How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on
using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an …

This paper describes a brief history of the research and development of information retrieval
systems starting with the creation of electromechanical searching devices, through to the …

Now fully revised and updated for its sixth edition, Inside Book Publishing is the classic
introduction to the book publishing industry. Giles Clark and Angus Phillips offer …

This second edition of An Introduction to Book History provides a comprehensive critical
introduction to the development of the book and print culture. Each fully revised and updated …

The Meaning of Video Games takes a textual studies approach to an increasingly important
form of expression in today's culture. It begins by assuming that video games are meaningful …

Working with Written Discourse is a mixture of 'theory'and 'practice'. It deals with discourse
analysis both as a subject readers want to know about, and as a method (or a set of …

'Reading by Numbers: Recalibrating the Literary Field'is the first book to use digital
humanities strategies to integrate the scope and methods of book and publishing history …

A History of Cookbooks provides a sweeping literary and historical overview of the cookbook
genre, exploring its development as a part of food culture beginning in the Late Middle Ages …

Reception introduces students and academics alike to the study of the way in which texts are
received by readers, viewers, and audiences. Organized conceptually and thematically, this …

Libraries play an important role at the intersections of government, universities, research
institutes, and the public since they are storing and managing digital assets. The large …