I may want to study the above in graduate school. Assuming that I could get in to most programs, what would the best choice be? In other words, would it be better to study history, English, or even anthropology? Where are the best programs located? Who are the leading scholars in this field? Your help in answering my questions is greatly appreciated.

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Believe it or not, the study of the history of printing and writing of books has come to be referred to, academically, as simply "book history". As you might probably guess, there aren't a lot of university programs exclusively dedicated to "book history", but there are book history departments, or at least concentrations in book history at some of the best known schools. At Princeton University, there is a Center for the Study of Books and Media: "The primary purpose of this Center, established in Princeton in 2002, is to promote research and teaching in the history of books; but as its name indicates, it includes other media as well. In fact, book history, as it has now come to be known, involves a great deal more than history and books. Having developed from the convergence of many disciplines around a common core of problems, it extends to the study of textual transmission in all modes, whether printed or manuscript, visual or oral, in all times and places." And at The University of Iowa, there is The University of Iowa Center for the Book: "The Center for the Book is an innovative, interdisciplinary arts and research unit located within the University of Iowa Graduate College. The UICB pursues a distinctive mission, integrating practice in the art of book production with the study of the book in society. We offer curricula in book technologies and book history, available to graduate and undergraduate students" The Iowa program offers both graduate and undergraduate study - there is a joint Master of Arts program in Library Science and Book Study, and a vaguer-sort of undergraduate "area of concentration" within the Bachelor of Arts in Interdepartmental Studies. I've linked to both schools below. As far as a good undergraduate major - I'm fairly confident that any of the domains that you mentioned would earn you admission to a graduate program in book history or the book arts. After all, book studies has an interdisciplinary focus that envelops the history of the book, the influence of the book on culture and society, and the role of the book as a mode of communication of ideas. I know I didn't answer all of your questions, but I hope this information is useful. Good luck!