Book History

Book History
Cover of "Book History" volume 13 (2010)
Cover of Book History volume 13 (2010).
SubjectHistory
LanguageEnglish
Edited byEzra Greenspan
Jonathan Rose
Publication details
History1998–present
Publisher
FrequencyAnnual
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Book Hist.
Indexing
ISSN1098-7371 (print)
1529-1499 (web)
OCLC no.42631160
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Book History is the official publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing. It was established in 1998 and is published annually by the Johns Hopkins University Press.

Book History is an academic journal devoted to the history of the book, i.e. the history of the creation, dissemination, and reception of script and printed materials. It publishes research on the social, economic, and cultural history of authorship, editing, printing, the book arts, publishing and the book trade, periodicals, newspapers, ephemera, copyright, censorship, literary agents, libraries, literary criticism, canon formation, literacy, literary education, reading habits, and reader response.