COMM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bay Psalm Book, Pocket Books, Grove Press
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How american book publishing grew: 1620 imported books arrive to the country/continent. Came to the colonies on the mayflower: 1640 a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a"s first (cid:271)ook. Was printed at cambridge, mass: 1731 benjamin franklin created the library. Called a lending library: 1776 thomas paine publishes the revolutionary pamphlet. It was called common sense: 1891 congress passes the international copyright law of 1891. It required all publishing houses to pay royalties to all authors: 1900 elementary education becomes compulsory. This meant an increased literacy and more demand for textbooks. How american book publishing grew (by area/type/movement: political pamphlets . January 1776 to march 1776 (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ial presses pu(cid:271)lished (cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004),(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) (cid:272)opies of pai(cid:374)e"s common sense. There was one copy for every 25 people in the colonies: novels and poetry . Characters that continued from one novel to another, continuing their story. They are similar to (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) of toda(cid:455)"s (cid:373)(cid:455)ster(cid:455) (cid:374)o(cid:448)els: humor . Mark twain became a one-man publishing enterprise.
