'De menschen koopen alleen boeken, welke ze nodig hebben'. Uitgeverij De Erven F. Bohn, 1900-1940

A history of the Dutch publishing firm De Erven F. Bohn during the years 1900-1940, the study argues that the Dutch publishing industry in this period is characterised by a proliferation of different publishing fields, resulting in a gradual evolution of most large publishing houses from general to specialised. It studies the structure of various publishing fields, particularly by focusing on the different strategies of list building as distinguishing characteristics of the distinctive fields and the subsequent amplification of the segmentation of the Dutch publishing landscape.