Between covers – John Tebbel Fabrieksprijs

Between Covers goes behind the famous imprints to tell the often surprising story of the men and women who have made up more than two centuries of American book publishing. The only comprehensive, single-volume history of the profession, it is a book rich in life and color, in anecdote and biography. John Tebbel offers fascinating portraits of the founders of the great houses–the Harper brothers, George Palmer Putnam, the Scribners, Henry Oscar Houghton, among them–as well as of the figures who led the in…