Roberta Cesana is Associate Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Milan where she teaches Bibliography and History of Books and Publishing Systems. At the crossroads of bibliographical, historical and literary studies, her research interests mainly concern the contemporary age and in particular the relations between the literary system and the publishing system, the history of publishing production and book circulation, the history of women in publishing, publishing archives and author libraries. Her publications include Publishers and Booksellers in the Digital Age (Franco Angeli, 2002, 2004), “Libri necessari”. Le edizioni letterarie Feltrinelli (Unicopli, 2010, 2012), Sui cataloghi editoriali e altri saggi (Biblohaus, 2015), L’altra metà dell’editoria. Le professioniste del libro e della lettura nel Novecento (with Irene Piazzoni, Ronzani, 2022).

Irene Piazzoni is professor of Contemporary History at the University of Milan. She works on cultural and political history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing in particular on the history of publishing, journalism, television and entertainment. Among his publications, Valentino Bompiani. Un editore italiano tra fascismo e dopoguerra (Led Edizioni, 2007), Storia delle televisioni in Italia. Dagli esordi alle web tv (Carocci, 2014), Il Novecento dei libri. Una storia dell’editoria italiana (Carocci, 2021). With Roberta Cesana, she edited L’altra metà dell’editoria. Professioniste del libro e della lettura nel Novecento (Ronzani, 2022).