COMM 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Typesetting, E-Book, Lithography
24 Mar 2017
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Contained moral advice, farming tips, amusements, and maxims for american colonists: started the first subscription library. Lent books to the public for free. The high cost of books and the difficulty of gaining access to them aided the rise of less expensive newspapers and magazines: the oldest regularly published periodical in north america is. The old farmer"s almanac: started by robert b. thomas in 1792, early magazines, developed in great britain in the 1700s. British gentleman"s magazine of 1731: 1741: first american magazine. Chronicle: 1700s: magazines were called miscellanics and appealed to a small, far-flung, and diverse audience. Wide variety of content: american publishing industry was given an economic boost by the first us congress with the passage of the. Gave authors and their publishers exclusive rights to their publications for a period of 14 years: by the 1840s: magazines shifted their attention toward broader and more sustainable mass audiences, woodcuts.
