Series Editor: Professor Samantha J. Rayner

Samantha Rayner is Professor of Publishing and Book Cultures at UCL. She is also co-Director of the Bloomsbury CHAPTER (Communication History, Authorship, Publishing, Textual Editing and Reading), a UCL/ Institute of English Studies collaboration, co-Director of the Bookselling Research Network, and on the Organising Committee of the Penguin Books Researchers’ Network.  She is a past Chair of the Association for Publishing Education, and was Principal Investigator on the Arts and Humanities Research Council/British Library Academic Book of the Future Project. She teaches and researches publishing and cultures of the book, with particular interests in bookshops, bibliotherapy, and bookishness. Samantha is responsible for overseeing the development and organisation of this Elements series. 

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Associate Editor: Professor Leah Tether

Leah Tether is Professor of Medieval Literature and Publishing at the University of Bristol. With an academic background in medieval French and English literature and a professional background in trade publishing, Leah has combined her expertise and developed an international research profile in book and publishing history from manuscript to digital. As a past President of the British Branch of the International Arthurian Society and Editor of the Journal of the International Arthurian Society, she has a particular interest in Arthurian literature, as well as in historical reading cultures and book production practices, and has published widely in these areas, including her own Publishing and Book Culture Element: The General Reader and the Academy: Medieval French Literature and Penguin Classics.