Bourus, Terri2011-02-072011-02-072001Bourus, Terri “Shakespeare and the London Publishing Environment: The Publisher and Printers of Q1 and Q2 Hamlet,” AEB, Analytical & Enumerative Bibliography 12 (2001): 206-228.Terri Bourus “Shakespeare and the London Publishing Environment: The Publisher and Printers of Q1 and Q2 Hamlet. February 7, 2011. Available from IUPUI ScholarWorks. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2455.0161-0376https://hdl.handle.net/1805/2455This article submitted to IUPUI ScholarWorks as part of the OASIS Project. Permission for inclusion in IUPUI ScholarWorks granted by Dr. Philip Eubanks, Chair, on behalf of Northern Illinois University Dept. of English. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.The Worshipful Company of Stationers was the sole provider of books printed in England from its royal charter granted by Mary I on 4 May 1557 until the copyright acts of Anne in 1708-09. It controlled copyright through the entry of approved manuscripts; it printed the books; it vended the books; and it regulated its members' conduct of business. Since the Stationer's Company was also a craft/trade guild, much like the Butchers, Goldsmiths, Merchant Taylors, Cordwainers, and the like, it not only had commercial interests but fraternal ones as well. Odd as it may seem today, these companies were concerned with both the advancement of profit of entrepreneurs and working conditions of employees, all of whom were freemen of the company.en-US16th and 17th Century London Publishing HousesHamletJames RobertsNicholas LingShakespeareValentine SimmesShakespeare, William, 1564-1615. HamletWorshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (London, England)Article