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British publishing 1970–2000: How deregulation and access to capital changed the rules

British publishing 1970–2000: How deregulation and access to capital changed the rules Eric de Bellaigue Born in France and brought up in England and Canada, where he graduated from McGill University, Eric de Bellaigue started his working life as a reporter on the Montreal Star . His career in banking and stockbroking included spells with the Bank of Montreal, merchant bankers Schroder Wagg and stockbrokers Panmure Gordon. He has been studying the past and forecasting the future of British book publishing for some forty years. He is the author of British Book Publishing as a Business since the 1960s , published by the British Library in 2004. This is his seventh article for L OGOS , of whose editorial board he has been a steadfast member since the journal was founded in 1990. Email: ericdebellaigue@hotmail.com 117 LOGOS LOGOS 17/3 © LOGOS To be in publishing in the early 1970s in Britain had seemingly much to recommend it. Publishers were enjoying three growth markets: education, informa- tion, leisure. They were operating within the publishing cocoon of an ever more dominant English language, and they were shielded by copyright. What was to emerge in British publishing in the next thirty years was less settled but more exhilarating. Before the 1970s were over, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Logos Brill

British publishing 1970–2000: How deregulation and access to capital changed the rules

Bellaigue, Eric de
Logos , Volume 17 (3): 117 – Jan 1, 2006
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© 2006 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Eric de Bellaigue Born in France and brought up in England and Canada, where he graduated from McGill University, Eric de Bellaigue started his working life as a reporter on the Montreal Star . His career in banking and stockbroking included spells with the Bank of Montreal, merchant bankers Schroder Wagg and stockbrokers Panmure Gordon. He has been studying the past and forecasting the future of British book publishing for some forty years. He is the author of British Book Publishing as a Business since the 1960s , published by the British Library in 2004. This is his seventh article for L OGOS , of whose editorial board he has been a steadfast member since the journal was founded in 1990. Email: ericdebellaigue@hotmail.com 117 LOGOS LOGOS 17/3 © LOGOS To be in publishing in the early 1970s in Britain had seemingly much to recommend it. Publishers were enjoying three growth markets: education, informa- tion, leisure. They were operating within the publishing cocoon of an ever more dominant English language, and they were shielded by copyright. What was to emerge in British publishing in the next thirty years was less settled but more exhilarating. Before the 1970s were over,

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