Johann Rynmann of Augsburg

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Johann Rynmann of Augsburg (d. 1522) is considered to be the first non-printing publisher. Unlike many of the publishers of his time, Rynmann would hire others to conduct the technical production of printed material, choosing instead to concentrate on the distribution and sale of work contracted to him. Reynmann published nearly 200 books but never printed one of them.

[edit] Known Publications

Compendium perutile IV librorum sententiarum written by Nicolaus De Orbellus (Printed Heinrich Gran in Hagenau, Germany, 1503)
Hieronymus de Villa Vitis. (Printed by Heinrich Gran in Hagenau, Germany, 1509)
History and Life of the Reverend Doctor John Tauler with Twenty-Five of his Sermons (printed in Basel, Switzerland, 1521)

[edit] References

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online.[1] Accessed 8 July 2007.
  
• Greetham, D. C. 1994. Textual Scholarship. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York, NY.