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 BOOK HISTORY is a growing area of interdisciplinary enquiry, drawing on the methods of Bibliography, Social History, Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory. Its specific objects of study include literacy and reading practices, relations among publishers, authors and readers, and media production technology.
Whether in the creation of early manuscripts, in the formation of libraries, through fine printing or the development of mass media, Scotland's contributions to the history of the book, both within the nation and beyond its boundaries, have been remarkable.
To be published in four volumes by Edinburgh University Press, The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland is a major scholarly project whose aim is to investigate the history of the production, circulation, and reception of Scottish texts from earliest times to the present.
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