- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- A Note on Money
- Preface
- Introduction
-
1 W. & R. Chambers and the Market for Print -
I Organizing a Proper System of Publishing -
2 Industrial Book Production -
3 Reaching a National Market -
4 Production and Steam Power -
5 New Formats for Information -
6 Reaching an Overseas Market -
7 A Modern Printing Establishment -
II Railways and Competition -
8 The Coming of the Railways -
9 Centralizing Business in Edinburgh -
10 Routledge and the New Competition -
11 Railway Bookstalls -
12 Instruction in the Railway Marketplace -
13 The Dignitaries of the Trade Take on Routledge -
III Steamships and Transatlantic Business -
14 Transatlantic Opportunities -
15 Getting to Know the American Market -
16 The Dissemination of Cheap Instruction -
17 A New Spirit of Engagement -
18 Building Relationships with Boston and Philadelphia -
19 Piracy and Shipwreck! - Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
A Modern Printing Establishment
A Modern Printing Establishment
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- (p.89) 7 A Modern Printing Establishment
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This chapter discusses W. & R. Chambers' printing and binding establishment. The Chambers became the owners of one of the largest and most technologically advanced printing works in Edinburgh. They were able to print the entire run of the Chambers's Journal in Edinburgh, and the London edition was discontinued. The Information for the People, the People's Editions, and the Educational Course were launched by the Chambers in the mid-1830s. As the manufacturing side of the business expanded, so did the editorial department. The Chambers' establishment had developed a widespread reputation for its size, its high level of mechanization, and its organization. It was the extensive, complete, and modern establishment that allowed the Chambers to survive the increased competition in the field of cheap literature and to centralize their British operations in Edinburgh.
Keywords: printing and binding, Chambers, printing works, Edinburgh, Chambers's Journal, Information for People, People's Editions, Educational Course
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- A Note on Money
- Preface
- Introduction
-
1 W. & R. Chambers and the Market for Print -
I Organizing a Proper System of Publishing -
2 Industrial Book Production -
3 Reaching a National Market -
4 Production and Steam Power -
5 New Formats for Information -
6 Reaching an Overseas Market -
7 A Modern Printing Establishment -
II Railways and Competition -
8 The Coming of the Railways -
9 Centralizing Business in Edinburgh -
10 Routledge and the New Competition -
11 Railway Bookstalls -
12 Instruction in the Railway Marketplace -
13 The Dignitaries of the Trade Take on Routledge -
III Steamships and Transatlantic Business -
14 Transatlantic Opportunities -
15 Getting to Know the American Market -
16 The Dissemination of Cheap Instruction -
17 A New Spirit of Engagement -
18 Building Relationships with Boston and Philadelphia -
19 Piracy and Shipwreck! - Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
