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Printing History
Printing History, the biannual journal of the American Printing History Association, publishes scholarly articles on the history of printing, publishing, books, type, typography, paper and related industries. Befitting a publication devoted to this subject it is beautifully designed, printed and illustrated, of course, and is available in paper format only through membership in APHA.
Printing History was founded in 1979; since then it has been edited by Susan Otis Thompson, Irene Tichenor, Renee Weber, and David Pankow. The first 50 issues of the journal constitute the Original Series.
Printing History New Series began in 2007 under the editorship of William S. Peterson, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Maryland, former editor of Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and the author of books about the Kelmscott Press and Daniel Berkeley Updike.
As of July 2011, William T. La Moy became the editor of Printing History. He is the curator of rare books and printed materials at the Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Library. Prior to this position, he was the James Duncan Phillips Librarian and director of publications at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Submitting an article to Printing History
Mr. La Moy welcomes submissions on any aspect of printing history and its related arts; contributors need not be members of APHA. All correspondence, articles, book reviews, inquiries, etc., should be directed to him.
We are readily prepared to receive submissions that are created in the major word processing programs. Images should, ideally, be submitted as six-hundred-pixel-per-inch files in the TIF format on CDs or DVDs. We, in general, follow the guidelines of The Chicago Manual of Style. Footnotes, rather than endnotes, are the preferred form of documentation. Printing History is indexed in Library Literature and the MLA International Bibliography.
Back issues of Printing History
Back issues of Printing History are indexed in Library Literature and the MLA International Bibliography. Back issues of the new series are searchable in EBSCO and Gale online academic databases. Many back issues of both the original and the new series are available for purchase.
Advertising in Printing History
You may purchase quarter-, half-, or full-page advertising spaces in the journal by contacting the advertising manager at advertising@printinghistory.org. Download the Advertising Rate Sheet here.
David Pankow to deliver the 2013 Lieberman Lecture. Details.
The APHA board has agreed to move forward with a redesign of the APHA website. The front page will feature articles, news and a calendar, and will replace the pdf newsletter. While a Summer launch is expected, the editor is now seeking short articles of 200-400 words in length, plus images. Please write to website@printinghistory.org.
The 2013 Winter Newsletter, featuring a summary of the Annual Meeting in New York is now available. Download or read online.
Individual and Institutional Awards for distinguished achievement in printing history were presented at our Annual membership Saturday, January 26.
Details.
Back issues of Printing History are now on sale at a deep discount at Rochester Institute of Technology Press
The complete listing of Printing History's contents have been put back online. See the contents (and a few select articles) from the Original Series, or a complete listing of the New Series. See something you like? Order Directly from RIT Press.