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===Nineteenth century=== The magazine was founded by [[bibliographer]] [[Frederick Leypoldt]] in the late 1860s, and had various titles until Leypoldt settled on the name '''''The Publishers' Weekly''''' (with an apostrophe) in 1872. The publication was a compilation of information about newly published books, collected from publishers and from other sources by Leypoldt, for an audience of booksellers. By 1876, ''The Publishers' Weekly'' was being read by nine tenths of the booksellers in the country. In 1878, Leypoldt sold ''The Publishers' Weekly'' to his friend [[Richard Rogers Bowker]], in order to free up time for his other bibliographic endeavors.<ref>Beswick, Jay W. ''The Work of Frederick Leypoldt, Bibliographer and Publisher''. R. R. Bowker, 1942.</ref> Augusta Garrigue Leypoldt, wife of Frederick Leypoldt, stayed with the publication for thirty years.<ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/89034-the-recent-change-makers-at-publishers-weekly.html ''Publishers' Weekly'' @ 150]. ''PW'', Apr 19, 2022.</ref> The publication eventually expanded to include features and articles.<ref name=baker>{{cite web|website=Wired For Books|url=http://wiredforbooks.org/johnbaker/|author=Baker, John|title=Interview|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312010952/http://wiredforbooks.org/johnbaker/|archive-date=March 12, 2007}}</ref> [[Harry Thurston Peck]] was the first editor-in-chief of ''[[The Bookman (New York)|The Bookman]]'', which began in 1895. Peck worked on its staff from 1895 to 1906, and in 1895, he created the world's first bestseller list for its pages.
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