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The Nature of the Book
The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making | Adrian Johns
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In The Nature of the Book, a tour de force of cultural history, Adrian Johns constructs an entirely original and vivid picture of print culture and its many arenascommercial, intellectual, political, and individual. "A compelling exposition of how authors, printers, booksellers and readers competed for power over the printed page. . . . The richness of Mr. Johns's book lies in the splendid detail he has collected to describe the world of books in the first two centuries after the printing press arrived in England."Alberto Manguel, Washington Times "[A] mammoth and stimulating account of the place of print in the history of knowledge. . . . Johns has written a tremendously learned primer."D. Graham Burnett, New Republic "A detailed, engrossing, and genuinely eye-opening account of the formative stages of the print culture. . . . This is scholarship at its best."Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor "The most lucid and persuasive account of the new kind of knowledge produced by print. . . . A work to rank alongside McLuhan."John Sutherland, The Independent "Entertainingly written. . . . The most comprehensive account available . . . well documented and engaging."Ian Maclean, Times Literary Supplement
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LiterRohde
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I recently added this one to my TBR. It seems like an interesting investigation of the development of concepts like the book, authorship, knowledge, and publishing.

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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 1! This may be one of those be-all end-all books. It's thick & meaty. This covers printing in 17th- & 18th-Century England & focuses on the use of book in scientific thought then. Things were very different during that time; for example, the author was not as important as the stationer/printer. A central question made: how much can one trust the authority of a book (as we do today with Wikipedia)? #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

jpmcwisemorgan Who says I trust Wikipedia? 😀 7y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y
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Lindy
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The January 27 Guardian Books podcast is especially interesting, following a book from its start in editing to printing house to bookshop to charity shop. Look for the episode titled: "biography of a paperback."

Godmotherx5 Thanks!!! I'll look into it. 7y
Lindy @Godmotherx5 I like all the sounds in the background, the roar of the printing press. 😊 7y
Lacythebookworm Oh, that sounds good! I went back through the feed and there are quite a few that I've missed. Bookish podcasts are the best 😊 7y
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