Book History

Book History is devoted to every aspect of the history of the book, broadly defined as the history of the creation, dissemination, and reception of script and print. It publishes research on the social, economic, and cultural history of author- ship, editing, printing, the book arts, publishing, the book trade, periodicals, newspapers, ephemera, copyright, censorship, literary agents, libraries, literary criticism, canon formation, literacy, literary education, reading habits, and reader response. Published by the Penn State University Press and distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press.

Book History is the official journal of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing.

Volume: 10 (2007)
Frequency: Annually
Print ISSN: 1098-7371
Online ISSN: 1529-1499