Talk:Fine press

Scope
Is the list intended to be complete for some historical period, perhaps for the US and UK? Were there none, say, in Australia during that period?

The current list and some of the prose suggest that this covers a particular "fine press" movement, perhaps limited to the English-speaking world. Then the one 16th-century "Continental Europe" listing certainly does not belong without comment and it may not belong here at all. --P64 (talk) 18:41, 5 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, this article needs to explain its own focus. Even when completed, it would do well to focus on the Anglo-American artistic movement started by William Morris in England. It was the creation of a "book arts" based on historical study--so 16th-century certainly wouldn't be part of it. The movement took hold in other parts of Europe (Germany must be mentioned somewhere!) but it wasn't worldwide.D.B.Updike (talk) 16:44, 3 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Is the article focused on printing books? Or is printing visual art, such as the silkscreen work of Roy Lichtenstein, also encompassed? Mgnbar (talk) 13:05, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Private press
Our article private press and this one suggest to me that "private press" may be a book collecting term for fine press. Is there a business difference? Should the articles be merged? --P64 (talk) 20:58, 5 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Good question. The terms are often used casually and interchangeably. The precise difference is that private presses are run solely for the pleasure of an individual or organization, with all expenses covered by the owner's wealth, but fine presses can be commercial businesses that need to pay their own expenses. There's a lot of overlap, but merging the articles could be tricky. D.B.Updike (talk) 16:44, 3 July 2014 (UTC)