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Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly is a magazine and online publication on the book publishing business. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

Publishers Weekly traces its history back to 1872, when it was published as "The Publishers' and Stationers' Weekly Trade Circular", though predecessor publications go back to the 1850s. The shorter "Publishers Weekly" name first appeared in 1873, and has sometimes included an apostrophe. The first actively copyright-renewed issue is March 14, 1936 (v. 129 no. 11). The first actively copyright-renewed contribution is from March 28, 1931. (More details) It is still published today.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1872: HathiTrust has the first two volumes, published as "The Publishers' and Stationers' Weekly Trade Circular".
• 1873-1926: HathiTrust has volumes 3-102, part of 103, volume 104, parts of 106 and 108, and volume 109, scanned from Michigan, Minnesota, and Harvard. Some later volumes in this set are searchable but not readable online.
• 1877-1900, 1902-1903, 1905, 1910-1911, 1917, 1926-1927: HathiTrust has volumes 11-15, 17-31, 33, 35-45, 47-51, 53-55, 57, 61, 63, 68, 78-80, 92, and 110-112, scanned from the University of California. Some later volumes in this set are searchable but not readable online.

Official Site / Current Material

• The official Publishers Weekly site has information about the magazine, subscription content, and selected open content.

Related Resources

• We also list some issues of the American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular, predecessor to this publication.

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