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L O G O S The role I I I k publisher's cultural Richard Abel Dick Abel graduated in Medieval History from Reed College, Portland, Oregon, where he still lives, more than forty years ago. After graduate work in the same field at the University of California, he became a book' seller, establishing in 1960 his eponymous company which became a major supplier of books to academic and research libraries in the United States and around the world. This company is now Blackwell N o r t h America. Since the m i d ' 1 9 7 0 s , Abel has been an independent publisher, his principal interest being Timber Press, founded in 1977, which publishes books on horticulture and plant sciences. H e also started Amadeus Press in 1985, to publish books on music. In the past several decades, the book publisher has been metaphorically identified as a literary gate• keeper or as one who adds value to a physical object - a book. Both formulations are at best shallow, sound-bite c h a t a c t e r i z a t i o n s . Too l i t t l
Logos – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1996
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