FORCES BOOK CLUB THE COMMITTEE had before them a Memorandum by the War Office on he Forces Book Club (L.P.(B)(42)9). MAJOR—GENERAL WILLANS explained that the Services were already aking a large part of the output of Penguin Books. They wished, owever, to exercise a more direct control over titles published and also to have first claim on the books issued. They had first invited he publishing trade, through the Publishers' Association, to co- perate in producing, under their own names, a uniform cheap edition ###f selected titles for a Forces Book Club.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/28/6
- Document Types
- Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 71/28
- Former Department Reference
- LP(B)(42) 4th Meeting
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000028.006
- Keywords
- Black Market Books Children Civil Consumption Communal Feeding Depots Distribution Education Exports Finance Freight Shipping Government Committees Imports Industrial Production Industry Libraries Licensing Overseas Trade Paper Publishing Recreation Soldiers
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Forces Book Club Lord President's Committee Publishers Association Sub-Committee on the Supply of Books
- Pages
- 3
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Rationing Supply Military Activity Home Defence Retail Consumer Goods the Wartime Economy Licensing Price Control
