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A World Of Letters: Yale University Press, 1908 2008
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">For Yale University Press, which celebrates its hundredth birthday in 2008, the century has been an eventful one, punctuated with no few surprises. The Press has published more than 8,000 volumes through the years, scores of bestsellers and award-winners among them, and these books have come to fruition through the efforts of ...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
October 21st 2008
by Yale University Press
(first published October 13th 2008)
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Another fine book on the worlds of books, book collecting, and book publishing by Nicholas Basbanes. This time around his focus is on the Yale University Press, and by extension, the world of academic publishing in general. As always, Basbanes threads his story with interesting people, and a conversational narrative style that is very easy to read. I loved this quote from Clarence Day, one of the founders of and the author of an early history of the Yale Press.
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Hey, how many people ever get to read a history of their very own workplaces. Would have liked more detail about specific notable books, but hey--how much did the darned thing cost me?
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