Societies As Publishers: The Religious tract society in the mid-nineteenth century.

The article presents a reassessment on the role of publishing societies in the nineteenth-century book trade and demonstrates that being a society did not necessarily result in either commercial mediocrity or injustice. It introduces the Religious Tract Society, considered as one of the largest and...

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Published in:	Publishing History no. 58; pp. 5 - 42
Main Author:	Fyfe, Aileen
Format:	Article
Published:	Chadwyck-Healey Limited 2005
Subjects:	Book industry Religious societies Associations, institutions, etc. Societies Publishing Nineteenth century United Kingdom
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost