reader feel that Mantel is with us still, communicating from beyond the grave. This collection - much more than the sum of its parts - allows us to see how her theories of life and art knit together . . . We get a sense of what shaped her . . . She writes with humour, at times droll, at others razor-sharp. Above all, we get to appreciate the poetry and precision of her prose * New Statesman *Hilary Mantel is worth reading on everything . . . Mordant and witty * Literary Review *The range of subjects is magnificent . . . She can create character in a few lines . . . open at any page for treasures and gold * i Paper *Her death at the age of 70 last September still feels like a tragedy. Open the pages of this book and that feeling hardens into certainty. What a talent we lost. Her sentences leap off the page, her range is exceptional . . . You never waste a moment reading Hilary Mantel . . . There wasn't much she couldn't do * Evening Standard *In this dazzling posthumous collection of previously published and original writings . . . Mantel's idiosyncratic and magisterial voice comes through on every page, carrying readers across an astonishing array of subject matter with ease. This is a treasure * Publishers Weekly *A smart, deft, meticulous, thoughtful writer, with such a grasp of the dark and spidery corners of human nature -- Margaret AtwoodOne of the very greatest of our writers; poetic and profound prose with an incomparable feel for the texture of history -- Simon SchamaMantel was a queen of literature . . . her reign was long, varied and uncontested -- Maggie O’FarrellMantel bristled with intelligence, looked at everything, saw everything . . . With the uneasy energy of her early life, Mantel made rigorous and unsettling work about history, the body and the unknowable -- Anne Enright

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“All aspiring authors know the value of a great literary agent, but few know how to get one. Lucinda Halpern has written the definitive guide to attracting an agent and laying the groundwork for a book well worth publishing.” — Adam Grant, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the TED podcast Re:Thinking“While Lucinda Halpern offers invaluable advice for navigating the choppy waters of literary agencies and publishing houses, she does something even more valuable with Get Signed. She entices the writer to elevate the storytelling, to create a timeless book, and to launch a dream career.” — Jenny Jackson, VP and executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf and New York Times best-selling author of Pineapple Street“Lucinda Halpern and her book are the map and the compass for any beginning writer looking for a way to find their perfect agent. There is no question in my mind that it will forever be the only book anyone trying to break into publishing will ever need. If only I had it when I was starting out! Wherever Lucinda leads, I will follow.” — Sam Wasson, New York Times best-selling author of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.; Fosse; and The Big Goodbye“Step by clear, insightful step, Lucinda Halpern gifts writers with the knowledge of what an agent does and how the writer-agent partnership works. She offers concise steps and exercises to help ready writers present their best ideas with excellent writing and secure platforms. As the title promises, this is the book to read to get signed.” — Marion Roach Smith, author of The Memoir Project“Lucinda Halpern offers aspiring authors a step-by-step, actionable roadmap for landing a literary agent. She pulls back the curtain to show you the nitty-gritty details agents and publishers are looking for so you can nail your big idea, dial in your pitch, and present yourself as the best author for the job. Full of insider wisdom suitable for writers of every genre, Get Signed gives you just what you need to woo—and then wow—the agent of your dreams. Highly recommended!” — Kelly Notaras, author of The Book You Were Born to Write“In this indispensable book, Lucinda Halpern teaches authors how to meet the marketplace and the moment. She turns overwhelm into action steps and helps make publishing dreams come true.” — Nicola Kraus, #1 New York Times best-selling co-author of The Nanny Diaries

