CRI 550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Halliburton, Mcgraw-Hill Education, Ryerson Press
25 May 2016
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Textbook: the perilous trade by roy macskimming. Overview of the history of the book in canada. A large territory with a small, scattered population. Successful canadian authors usually published through established foreign companies. Major british and american publishers established branch offices. Local firms acted as agents for foreign publishers. Canadian publishers were unable to get international rights. No clear distinctions between printing and publishing. William brown & thomas gilmore made the first press in canada, the first newspaper. Julia beckwith hart, first work of fiction by a canadian born author. John maleson, history of canada in 1826. The clockmaker by thomas c. halliburton, first international bestseller by a canadian in. Copyright law only extended to british authors: colonies didn"t apply. He never got a penny from either editions of his work. Spent most of his life shaming printers into paying him. 1851 there were several publishers in canada. Garneau"s histoire de canada, appeared in quebec (1845)
