ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the local revolution from the viewpoint of each of the three major players in the production, reproduction, and reception of books and periodicals in the period 1789-1830. The most significant innovation in printing in the period, was lithography, pioneered by the Munich-based Alois Senefelder. In the position of authors in the literary marketplace, the period 1789-1830 should be seen as one consolidating, at best accelerating, changes that had been taking place for much of the eighteenth century. The circulation of newspapers increased eightfold between 1712-57, then, it helps to the arrival of such influential papers as The Morning Chronicle in 1769, The Morning Post in 1772, and The Times in 1788. A major event in eighteenth-century publishing history was the legal decision in 1774 abolishing perpetual copyright. The huge growth in the periodical press in this period remains to provide a fuller picture of its cultural significance.