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Book SynopsisThe much-loved, irresistibly funny memoir of literary New York which was an international bestseller and enchanted readers around the world now a major film starring Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley, My New York YearGripping and funny' ObserverLike a literary The Devil Wears Prada ... An irresistible read' Harper's Bazaar''Irresistible'' Sunday Times''Spellbinding'' GuardianAfter leaving graduate school to pursue her dream of becoming a poet, Joanna Rakoff takes a job as assistant to the storied literary agent for J. D. Salinger. Precariously balanced between poverty and glamour, she spends her days in a plush, wood-paneled office - where Dictaphones and typewriters still reign and agents doze after three-martini lunches - and then goes home to her threadbare Brooklyn apartment and her socialist boyfriend.Rakoff is tasked with processing Salinger's voluminous fan mail, but as she reads the Trade ReviewHard to put down ... Demands sympathy, admiration, and attention ... Irresistible * SUNDAY TIMES *Intimate ... elegant ... graceful * Sunday Telegraph *So gripping and funny, you feel sure she had only to twitch her nose to be back there * Observer *Spellbinding ... You don’t have to be a Salinger fan to fall under Rakoff’s spell; I’m not and I did * Guardian *A warm, witty, occasionally sly piece of storytelling ... An affectionate love letter to a first job in an industry that in just 20 years has changed beyond recognition * Woman & Home *In prose that is clear, precise and evocative, Rakoff renders her people and places touchably real * Independent *Every young person who moves to New York with creative ambitions should read Joanna Rakoff’s wonderful memoir ... As transporting as the best novels -- Adelle Waldman, author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel PAnyone who has ever dreamed of a life in books will find much to love in Joanna Rakoff’s memoir ... Funny and knowing, it’s both an idiosyncratic tribute to Salinger’s writing and an affirmation of the power of books * Metro *A memoir that manages to be dreamlike but sharp, poignant but unsentimental. Here is a book I’m going to have to insist you read immediately -- Maggie Shipstead, author of Seating ArrangementsA charming coming-of-age memoir that fizzes with youthful energy and bookish insight * Good Housekeeping *Joanna Rakoff’s memoir of a New York publishing life, a fantastic book about being young and alone in a big city * Observer Books of the Year *Think of her as the even more bookish Lena Dunham with a bit of Mad Men claustrophobia thrown in * Grazia *A year spent in the orbit of a great writer gives rise to an elegant memoir * Sunday Telegraph *Anyone who can remember the fear of feeling hopelessly out of their depth in their first job should get a kick out of My Salinger Year ... Rakoff’s prose is precise and often amusing * Evening Standard *A beautifully written tribute to the way things were at the edge of the digital revolution, and to the evergreen power of literature * Chicago Tribune *An affecting coming-of-age memoir. . . . Rakoff wisely – and deftly – weaves her Salinger story into a broader, more universal tale about finding one’s bearings during a pivotal transitional year into real adulthood * Washington Post *Charming ... Glamorous ... Rakoff does a marvelous job of capturing a cultural moment ... What is most admirable is [her] critical intelligence and generosity of spirit * Boston Globe *The loneliness of life after college [is] perfectly explained ... There’s something Salingeresque about her book: it’s a vivid story of innocence lost * Entertainment Weekly *My Salinger Year describes its author’s trip down a metaphorical rabbit hole back in 1996. She arrived not in Wonderland, but a place something like it, a New York City firm she calls only the Agency ... An outright tribute to the enduring power of J.D. Salinger’s work * Salon *A breezy memoir of being a “bright young assistant” in the mid-1990s ... Salinger himself makes a cameo appearance … The “archaic charms” of the Agency are comically offset by its refusal to acknowledge the Internet age * New York Times Book Review *

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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARDS!We lead increasingly time-poor lifestyles, bombarded 24/7 by petrifying news bulletins, internet trolls and endless noises. Where has the joy and relaxation gone from our daily lives? Scribbles in the Margins offers a glorious antidote to that relentless modern-day information churn. It is here to remind you that books and bookshops can still sing to your heart. Warm, heartfelt and witty, here are fifty short essays of prose poetry dedicated to the simple joy to be found in reading and the rituals around it. These are not wallowing nostalgia; they are things that remain pleasurable and right, that warm our hearts and connect us to books, to reading and to other readers: smells of books, old or new; losing an afternoon organising bookshelves; libraries; watching a child learn to read; reading in bed; impromptu bookmarks; visiting someone's home and inspecting the bookshelves; stains and other reminders of where and when you readTrade ReviewAn adorable collection of bite-sized chunks of joy…the perfect gift for any book lover. * Reader's Digest *Gray has become the writer of stunning books whose substance belie their brevity…They are elegant in their purpose and devastating in their power. No-one who loves reading could put down Scribbles in the Margins. * The Herald Magazine *A book that makes the spirit soar…a beautifully-crafted treasure. * The National *Gray’s warm introspective eloquence invites and then indulges contented immersion in bibliographic nostalgia. * The New European *A gorgeous thing. A series of lyrical loveletters to the wonders of reading. Wonderful, evocative essays. * BBC Radio Scotland *A collection of mini-essays that cheer on the small pleasures of book reading…a lovely thing. * The Herald *

