Publishers Association

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politics Fay Weldon
Weldon wrote a fighting speech for the awards ceremony, protesting .about publishers' treatment of authors. She claimed later to have shown it ahead of time to the organisers, but I suppose they hadn't bothered to...

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12 March 1896: The Publishers Association was officially...

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12 March 1896

The Publishers Association was officially founded at a constitutional meeting in Stationers' Hall, London.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Curwen, Peter. The UK Publishing Industry. Pergamon Press, 1981.
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Feltes, Norman N. Modes of Production of Victorian Novels. University of Chicago Press, 1986.
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November 1896: The Publishers Council objected to series...

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November 1896

The Publishers Council objected to series such as Popular New Novels, The Masterpiece Library, and the Review of Reviews, all of which published abridgements of popular novels and were edited by W. T. Stead .
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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November 1896: The Publishers Council sent a letter cautioning...

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November 1896

The Publishers Council sent a letter cautioning the press—especially editors of literary periodicals—not to publish unauthorized quotations of excessive extracts from copyright books in articles purporting to be reviews.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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November 1897: The Publishers Association's Committee on...

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November 1897

The Publishers Association 's Committee on Title-pages issued recommendations for printing—not concealing—a book's bibliographical history.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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1 January 1900: The Net Book Agreement went into effect,...

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1 January 1900

The Net Book Agreement went into effect, establishing minimum prices for the sale of books.
Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Curwen, Peter. The UK Publishing Industry. Pergamon Press, 1981.
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March 1903: The Publishers Association established an...

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March 1903

The Publishers Association established an Educational Books Committee to look into the implications of the 1902 Education Act on educational book-publishing.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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11 September 1905: The Times Book Club opened at 93 New Bond...

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11 September 1905

The Times Book Club opened at 93 New Bond Street, London, and quickly ran afoul of the Net Book Agreement.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
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1908-1909: The issue of cheap 7d cloth-bound reprints...

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1908-1909

The issue of cheap 7d cloth-bound reprints of copyright works became a real threat to the profitability to author and publisher of the 6s novel.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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1951: André Deutsch, with the help of Jack Newth...

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1951

André Deutsch , with the help of Jack Newth (president of the Publishers Association ) and Edmond Seagrave (editor of Bookseller), founded André Deutsch Limited at 12 Thayer Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
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