Jeremy Lewis (1) (1942–2017)
Autore di Penguin Special: The Story of Allen Lane, the Founder of Penguin Books and the Man Who Changed Publishing Forever
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Sull'Autore
Jeremy Morley Lewis was born in Salisbury, England on March 15, 1942. He read history at Trinity College, Dublin and received a master's degree in European studies from the University of Sussex. He worked for several publishing houses including William Collins, Oxford University Press, and Chatto mostra altro and Windus. He also worked on literary magazines including the Literary Review and The Oldie. He wrote three autobiographical books entitled Playing for Time, Kindred Spirits: Adrift in Literary London, and Grub Street Irregular: Scenes from Literary Life. His other books included Cyril Connolly: A Life, Tobias Smollett, Penguin Special: The Life and Times of Allen Lane, Shades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family, and David Astor. He died on April 10, 2017 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Lewis, Jeremy Morley
- Data di nascita
- 1942-03-15
- Data di morte
- 2017-04-09
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Istruzione
- Malvern College
Trinity College, Dublin - Attività lavorative
- publisher
editor
biographer - Relazioni
- Lowry, Suzanne (fiancée, briefly)
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I was put off by the cad-ness of Allen Lane. But the review promising a nuts and bolts of the publishing industry in those days says I should read.
Astonishing how many copies per title were sold back when there were 20% as many people today and no internet.
Astonishing how many copies per title were sold back when there were 20% as many people today and no internet.
I was put off by the cad-ness of Allen Lane. But the review promising a nuts and bolts of the publishing industry in those days says I should read.
Astonishing how many copies per title were sold back when there were 20% as many people today and no internet.
Astonishing how many copies per title were sold back when there were 20% as many people today and no internet.
A biography of Allen Lane, the founder of Penguin books.
Very interesting account of his life and how publishing changed in his lifetime, many of the changes brought about by Lane himself. As publishing goes through another upheaval with the advent of ebooks, it's good to look back at what happened when good quality paperbacks were introduced.
Very interesting account of his life and how publishing changed in his lifetime, many of the changes brought about by Lane himself. As publishing goes through another upheaval with the advent of ebooks, it's good to look back at what happened when good quality paperbacks were introduced.
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Nonetheless, this is a fascinating piece of publishing history, and Allen Lane was clearly a genius in this realm. If the subject--the birth of the mass-market paperback and its role in both forming and consolidating public interests and tastes--interests you, I expect this is probably the last word on this particular dimension of the topic, however flawed I may personally find it.… (altro)