Topic
V 1 Development of Print
V 1.1 Paper
* papyrus
* bamboo
* parchment
V 1.2 Print
* Chinese printing press
* Korean movable type
* Gutenberg's mechanical movable type, c. 1455
V 2 Books
V 2.1 Access
V Handwritten and printed materials available only to well-educated elites
* Greece
* Egypt
* China
* Middle East
* Rome
V 2.2 Early books
* Greek epics
* Medieval European literature
* Icelandic sagas
* Folk stories
* Fairy tales
* 2.3 Bible
V 2.4 Religious Books
* Prayer books
* Hymnals
* Bay Psalm Book (1640)
V 2.5 Vernacular language
* Local languages
* Not just Latin, language of the Roman Catholic Church
V 2.6 Almanacs
* Poor Richard's Almanac
* Old Farmer's Almanac
V 3 Magazines
V 3.1 European magazines
* storehouse of reprinted content from other sources
* Originated in Europe in 1700s
V Elegant and amusing writings
* Literature
* Politics
* Music
* Theater
* Personalities
V 3.2 American magazines
* William Bradford's American Magazine
* Ben Franklin's General Magazine and Historical Chronicle
V Short-lived due to American Revolution
* Too few readers
* High costs of publishing
* Expensive distribution
V 3.3 Partisan magazines
* Thomas Paine's Pennsylvania Magazine
V 3.4 Miscellanies
* Variety of content
* Appeal to small, far-flung audiences
V 3.5 Copyright
* Passed in 1790
V gave authors a copyright
* 14 years
* Royalty fees
* Helped encourage new content
V 4 Mass Market Stage
V 4.1 Factors
* public education
* industrial economy
* urban middle class grew
V urban middle class grew
* economies of scale
V improved printing technology
* wood based paper
* linotype
V improved postal delivery
* faster transportation using rail
* Postal Act (1879) instituted bulk rate postage
V 5 Popular 19th Century Books
V 5.1 novels
* influential
* Last of the Mohicans
* Uncle Tom's Cabin
V 5.2 dime novels
* appeared in the 1840s
* cheap literature
* cheap paper
V 5.3 paperbacks
* Growth in years around World War II
* Inexpensive
* Pocket Books
* Bantam Books
V 6 Popular 19th Century Magazines
V 6.1 Enhanced Magazine Covers
* artistic drawings
* color images
* article teaser
V 6.2 Advertising
* more revenue
* lower costs
* more pages
V 6.3 Cost
* 35 cents
V 7 20th Century Magazines
V 7.1 Muckraking
* Progressive Era
V Titles
* McClures
* Colliers
V Important Works
* Ida Tarbell
* Great American Fraud
* *Senators*
* Daughters of the Poor
* The Jungle
V Reforms
* Anti Trust against Standard Oil
* Pure Food and Drug Act
* Amendment requiring direct election of senators
* Mann Act against White Slavery
* Meat Inspection Act
V 7.2 General Interest Magazines
* Saturday Evening Post
* Ladies Home Journal
* newsmagazines
* Time (1923)
* Life (1936)
* Reader's Digest (1922)
V 7.3 Segmented Audiences
* Post World War II
V Growth of Titles
* 250 (1950)
* 20,000+ (today)
V Women's Magazines
* segmented futher
V Independent Production
* desktop publishing
* inexpensive photocopying
* web magazines
V 8 Specialization of Magazines
* 8.1 Consumer Magazines
* 8.2 Membership Magazines
* 8.3 Trade Magazines
* 8.4 niche audiences
V 9 Magazines Revenues
* 9.1 advertising 60%
* 9.2 subscriptions 28%
* 9.3 single-copy sales 12%
V 10 Conglomeration
* 10.1 divisions across print media
* 10.2 synergies
V 11 Digital Magazines
V 11.1 World Wide Web
* "shovelware"
* current articles
* archives
* special features
* multimedia
V 11.2 Tablet Magazines
* Kindle, Nook, iPad
* David Carey discusses trying to create a new platform for magazines on tablet
* 12 Student Curated Magazines
V 13 Books
V 13.1 Types of Books
* Trade
* Professional
* Textbooks
* Mass Market Paperbacks
* Religious
* Book Club Editions
* Mail-order
* Subscription Reference
* Audiovisual and Multimedia
* University-Scholarly Press
V 14 Digital Books and Magazine
V 14.1 Desktop Publishing
* computers
* WYSIWYG software
* laser printers
V 14.2 E-Books
* As old as computers themselves
* Dedicated reader hardware made easier
* bold predictions: "ebooks maybe an added format not a substitute for printed books"