Book History is a journal published annually by the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP). Book History is devoted to every aspect of the history of the book, broadly defined as the history of the creation, dissemination, and reception of script and print. It publishes research on the social, economic, and cultural history of authorship, editing, printing, the book arts, publishing, the book trade, periodicals, newspapers, ephemera, copyright, censorship, literary agents, libraries, literary criticism, canon formation, literacy, literary education, reading habits, and reader response.

See also

• History of the Book

External links

• Centre for the History of the Book
• Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing