This book explores the business practices of the British publishing industry from 1843-1900, discussing the role of creative businesses in society and the close relationship between culture and business in a historical context. Marrisa Joseph develops a strong cultural, social and historical discussion around the developments in copyright law, gender and literary culture from a management perspective; analysing how individuals formed professional associations and contract law to instigate new processes. Drawing on institutional theory and analysing primary and archival sources, this book traces how the practices of literary businesses developed, reproduced and later legitimised. By offering a close analysis of some of publishings most influential businesses, it provides an insight into the decision-making processes that shaped an industry and brings to the fore the institutional story surrounding literary business and their practices, many of which can still be seen today.
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As a book historian, I welcome fresh insight into the business practices of Victorian authors and publishers, because so much remains that we do not know about the Victorian publishing world. I would rate Victorian Literary Businesses a good introduction to Victorian publishing practice that covers the main players in the literary marketplace. (Troy J. Bassett, Victorian Studies, Vol. 64 (3), 2022)
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1 | (18) |
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2 | (1) |
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Institutional Routines and the Victorian Publishing Industry |
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3 | (3) |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (2) |
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Why These Literary Businesses? |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (3) |
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14 | (5) |
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2 Institutional Routines and the Victorian Publishing Industry |
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19 | (26) |
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Book History from a New Institutionalist Perspective |
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22 | (5) |
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27 | (4) |
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31 | (8) |
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39 | (6) |
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3 Authorship: The Development and Legitimation of a Literary Profession |
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45 | (38) |
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From Patronage to Professionals: The Rise of the Victorian Author |
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46 | (1) |
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Payments and Profits: Copyright and the Effects on Professional Authorship |
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47 | (7) |
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Gentlemanly Business: Authors and Gentlemen's Clubs |
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54 | (6) |
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First-Person Anonymous: The Victorian Woman Author |
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60 | (7) |
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67 | (10) |
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77 | (6) |
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4 Commercialising on Copyrights: The Emergence of the Victorian Literary Agent |
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Origins of a Literary Middleman |
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83 | (5) |
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Why Did the Literary Agent Emerge? |
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A. P. Watt: The Most Notable Victorian Agent |
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89 | (5) |
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Professionalisation of the Literary Agency |
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Narratives on the Literary Agent |
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101 | (5) |
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106 | (8) |
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114 | (3) |
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5 Publishing Power Houses: Publishers and the Mass Marketplace |
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Trade Transformations: From Booksellers to Publishers |
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118 | (7) |
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Supplying Literature to the Masses: Mudie and the Circulating Library |
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125 | (7) |
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Railways and Reprints: The Beginnings of the Paperback |
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132 | (7) |
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139 | (7) |
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146 | (5) |
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6 The Macmillans: A Leviathan House |
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The Origins of a Victorian Academic House |
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152 | (7) |
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The Tobacco Parliaments: Strategic Friendships and the Macmillans Magazine |
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159 | (4) |
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Club Dinners: The Macmillans and the Garrick |
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163 | (8) |
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171 | (6) |
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177 | (4) |
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7 Protecting the Future: Professional Associations and the Net Book Agreement |
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The Professional Association |
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182 | (1) |
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The Fight for Authors Rights: The Founding of the Society of Authors |
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183 | (7) |
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Retail Price Maintenance: The Origin of the Net Book Agreement |
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190 | (9) |
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Rallying Together: Establishing the Publishers' Association |
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199 | (4) |
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203 | (7) |
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210 | (5) |
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215 | (8) |
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222 | (1) |
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Marrisa Joseph is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has published aspects of her research in peer reviewed journals including Business History and the Academy of Management Proceedings, and has won numerous grants including from the Barnett Foundation. Marrisas research has received the Journal of Management History Award for Best International Paper at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting. In addition, she was shortlisted for the K. Austin Kerr prize for the best first paper delivered at the Business History Conference by a new scholar. Prior to completing her PhD in Business & Management from Queen Mary, University of London, UK, Marrisa worked in the publishing industry in marketing and also rights management.
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