Talk:Benjamin Harris (publisher)

Split suggestion

 * I support the proposal to split these articles, they are on two completely different people . Эйрон Кинни  (t) 03:10, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

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Refs
I presume the Mindich references are to David Mindich, Just the Facts. It would be good if someone with a copy filled them in. Charles Matthews (talk) 14:55, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Printer seems more accurate than publisher
The works from him that I am familiar with all seem to list his name as "printed by." He comes across as a hired gun who would print what he was paid to print. MA Government Acts and Laws for instance were a lucrative source of income.

Usually there was supposed to be a license to "publish" that came from someone else, a minister or a magistrate. Also where the work was sold was listed separately.

When two people were in a disagreement, they might say, "Meet me at Benj. Harris'" (or another printer's shop) i.e. to have a record taken of their exchange.

For all these reasons, listing him as a "publisher" seems to confuse the issue with what we would now think of when we use that term. 18:26, 8 November 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lewismr (talk • contribs)