The Publishing Game
Adventures in Books: 150 years of Hodder & Stoughton
Published on 12. July 2018
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-4736-7117-1 (ISBN)
Description
Author, journalist and BBC presenter Ed Stourton delves into the Hodder & Stoughton archives to tell the human story of 150 years of publishing.
From the day in June 1868 when Matthew Henry Hodder and Thomas Wilberforce Stoughton first founded the company, through numerous encounters with authors from John le Carre to Jodi Picoult, and several staff sports days - this will be an entertaining and enlightening read for any book lover.
From the day in June 1868 when Matthew Henry Hodder and Thomas Wilberforce Stoughton first founded the company, through numerous encounters with authors from John le Carre to Jodi Picoult, and several staff sports days - this will be an entertaining and enlightening read for any book lover.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
3 x 8 page colour insets
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
545 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4736-7117-1 (9781473671171)
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E-Book
07/2018
Hodder & Stoughton
€3.99
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Person
Edward Stourton has worked in broadcasting for 38 years, and regularly presents BBC Radio Four programmes such as The World at One, The World This Weekend, Sunday and Analysis. He has been a foreign correspondent for Channel Four, ITN and the BBC, and for ten years he was one of the main presenters of the Today programme.