Craftsmen made small models
of their wares, such as dolls' china, dolls' furniture, silver,
and flat lead soldiers. Babies had rattles and teething rings.
In 1710 copyrights for books was given for 14 years, renewable for
another 14 years. Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad and
Odyssey made him financially independent. He collected advance
payments from subscribers who would be listed in the book. A new
book industry emerged in London with booksellers as master
manufacturers who employed writers, authors, copyers, and
subwriters. Booksellers sold books of sermons, histories,
political and literary satires, literary criticism, and
dictionaries. There was a growing popularity of novels. Books were
expensive to buy. Regular magazines on the new and strange were
published. There were three daily, six weekly, and ten thrice
yearly newspapers. Newspapers increased in number from 8 founded
in 1700 to a total of 25 in 1727. By 1753, there were over a
million throughout the country. Workmen usually began their day by
reading a newspaper at a coffee house.
Authors of books which have been registered at the Stationers Hall
shall have the sole liberty of printing and reprinting such book
for 14 years. Others who print or sell or publish such shall
forfeit the books and pay one penny for each sheet found in their
custody, 1/2 to the Queen and 1/2 to the suer. The printer shall
give a copy of each book printed to the Company of Stationers, the
Royal Library, the libraries of the Oxford and Cambridge
universities, and certain other libraries.
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