Volume 1, divided into three part volumes covers the history of the German book trade during the empire. It focuses on the conditions and developments, the growth of publishing and publishing programs, such as academic literature, fiction, specialist material and children's books. In addition, it covers journals and new marketing forums (colportage and department store book selling). The third part contains chapters about the organization of the book trade, general bookshops, authors, as well as libraries and foreign book trade.

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Georg Jäger, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.