Books in France explained

, five firms in France rank among the world's biggest publishers of books in terms of revenue:, Groupe Albin Michel, Groupe Madrigall (including Éditions Gallimard), Hachette Livre (including Éditions Grasset), and Martinière Groupe (including Éditions du Seuil).

History

In 1292 the book-trade of Paris consisted of 24 copyists, 17 bookbinders, 19 parchment makers, 13 illuminators, 8 dealers in manuscripts.^[1]

In Paris in 1470, Martin Crantz, Michael Freyburger, and Ulrich Gering produced the first printed book in France, Epistolae (letters), by Gasparinus de Bergamo. In 1476 in Lyon appeared one of the first printed French-language books, La Légende Dorée (Golden Legend) by Jacobus de Voragine.

The French royal library began at the Louvre Palace in 1368 during the reign of Charles V, opened to the public in 1692, and became the Bibliothèque nationale de France in 1792. The Centre National du Livre (Center for the Book) formed in 1946. The began in 1981.

The history of the book in France has been studied from a variety of cultural, economic, political, and social angles. Influential scholars include Roger Chartier, Robert Darnton, Elizabeth Eisenstein, and Henri-Jean Martin.

Bookselling

The (book trade union) organized in 1847 in Paris, and the Syndicat National de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne booksellers association in 1914.

L'Express started a bestseller list in 1961, and started one in 1984.

In popular culture

• The Reader (1988 film)
• Hugo (film), 2011, includes brief scene in fictional Paris bookshop

See also

• Collection (publishing)
• Copyright law of France
• Legal deposit: France
• Media of France
• French literature
• French bibliophiles
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  • Libraries in Paris
• List of book fairs in France (in French)
• List of book-burning incidents, some in France
• French children's books
• Musée de l'Imprimerie (printing museum), Lyon, est. 1964

Bibliography

in English

• Book: List of Bibliographical Works in the Reading Room of the British Museum . 3816244 . London . 2nd . G.W. Porter . G.K. Fortescue . 1889. Bibliographies of Countries: France. https://archive.org/stream/listofbibliogra00brit#page/n23/mode/2up. Internet Archive.
• Book: The First Paris Press: an account of the books printed for G. Fichet and J. Heynlin in the Sorbonne, 1470-1472 . Anatole Claudin . London . . 1898. .
• Book: Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum . Robert Proctor . London . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company . 6438080 . 1898 . Books Printed From Types: France . 561+. HathiTrust. 2027/uc1.c3450632 . Robert Proctor (bibliographer) .
• Book: Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books . Alice Bertha Kroeger . Isadore Gilbert Mudge . Isadore Gilbert Mudge . . 3rd . 1917. Bibliography: National and Trade: French. https://archive.org/stream/guidetostudyand03mudggoog#page/n200/mode/1up. Alice Bertha Kroeger .
• Book: French Book Trade in the Ancien Regime, 1500-1791 . David T. Pottinger . 9780674432581 . 1958. Harvard University Press .
• Book: . Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science . 23 . Marcel Dekker . 978-0-8247-2023-0 . https://books.google.com/books?id=tmnVublw2pwC . etal . 1978. Printers and Printing. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science .
  • Printing in France before 1501, p. 342+
  • 16th Century: France
  • 17th Century: France
  • 18th Century: France
    • Book: . Edith S. Hoshino . International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia . Garland . 9781134261260 . 1995. France.
• Book: Robert Darnton. Forbidden Best-sellers of Pre-revolutionary France. Norton. 978-0-393-31442-7. 1996. ("What did the French read in the eighteenth century?")
• Book: Europa World Year Book 2004 . 1857432533 . . 2004. France: Directory: Publishers . 1700+.
• Book: French Vernacular Books: Books Published in the French Language before 1601 . . Malcolm Walsby . Alexander Wilkinson . Brill . 9789004156876 . 1-2 . 2007. + Volumes 3-4 (2011): Books published in France before 1601 in Latin and Languages other than French
• Book: Michael F. Suarez . . The Book: A Global History. Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-967941-6 . 2013. France . Vincent Giroud.

in French

• 1811-
• 1971- http://www.rfhl.org/pages/sommaires-des-derniers-numeros/
• Book: Henri-Jean Martin . Roger Chartier . Histoire de l'édition française . 2213024006 . Paris . fr . 2nd . 1989–1991.
• Book: L'édition française depuis 1945 . Pascal Fouché .

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  . Éditions du Cercle de la Librairie . 2-7654-0708-8 . fr . 1998.
• Lylette Lacôte-Gabrysiak . C'est un best-seller! Meilleures ventes de livres en France de 1984 à 2004 . Bestselling books in France from 1984 to 2004 . Communication . 1920-7344 . . Canada . 27 . 10.4000/communication.3130 . free . fr . . 2010. .

External links

• (Bibliography of editions published in France; also browsable by town)
• Institut d'histoire du livre (Institute for the History of the Book), Lyon, est. 2001
• . (Includes some info on France)
• Web site: National Bibliographic Register: France . Ifla.org . . The Hague . (Includes books)
• Web site: British Library . UK . Help for Researchers . French Printed Collections, 1501-1850 .
• Web site: . OCLC . (su:Book industries and trade -- France) . US . (Bibliography)

Notes and References

1. Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia . London . https://archive.org/stream/chamberssency02lond#page/310/mode/1up . 2 . Book-trade . 1901 . Chambers's Encyclopaedia .
2. Book: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science . 9781466552593 . 4th . 2016 . France . Martine Poulain . Taylor & Francis .

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