BOOKS PUBLISHING


Allen, Roland, The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper, Biblioasis, 2024

 

Basbanes, Nicholas A., On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History, Knopf, 2015

 

Biel, Joe, People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business from the Ground Up (Good Life), Microcosm Publishing, 2018

 

Blair , Ann M., Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age, Yale University Press, 2011

 

Bolt, Chandler, Published: The Proven Path From Blank Page To 10,000 Copies Sold, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

 

Borsuk, Amaranth, The Book (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series), The MIT Press, 2018

 

Brewer, Robert Lee, Guide to Literary Agents 30th Edition: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published, Writer's Digest Books, 2021

 

Brewer, Robert Lee, Writer's Market 100th Edition: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published, Writer's Digest Books, 2021

 

Castleman, Michael, The Untold Story of Books: A Writer's History of Publishing, The Unnamed Press, 2024

 

de Hamel, Christopher, Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World, Penguin Books, 2019

 

Diringer, David, The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental (Lettering, Calligraphy, Typography), Dover Publications, 2011

 

Eckstut, Arielle, The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully, Workman Publishing Company, 2010

 

Einsohn, Amy, Marilyn Schwartz, The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, University of California Press, 2019

 

Eisenstein, Elizabeth L., The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Trans (Complete in One Volume), Cambridge University Press, 1982

 

Eisenstein, Elizabeth L., The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Canto Classics), Cambridge University Press, 2012

 

Fayet, Ricardo, How to Market a Book: Overperform in a Crowded Market (Reedsy Marketing Guides), Independently published, 2021

 

Febvre, Lucien, Henri-Jean Martin, The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800 (Verso World History Series), Verso Books, 2010

 

Finkelstein, David, Introduction to Book History, Routledge, 2012

 

Friedman, Jane, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing), University of Chicago Press, 2025

 

Gerard, Philip, The Art of Creative Research: A Field Guide for Writers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing), University of Chicago Press, 2017

 

Ginna, Peter, What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing), University of Chicago Press, 2017

 

Halpern, Lucinda, Get Signed: Find an Agent, Land a Book Deal, and Become a Published Author, Hay House LLC, 2024

 

Harper, Jamise, Jane Mount, Bibliophile: Diverse Spines, Chronicle Books, 2021

 

Herman, Jeff, Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents, 29th Edition: Who They Are, What They Want, How to Win Them Over, New World Library, 2023

 

Houston, Keith, The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time, W. W. Norton & Company, 2025

 

King, Ross, The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance  Atlantic Monthly Press 2022

 

Kurlansky, Mark, Paper: Paging Through History, W. W. Norton & Company, 2017

 

Levine, Mark, The Fine Print of Self-Publishing: A Primer on Contracts, Printing Costs, Royalties, Distribution, E-Books, and Marketing, Bascom Hill Pub Group Ltd, 2014

 

LYONS, MARTYN, Books: A Living History, THAMES HUDSON, 2013

 

MacDonald, Marylee, The Big Book of Small Presses and Independent Publishers: Small Presses, book contests, university presses, and independent publishers for unagented authors, Grand Canyon Press, 2020

 

Man, John, The Gutenberg Revolution: How Printing Changed the Course of History, Bantam Press, 2010

 

Maum, Courtney, Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book, Catapult, 2020

 

McLuhan, Marshall, The Gutenberg Galaxy, University of Toronto Press, 2011

 

Mondlin, Marvin, Roy Meador, Book Row: An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book Trade, Skyhorse, 2019

 

Mount, Jane, Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany, Chronicle Books, 2018

 

Phillips, Angus, Giles Clark, Inside Book Publishing, Routledge, 2025

 

Prothero, Stephen, God the Bestseller: How One Editor Transformed American Religion a Book at a Time, HarperOne, 2025

 

Rabiner, Susan, Alfred Fortunato, Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published, W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

 

Raven, James, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book, Oxford University Press, 2022

 

Reed, Christopher, Gutenberg in Shanghai: Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876–1937, University of Hawaii Press, 2004

 

Rein, Jody, Michael Larsen, How to Write a Book Proposal: The Insider's Step-by-Step Guide to Proposals that Get You Published, Writer's Digest Books, 2017

 

Saller, Carol Fisher, The Subversive Copy Editor, Second Edition: Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and ... Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing), University of Chicago Press, 2016

 

Sargent, John, Turning Pages: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Publisher, Arcade Publishing, 2023

 

Scribner, Charles III, Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing, Lyons Press, 2023

 

Sedwick, Helen, Self-Publisher's Legal Handbook: Updated Guide to Protecting Your Rights and Wallet, Ten Gallon Press, 2017

 

Smith, Emma, Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers, PENGUIN UK, 2023

 

Smith, Kelvin, Melanie Ramdarshan Bold, The Publishing Business: A Guide to Starting Out and Getting On (Creative Careers), Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024

 

Smyth, Adam, The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives, PENGUIN UK, 2025

 

Steinberg, S. H., Beatrice Warde, Five Hundred Years of Printing (Dover Literature: Nonfiction), Dover Publications, 2017

 

Suarez, Michael F. S.J., H. R. Woudhuysen, The Book: A Global History, Oxford University Press, 2014

 

Tarrant, Graham, For the Love of Books: Stories of Literary Lives, Banned Books, Author Feuds, Extraordinary Characters, and More, Skyhorse Publishing, 2019

 

Thompson, John B., Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing, Polity, 2022

 

Thompson, John B., Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Centur, Plume, 2012

 

University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff, The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th Edition, University of Chicago Press, 2024

 

VanderMeer, Jeff, Matt Staggs, Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer, Tachyon Publications, 2009

 

Werner, Sarah, Studying Early Printed Books, 1450-1800: A Practical Guide, Wiley, 2019

 

Wilson-Lee, Edward, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library, Scribner, 2020

 

Woll, Thomas, Dominique Raccah, Publishing for Profit: Successful Bottom-Line Management for Book Publishers, Chicago Review Press, 2014




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