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Book Synopsis Betsy Prioleau’s biography of Gilded Age female tycoon Miriam Leslie is “an appropriately twisty tale of someone trying to outrun her origins. . . . Her story sparkles, as intoxicating as a champagne fountain that somebody else is paying for” (New York Times Book Review). Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age—Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt—is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For 20 years she ran the country’s largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal: she flouted feminine convention, took lovers, married four times, and harbored unsavory secrets that she concealed through a skein of lies and multiple personas. Both during and after her lifetime, glimpses of the Trade ReviewThe fascinating true story of the first publishing titan in America—the forgotten Mrs. Frank Leslie, a Gilded Age journalistic powerhouse who led a life of intrigue, scandal, and grit. Diamonds and Deadlines takes us inside a world of larger-than-life characters, cinematic scenes, and dramatic exposés. Mrs. Leslie, a legend in her time, was not who she seemed. Betsy Prioleau restores this fabulous, pioneering woman to her rightful place in history with novelistic flair and zest. * Arianna Huffington, founder & CEO, Thrive Global *Riveting. . . . Betsy Prioleau has drawn a fascinating portrait of a self-made, up-from-poverty publishing tycoon, the irrepressible Miriam Leslie, whose exploits scandalized society during the Gilded Age even as she shaped modern culture with her popular magazines. * Meryl Gordon, New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Astor Regrets, The Phantom of Fifth Avenue, and Bunny Mellon *Diamonds and Deadlines is the deftly told account of a bold, dazzling woman who used sex, deceit, and her publishing empire to become a powerful, bold-faced celebrity during New York's Gilded Age. Prioleau's skillful narrative hand and intimate historical detail do justice to Miriam Leslie, resurrecting her from all-but-forgotten figure to an emblem of feminism. * Esther Crain, founder of Ephemeral New York and author of The Gilded Age in New York, 1870–1910 *What a rollicking, rollercoaster read! The astonishing Mrs. Frank Leslie has found her perfect champion in biographer Betsy Prioleau. Prioleau's meticulous, engaging account of the dazzling life of one of America’s most splendid and spirited entrepreneurs, a woman of tremendous dynamism, bursts with color and excitement. With great skill, Prioleau describes the resourcefulness, magnetism, and charm of a woman who pushed herself to the center of a dazzling, debauched social milieu, populated by an extraordinary cast of misfits, arrivistes, and the unimaginable wealthy, whose 'carnival excesses' she then documented in her sensational newspapers and magazines. Mrs. Frank Leslie, a dazzling pioneer of nineteenth century journalism and publishing, reinvented herself multiple times, made and lost several fortunes, and stopped society in its tracks time and time again, most notably in the way she disposed of her fortune. Prioleau's pacy, gripping narrative, sharp-witted asides, and skill at invoking the opulent spectacles, scents, and sounds of fin de siècle New York, London, and Paris, propelled me through switchback, cinematic chapters with wonderful cliff-hanger endings. Fun, fascinating, and gloriously gossipy. * Eleanor Fitzsimons, author of Wilde's Women and The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit *“An appropriately twisty tale of someone trying to outrun her origins. . . . Her story sparkles, as intoxicating as a champagne fountain that somebody else is paying for.” * The New York Times Book Review *Ms. Prioleau brings this forgotten woman vividly to life. . . . Along the way, she provides a wider picture of the society Miriam inhabited, with its extremes of affluence and penury. . . . Part of the pleasure of the book is the Kim Kardashian factor—reading about a woman who breaches social norms and succeeds on her own terms. * The Wall Street Journal *“Prioleau skillfully untangles the mysteries of Miriam’s early life and vividly evokes the era. This entertaining biography restores a remarkable woman to her rightful place in American history.” * Publishers Weekly *“They just don't make characters like this anymore. Kudos to Prioleau for her gallant historical rescue mission.” * Kirkus *“[An] eye-widening biography . . . Prioleau tells Miriam’s roller-coaster tale with thrilling precision within the finely rendered context of evolving newspaper and magazine publishing, the struggles for worker and women’s rights, and historical events propelled by outrageous charlatans that are disturbingly relevant to the present. . . . High praise to Prioleau for so vividly and incisively telling the whole dramatic story of this ‘titanic vanguard figure.’” * Booklist STARRED Review *

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Book SynopsisForeign correspondents played a crucial role in promoting the ideas and values of the Cold War. As they brought the foreign world to their Soviet and American readers, these journalists projected their own ideologies onto their reporting. In an age of mutual acrimony and closed borders, journalists were among the few individuals who crossed the Iron Curtain. Their reporting strongly influenced the ways that policy makers, pundits, and ordinary people came to understand the American or the Soviet other. In Cold War Correspondents, Dina Fainberg examines how Soviet and American journalists covered the rival superpower and how two distinctive sets of truth systems, professional practices, and political cultures shaped international reporting. Fainberg explores private and public interactions among multiple groups that shaped coverage of the Cold War adversary, including journalists and their sources, editors, news media executives, government officials, diplomats, American pundits, SoTrade ReviewIn this extraordinarily thorough and insightful study, Fainberg identifies the similar approaches and practices used by Soviet and U.S. foreign correspondents reporting from each other's countries during the Cold War.—Foreign AffairsThe research for this book is impressive.—Journal of Modern HistoryTable of ContentsNote on TransliterationIntroduction. A Battle of Words Part One. Spiers versus Liars, 1945-1953Chapter 1. Making "Soviet Restons"Chapter 2. The Heralds of TruthPart Two. Pens instead of Projectiles, 1953-1965Chapter 3. Overtake AmericaChapter 4. In Sputnik's ShadowPart Three. Your Fight Is Our Fight, 1965-1985Chapter 5. Notes from the Rotten WestChapter 6. Reports from the Backward East Part Four. A Moment of Truth? 1985-1991Chapter 7. Cold War Correspondents Confront Old and New Thinking 00 Conclusion. Us and ThemAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and ArchivesNotesBibliography Index

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