In conventional wisdom, the reform of British copyright law during the eighteenth century brought an end to the monopoly on the sale of books held by the Stationers’ Company, and the resulting competition was one of the driving forces behind the expansion of British book production during...

Introduction : the role of marketing in the growth of the German book markets, 1815-1890 -- Separate, distinct, both sluggish : the German book markets at the close of the Napoleonic Wars, 1815-1820 -- The regular book market explodes, 1820-1843 -- Engines of growth : dynamic and entrepreneurial...

Selten hat ein wettbewerbspolitischer Fall so viel Interesse und Kontroversen hervorgerufen wie der E-Book-Fall rund um Amazon, bei dem führende Verlage und große Unternehmen wie Apple involviert sind. Doch dieser spiegelt nur eine von vielen unternehmerischen Vorgehensweisen Amazons wider....

"Not since Gutenberg printed his first Bible has the book industry undergone such rapid and widespread change. The last two decades have wrought major transformation on every aspect of the industry, with firms vying to keep pace with the creation and application of new digital technology....

En 2000, la production marocaine de livres atteint en un an l'équivalent de ce qui a été publié auparavant en près d'un siècle. Ce dynamisme atteste d'un secteur en mutation, reflet d'une libéralisation politique commencée au milieu des années 1990, qui est allée de pair avec une...

This paper empirically evaluates the effects of a merger between the two largest book retail chains in the UK. We build an original dataset of book titles with data on the prices at the store level and at the national level. We then apply difference-in-differences techniques to assess the impact...

This paper empirically evaluates the price effects of the merger of two major book retail chains in the UK: Waterstone's and Ottakar's. We employ differences-in-differences techniques and use a rich dataset containing monthly scanner data information on a sample of 200 books sold in 60 stores in...

This paper empirically evaluates the price effects of the merger of two major book retail chains in the UK: Waterstone's and Ottakar's. We employ differences-in-differences techniques and use a rich dataset containing monthly scanner data information on a sample of 200 books sold in 60 stores in...

The commercial network of The Company of Venice -- The development of commercial networks -- Press runs -- Warehouses -- Marks and branches -- The book privilege system -- Distribution -- Fairs -- Retail sales : distribution inside and outside of bookshops -- Shop inventories -- Managing a bookshop