Book contents
- The European Encyclopedia
- The European Encyclopedia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Chronological List of Printed Encyclopedias
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Genres of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 2 The Contents of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 3 Size, Price, and the Economics of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 4 Preparing an Encyclopedia
- Chapter 5 The Organization of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 6 Illustrations in Encyclopedias
- Chapter 7 Authorship in Encyclopedias
- Chapter 8 Publishing an Encyclopedia
- Chapter 9 Readers and Users of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 10 Encyclopedias after Print
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 8 - Publishing an Encyclopedia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 June 2019
- The European Encyclopedia
- The European Encyclopedia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Chronological List of Printed Encyclopedias
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Genres of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 2 The Contents of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 3 Size, Price, and the Economics of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 4 Preparing an Encyclopedia
- Chapter 5 The Organization of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 6 Illustrations in Encyclopedias
- Chapter 7 Authorship in Encyclopedias
- Chapter 8 Publishing an Encyclopedia
- Chapter 9 Readers and Users of Encyclopedias
- Chapter 10 Encyclopedias after Print
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Not all encyclopedias were published. Many were planned but not finished, quite a few were advertised but never finished or published, and some were completed but still never published. Publication was neither a given, nor a process so simple that an ambitious author could necessarily undertake it alone. In fact, behind the great majority of published encyclopedias, usually inconspicuous, was a professional publisher. The publisher could be the person who initiated the encyclopedia, or even occasionally someone who edited or wrote for it, but most publishers played a minor if any role in these activities, concentrating instead on producing the encyclopedia and putting it on the market.
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- The European EncyclopediaFrom 1650 to the Twenty-First Century, pp. 285 - 320Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019