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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.
Submitting an article to Printing History
Mr. Peterson 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.
The editor prefers to receive submissions as e-mail attachments, created, if possible, in Word, WordPerfect, or OpenOffice (though he can deal with other formats if necessary). He follows The Chicago Manual of Style (slightly modified), and contributors should observe that our notes are rendered as footnotes rather than endnotes. Readers familiar with Printing History will also be aware that we especially welcome illustrated articles.
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.
The complete program, registration form and conference hotel information are now available for APHA’s 35th Annual Conference, “Learning To Print, Teaching to Print,” in Washington, DC, October 15th–16th, 2010, at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. Download the program and hotel information. Download the registration form.
The Summer 2010 issue of the Newsletter is comprised of a story about the revival of UCLA's Horn Press; the program of the upcoming 2010 annual conference; a reminder of the 2010 Lieberman Lecture; chapter activities from across the country; a review of the 2010 Hofer Lecture; and the bicentennial of George Phineas Gordon. Download it in PDF form here.