Record #:

20568

Author(s):

Powell, William S.

Abstract:

Subscription books are loosely defined as a market selling publications to individual buyers. The author looks at the long history of such publications before focusing more specifically on North Carolinians subscribing between 1733 and 1850 at the height of popularity for press subscriptions. Included are comprehensives lists both for books purchased by the state's citizens and those citizen's whom were subscribers.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 4, Oct 1962, p423-499, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Booksellers and bookselling