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Fixed book price: History and Key Facts

Fixed book price (FBP) is a form of resale price maintenance applied to books.

Elegiac comedy: History and Key Facts

Elegiac comedy was a genre of medieval Latin literature—or drama—represented by about twenty texts written in the 12th and 13th centuries in the liberal arts schools of west central France (rough

Folio: History and Key Facts

The term "folio" (from Latin folium 'leaf') has three interconnected but distinct meanings in the world of books and printing: first, it is a term for a common method of arranging sheets of paper

Jeannette Hopkins: History and Key Facts

Jeannette Hopkins (1923–2011) was an American editor known for her career at a time when few women worked in the field.

Epistolography: History and Key Facts

Epistolography, or the art of writing letters, is a genre of Byzantine literature similar to rhetoric that was popular with the intellectual elite of the Byzantine age.

Index (publishing): History and Key Facts

An index (pl.: usually indexes, more rarely indices) is a list of words or phrases ('headings') and associated pointers ('locators') to where useful material relating to that heading can be found

Erotic literature: History and Key Facts

The term erotic literature refers to fictional or factual stories and accounts of eros (passionate, romantic, or sexual relationships) intended to sexually arouse readers.

Ergodic literature: History and Key Facts

Ergodic literature is a mode of textual organization in which nontrivial effort is required for the reader to traverse the text, beyond ordinary eye movement or turning pages.

Sense and Sensibility: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Sense and Sensibility: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Flower Fables: Poetry Guide and Free Edition

Flower Fables: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

McTeague: A Story of San Francisco: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

McTeague: A Story of San Francisco: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Summer: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Summer: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Well at the World's End: A Tale: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Well at the World's End: A Tale: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Charlotte Temple: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Charlotte Temple: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Haunted Bookshop: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Haunted Bookshop: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Picture of Dorian Gray: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Phantom of the Opera: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Phantom of the Opera: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Roderick Hudson: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Roderick Hudson: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The American: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The American: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Confidence: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Confidence: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Europeans: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Europeans: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Uncle Tom's Cabin: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Uncle Tom's Cabin: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The innocence of Father Brown: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The innocence of Father Brown: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses: Poetry Guide and Free Edition

The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Daisy Miller: A Study: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Daisy Miller: A Study: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Turn of the Screw: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Turn of the Screw: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

An International Episode: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

An International Episode: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

A Memory: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Memory by Lola Ridge: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 17 original MP3 tracks, 19:35 running time and a link to listen.

A Mirror Of Shalott: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Mirror Of Shalott by Robert Hugh Benson: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 16 original MP3 tracks, 5:39:48 running time and a link to listen.

A Mother's Song: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Mother's Song by Anna Hempstead Branch: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 16 original MP3 tracks, 31:14 running time and a link to listen.

A Mysterious Disappearance: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Mysterious Disappearance by Louis Tracy: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 31 original MP3 tracks, 8:56:19 running time and a link to listen.

A Mystery: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Mystery by John Greenleaf Whittier: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 11 original MP3 tracks, 26:04 running time and a link to listen.

A Petition to Time: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Petition to Time by Barry Cornwall: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 12 original MP3 tracks, 13:11 running time and a link to listen.

A Photograph: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Photograph by John Charles McNeill: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 22 original MP3 tracks, 26:37 running time and a link to listen.

A Pin: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Pin by Ella Wheeler Wilcox: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 7 original MP3 tracks, 20:09 running time and a link to listen.

A Plea For Our Northern Winters: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Plea For Our Northern Winters by Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 14 original MP3 tracks, 47:53 running time and a link to listen.

A Poetical Cook-Book: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Poetical Cook-Book by Maria J. Moss: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 18 original MP3 tracks, 2:49:28 running time and a link to listen.