The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 4 : Professionalism and Diversity 1880-2000.

COVER -- COPYRIGHT -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Section 1: The Publishing Infrastructure: 1880-1980 -- The Competitors -- The Professionalism of Publishing -- Library Provision in Scotland -- The Business of Publishing -- Selling to the World -- The Development of the Bookshop -- Section 2: Production, Form and Image -- The Material Book -- Typography -- Design and Illustration -- The Book and Photography -- Section 3: Publishing Policies: The Literary Culture -- The Changing Face of the Publishing House: 1880-1980 -- Literary Publishing: 1880-1914 -- Literary Publishing: 1914-45 -- Literary Publishing: 1945-2000 -- The Gaelic Book -- Section 4: Publishing Policies: The Diversity of Print -- Religious Publishing -- Educational, Academic and Legal Publishing -- Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishing -- Reference Publishing -- Children's Books -- Magazines and Comics -- Section 5: Authors and Readers -- Authors in the Literary Marketplace -- The Economics of Authorship -- Readers and Reading -- Section 6: The Future of the Book in Scotland -- Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index.

The early part of the period covered by this volume marked the centrality of the book as a vehicle of communication. The later part of the period witnesses the book’s decline as a mass medium, although it retains a high cultural value in contemporary society.

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