Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. 1 Creating New Worlds 1
7. 2 Inventing America in the English Book Trade 17
8. 3 Creating Book Trades in English America 25
9. 4 Creating German Books in the New World 37
10. 5 Re-creating the London Book Trade in the United States 49
11. 6 Revolutions in American Book Production Technology 61
12. 7 Transplanting the German Book Trade to the United States 70
13. 8 The Evolution of the American Book Business 84
14. 9 Becoming a German Bookseller in the United States 95
15. 10 Creating a German Bookstore in Philadelphia 103
16. 11 The Evolution of an American Publisher 110
17. 12 Creating an Independent American Publisher 125
18. 13 Imposing Order on the American Book Trade 138
19. 14 Creating the Office of Publishers’ Weekly 155
20. 15 Celebrating the Book Trade in the New World 166
21. 16 The End of the Beginning 176
22. 17 Inventing the Future American Book Trade 183
23. Notes 191
24. Index 209