SMC228H1 Lecture Notes - Perpetual Copyright, Sildenafil, Worshipful Company Of Stationers And Newspaper Makers
3 Dec 2012
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Master printer - guy who runs the print shop, controls what is being printed, who is doing the work. Journeymen - compositors, skilled pressmen, travelling from print shop to print shop. Lines b/w what we now think of as publishers, printers, and booksellers were blurry (often indistinguishable) Through the 18th century, the term bookseller might refer either to the one paying to produce the book or the retailer. Lines between the production side and selling side were not always clear (see. Imposed strict rules (and strict punishments for breaking them) Though there weren"t always official legal regulations, the book trade was still regulated. Ownership rights were not protected unless a book was officially entered into the register of the stationers" company. The company was separate from the monarchy and from the government however they did work with government censorship. In 1668, there were only 198 register printers in total in london.
