Mathematics for the World: Publishing Mathematics and the International Book Trade, Macmillan and Co.

2015 ◽  
pp. 121-137
Author(s):  
Sylvia Marie Nickerson
Keyword(s):  
Book Trade ◽  
The World ◽  
International Book

6. Words in the world

2016 ◽  
pp. 84-101
Author(s):  
Matthew Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Book Trade ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Public ◽  
Business Transactions ◽  
World News ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
Commercial World ◽  
The World ◽  
International Book

Translation happens everywhere all the time. But when it comes to the public and commercial world of printed books, political documents, diplomatic negotiations, business transactions, and world news, translation is strictly limited. Official rules and market forces combine to determine who can do it, how it is done, and which languages it involves. ‘Words in the world’ looks at translation in the international book trade, in official organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union, and in mainstream global news. It also considers how computers are used for translation and how the internet has allowed crowd translation to flourish.

Dru Drury, his Illustrations of natural history (1770-82) and the European market for printed books

Quaerendo ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Noblett
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Book Trade ◽  
European Market ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
Book Illustrations ◽  
International Book

AbstractThis study attempts to show how the English entomologist, Dru Drury (1725-1804) exported his only published book, Illustrations of natural history, which appeared in three volumes between 1770 and 1782. Drury used three contacts on the European mainland: the Amsterdam bookseller, Jan Christian Sepp; the German botanist, Paul Dietrich Giseke and the Danish naturalist, Morten Thrane Brunnich. Drury's letters to these three men form the basis of the study. An examination of them reveal some of the problems encountered in the international book-trade in the eighteenth century (such as parcels going missing and the difficulties of payment) and show some of the formalities that had to be undertaken when exporting.

scholarly journals “we can all meet, be it soon or late”: E. A. Petherick and his scholarly and publishing social network1

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Rukavina
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Book Trade ◽  
Active Member ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Geographical Society ◽  
International Book ◽  
The Many

Between 1870 and 1895, Australian bookseller Edward Petherick was an active member of the Royal Geographical Society, Hakluyt Society, and other groups interested in colonial trade and history, as well as increasingly an important figure in the developing international book trade. His surviving correspondence is the physical remnants of his social network and the many connections and exchanges he facilitated, including the sale and distribution of the explorer Richard F. Burton’s Arabian Nights in the colonies. Petherick considered it a privilege to engage with his correspondents and help individuals because knowledge did not flow in one direction in a social network. As Petherick assisted others who wanted to sell books overseas and learn about the colonies, he also benefited and gained knowledge that furthered his own interests and scholarly work.

Towards international book trade EDI standards

VINE ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
Brian Green
Keyword(s):  
Book Trade ◽  
International Book

scholarly journals Early Modern Herbals and the Book Trade

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Neville
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Book Trade ◽  
Scientific Authority ◽  
Renaissance England ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Rich Material ◽  
Material Artifacts

Between 1525 and 1640, a remarkable phenomenon occurred in the world of print: England saw the production of more than two dozen editions identified by their imprints or by contemporaries as 'herbals'. Sarah Neville explains how this genre grew from a series of tiny anonymous octavos to authoritative folio tomes with thousands of woodcuts, and how these curious works quickly became valuable commodities within a competitive print marketplace. Designed to serve readers across the social spectrum, these rich material artifacts represented both a profitable investment for publishers and an opportunity for authors to establish their credibility as botanists. Highlighting the shifting contingencies and regulations surrounding herbals and English printing during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, the book argues that the construction of scientific authority in Renaissance England was inextricably tied up with the circumstances governing print. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core at doi.org/10.1017/9781009031615.

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