The History of Publishing

Feb 07, 2015 13:10

Sherwood has a guest post at Charlie Stross's blog on the history of English-language publishing. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

It began when [Curll] first pirated Pope, prompting the poet and his publisher to meet Curll at the Swan, where they slipped a mega dose of "physic" (think ExLax) into his drink.

Crossposted to http://rachelmanija.dreamwidth.org/1179155.html. Comment here or there.

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