Laura Millar: The Story Behind the Book: Preserving Authors’and Publishers’Archives

摘要

This eloquent and compelling book would be a best-seller if it were acquired by every person who should have it on hand. Deftly arguing that "the study of writing and publishing is infinite. The role of archives in that study is boundless" (p. 49), Dr. Laura Millar, who has extensive professional experience in both archives and publishing, draws on an entertaining array of examples to demonstrate why the records of authors, editors, publishers, designers, booksellers, and others involved in the creation, production, and distribution of books are essential to understanding the past, shaping the present, and engaging with the future. This awareness is especially critical to the archivist, who "determines what is worth keeping not on the type of record but on the reason it was created and kept" (24).