Abstract:Abstract:Publishing is an important cultural industry, and its products form part of the record of our social and cultural history. Yet what of the records of the publishers themselves -the voluminous correspondence, financial information, manuscripts, policies, review reports, and so on -and what is preserved of such records? In this paper, I propose to discuss the ways in which South African publishers keep -and do not keep -archives. If we are to write a full publishing history in this country, then it is i… Show more
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