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- Rimm, Anna-Maria, 1978-
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Book Routes. Imports of Foreign Books to Sweden, 1750–1800
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Ingår i: Publishing history. - Cambridge : Chadwyck-Healey. - 0309-2445. ; :68, s. 5-24
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study focuses on the import of books to Sweden 1750–1800. The Swedish book trade in the 18th century involved mainly foreign books. The production of books in Swedish was still limited – even though it increased steadily during the century – and was in no way able to satisfy the needs of Swedish scholars for learned and diverting works in their original language. The import of foreign books to Sweden seems to have been undertaken in various ways: with the help of individuals who brought books home with them from abroad, through the exchange of scholarly works by the universities with institutions overseas and by means of the organised book trade.Several Swedish book sellers imported books from abroad during the latter part of the 18th century. In fact, Sweden had a substantial number of book shops compared with other European cities. In the 1781 European bookseller’s directory Almanach de la librairie, the Swedish capital Stockholm came at a joint fifth place (together with The Hague) as to the European cities with the largest number of book shops, before cities such as Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid and Rome.Importing books to Sweden was, however, a financially risky business and some of the importers went bankrupt because of it. The conditions of the trade also underwent marked developments during the periods studied: at first, imports largely took the form of exchanges, for example. To conclude, the article shows that more basic research and comprehensive empirical studies need to be undertaken to provide a fair picture of this hitherto largely unresearched trade.
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- Rimm, Anna-Maria, 1978-
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Conditions and Survival : Views on the Concentration of Ownership and Vertical Integration in German and Swedish Publishing
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Ingår i: Publishing research quarterly. - : Springer US. - 1053-8801 .- 1936-4792. ; 30, s. 77-92
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper compares publishing in two European countries with fixed respective free book prices: Germany and Sweden, when it comes to the phenomenon vertical integration. Concentration of media ownership is a central issue in today’s global publishing industry and large international media groups are consolidating at a fast pace, taking over more and more links in the value chain of books. One of the foremost examples is Amazon—established in Germany and fast expanding in Europe, but not yet present in Sweden. This paper presents a broad overview of the two markets and interviews with several actors in the German and Swedish book trades are analyzed and compared. Amazon’s impact on the respective book markets as well as strategies for independent publishers are discussed. The question whether concentration of media ownership in the book trade affects publishing and distribution of “quality literature” is also raised.
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- Rimm, Anna-Maria, 1978-
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Elsa Fougt, Kungl. boktryckare : Aktör i det litterära systemet ca 1780-1810
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Elsa Fougt (1744–1826), a woman entrepreneur, was one of the leading figures in the late eighteenth-century Swedish book trade. Her main enterprise was the printing house Kongl. Tryckeriet (the Royal Printing House), which was responsible for printing and publishing the official documents of the Swedish realm. Besides her office as Royal Printer, she also ran a publishing house, two bookshops and a type foundry, as well as being the editor of the Swedish newspaper Stockholms Weckoblad. The dissertation analyzes Fougt's different enterprises and her position in the book trade between 1780 and 1810, from the perspectives of sociology of literature and gender history. It consists of five independent articles, preceded by an introductory chapter which summarizes the articles and discusses their main findings. The first two articles explore the office of the Royal Printer during the whole eighteenth century, while the third article concerns Elsa Fougt’s position as Royal Printer. The fourth article is a study of Fougt's publishing house, and the fifth and final article focuses on her international bookshop, where, among other things, she sold clandestine books imported from the STN in Switzerland. Fougt's successful career was made possible by a number of favourable circumstances, the most important being her family background and network. Her father Peter Momma held the office of Royal Printer, and Elsa Fougt and her husband Henric inherited his position when he died. When Henric passed away in 1782, Elsa – as a widow – was legally allowed to take up the office of Royal Printer independently. The fact that Elsa Fougt was a woman does not seem to have particularly affected her role as Royal Printer. In comparison with her predecessors, her position as Royal Printer appears to have been rather strong. She was a shrewd businesswoman who successfully negotiated with the authorities for higher financial compensation. Her office was obviously of greater importance than her gender. Being both a publisher, a printer, and a bookseller, Fougt handled most of the functions of the book trade, although she distinguished between these different functions. Furthermore, rather than just being an intermediary of books, she also took part in the creation of them, for example by initiating texts and editing manuscripts. In the book trade of her time, Fougt can be seen as both a traditionalist – holding the inherited office of Royal Printer – and an innovator, representing a more modern literary system with increased specialization.
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Elsa Fougt som förläggare
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This essay studies the Royal Printer Elsa Fougt’s (1744–1826) publishing house, and her role as a publisher. Elsa Fougt’s main enterprise was her large printing house Kongl. Tryckeriet – the Royal Printing House – which was responsible for printing and publishing the official documents of the Swedish realm. In addition, she published a number of other works, both scientific literature and fiction, particularly plays. The essay consists of two major parts. The first part deals with the books produced by Fougt’s publishing house between 1782 and 1811. The second part mainly investigates her relations with authors, as well as the different functions she performed in the book trade as a publisher. Finally, Fougt’s marketing methods and sales strategies are examined.
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- Rimm, Anna-Maria, 1978-
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Elsa Fougt som internationell bokhandlare
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Ingår i: Biblis. - Stockholm : Föreningen Biblis. - 1403-3313. ; 47, s. 2-36
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Elsa Fougt som Kungl. boktryckare
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Ingår i: Samlaren. - Uppsala : Svenska litteratursällskapet. - 0348-6133 .- 2002-3871. ; 128, s. 5-51
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Anna-Maria Rimm, Elsa Fougt som Kungl. boktryckare. (Elsa Fougt as Royal Printer.) Elsa Fougt (1744–1826) was one of the most powerful figures in the Swedish book trade of her time. For nearly thirty years, she held the position of Royal Printer in the Swedish realm and accordingly ran the large and prestigious printing house Kongl. Tryckeriet. She also ran several enterprises that were attached to the printing house, including a publishing firm, a type foundry, and a bookshop that traded in foreign books. While previous research about the late eighteenth-century book trade in Sweden has seen Elsa Fougt primarily as a passive figure, the widow of the Royal Printer Henric Fougt, this study argues that she was an active entrepreneur in her own right. Elsa Fougt worked independently for thirty years after her husband had died, and, moreover, she already worked as a married woman, although unofficially. Kongl. Tryckeriet was a typical family business in which each family member’s contribution was necessary for its survival. Elsa Fougt, being the daughter of the previous Royal Printer Peter Momma, had literally grown up in the business, and most probably received both the essential training and the network contacts that a future career in the trade required, even though, being a woman, she was not permitted apprenticeship as a printer. It is important to stress that the wives of entrepreneurs often worked in the family business. After her husband’s death, she was able to represent her companies officially, since widows were allowed by law to run businesses. The fact that Elsa Fougt was a woman living and working in a patriarchal society does not seem to have particularly affected her role as Royal Printer. In comparison with her predecessors, her position as Royal Printer appears to have been remarkably strong. For instance, her recurrent demands to the authorities for higher financial compensation for printing and publishing official documents were accepted more often than those of her predecessors. Elsa Fougt was a skillful business strategist who tried to consolidate her companies in many ways. Her most noteworthy tactic was to make use of her official position as Royal Printer and the prestigious trademark of Kongl. Tryckeriet for the purpose of benefiting her other, private, enterprises. Thus, it is evident that her different companies were tightly interwoven,even though the printing house Kongl. Tryckeriet held the most prominent place in her business empire.
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