Tobaccos
The Shift in Publishing Pipe and Tobacco Books: Vanity Press, Print on Demand, and Self-Publishing
How pipe and tobacco literature, which found a place in major publishers' catalogs in the mid-twentieth century, turned over the last fifty years into books printed at the author's own expense, and what this means for readers and researchers.
The shift in publishing pipe and tobacco books describes how this literature, once an ordinary title in established publishers' catalogs, has over the last fifty years largely turned into books printed out of the author's own pocket. The shift is most visible in the United States; for a general overview of the field, see the pipe books and publications entry.
The Era of Major Publishers
In the first half of the twentieth century, the subject caused no trouble for well-known publishers. Alfred Dunhill's The Pipe Book appeared in London in 1924 under the A. & C. Black imprint; Compton Mackenzie's Sublime Tobacco was published by Chatto & Windus in 1957. In the same years, houses such as Alfred A. Knopf, Little, Brown, and McGraw-Hill in America published volumes on the social history of tobacco. Carl Ehwa's The Book of Pipes & Tobacco also bears the Random House imprint; catalog records show both a 1973 and a 1974 printing of the book. This title is counted among the last wide doors major publishers opened to pipe literature.
From Publishing to Printing
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