Paper Empires : A History of the Book in Australia, 1946-2005

This new volume in UQP's History of the Book in Australia series explores Australian book production and consumption from 1946 to the present day. In the immediate postwar era, most books were imported into a colonial market dominated by British publishers. Paper Empires traces this fascinating and volatile half-century, using wide-ranging research, oral history and memoir to explore the worlds of book publishing, selling and reading. After 1945, Australian publishing went from a handful of fledgling businesses to the billion dollar industry of today with thousands of new titles each year and a vast array of imported books. Publishing's postwar expansion began with the baby boom and the increased demand for school texts, with independent houses blossoming during the 1960s and 70s followed by the current era dominated by global conglomerates. All aspects of print culture are explored, from authorship and editing to bookselling, libraries and reading habits, in the context of today's rapidly changing publishing landscape with its many technological challenges. A wide range of expert contributors, including book-trade practitioners, have produced this lively and indispensable account of our vital cultural industry. This Book Tells The Inside Story Of Australian Publishing Over The Past Half-century. The Rise Of Publishing. After The War / Craig Munro And John Curtain -- Anglo-australian Relations In The Book Trade / Brigid Magner -- Flagship Angus & Robertson / George Ferguson With Neil James -- A & R's Takeover Crisis / Craig Munro -- Andrew Fabinyi And Cheshire / John Mclaren -- Frank Eyre And Oxford University Press / David Cunningham -- They're A Weird Mob And Ure Smith / David Carter -- Sixties Larrikins / Frank Thompson -- Jacaranda Press And Brian Clouston / Gregory Blaxell -- Lansdowne And Lloyd O'neil / John Currey -- Rigby Limited / Michael Page -- Sun Books / John Arnold -- Packer Publications / Bridget Griffen-foley -- Horwitz / Anthony May -- New Wave Seventies / Jim Hart -- The New A & R / Richard Walsh -- Inner-urban And Outback / Morry Schwartz -- Currency Press / Katharine Brisbane -- Uqp / Frank Thompson -- Fremantle Arts Centre Press / Ron Blaber -- Dw Thorpe And The Book Trade / Joyce Thorpe Nicholson -- Into The Global Era / Michael Webster -- 2001 Publishing Report Card / Craig Munro -- Thirty Years On / Robert Sessions -- Allen & Unwin / Louise Poland -- Lonely Planet / Tony Wheeler -- Mcphee Gribble / Diana Gribble -- Magabala Books / Diana Giese -- Text Publishing / Anne Galligan -- Bookfutures / Richard Walsh -- Content Streaming / Simone Murray -- Publishers On-line / Anne Galligan -- Copyright And Electronic Text / Leanne Wiseman. Book Business. Writers / Robyn Sheahan-bright And Craig Munro -- Writer Centres / Robyn Sheahan-bright -- Indigenous Writers / Craig Munro -- Festival Big Top / Ruth Starke -- National Book Council / Thomas Shapcott -- The Australians/vogel Literary Award / Tess Brady -- Literature And The State / Stuart Glover -- Editing, Design And Production / Craig Munro -- Beatrice Davis / Jacqueline Kent -- Editors And Authors / Hilary Mcphee -- The Orchard / Kath Mclean -- Editing Indigenous Writing / Josie Douglas And Robyn Sheahan-bright -- Commissioning / Diane Brown -- Peter Carey's True History Of The Kelly Gang / Paul Eggert -- Illustrated Books / Guy Mirabella -- The Retail Book Trade / Michael Zifcak -- Margareta Webber's Bookshop / Laurel Clark -- The Little Bookroom / Albert Ullin -- Collins Booksellers / Michael Zifcak -- Gordon & Gotch / Denis Cryle -- Bookworld : Where You Never Pay Full Price / Terry Herbert. Reaching Readers. Beyond Bestsellers / Emma Hegarty -- Periodicals / David Carter And Roger Osborne -- Pulp Fiction / Ian Morrison -- New Life For A Colonial Classic Robbery Under Arms / Paul Eggert -- Feminist Publishing / Diane Brown And Susan Hawthorne -- Multicultural Literature / Sonia Mycak -- For Children And Young Adults / Robyn Sheahan-bright -- The Children's Book Council Of Australia / Mark Macleod -- Postwar Pioneers / Marcie Muir -- Building New Lists/ Barbara Ker Wilson -- Omnibus Books / Jane Covernton -- Scholastic Australia / Robyn Sheahan-bright -- Penguins And Puffins / Robin Morrow -- Translations And Overseas Editions / Kerry White -- Educational And Reference Publishing ; Curriculum Materials / Gregory Blaxell And Don Drummond -- Us Educational Publishers / John Collins -- University Presses / Frank Thompson -- Dictionaries And Style Guides / Susan Butler -- Government Publishing / Frank Thompson -- Readers And Reading ; Baby Boomers At Play / Patrick Buckridge -- Biggles And Beyond : A Young Man's Reading / John Nieman -- The Women's Weekly And 'good Reading' / Patrick Buckridge -- Romancing The Reader / Ingrid Day -- Public Libraries : Books, Bytes, Buildings, Brains / Alan Bundy -- The Role Of National And State Libraries / Cathrine Harboe-ree. Edited By Craig Munro & Robyn Sheahan-bright. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 396-412) And Index. Will Australias once booming book industry be replaced by e-publishing? Are independent publishers and booksellers on the way out? In a world where one mega-author can sell millions of books, can anyone else compete? Paper Empires tells the inside story of Australian publishing over the past half-century. It begins with the larrikin pioneers of the 1950s and 60s and follows the fortunes of the independents and multinationals that followed in their wake. Two fascinating local successes include the reinvention of Allen & Unwin as our largest independent, and the creation of Lonely Planet which has turned a passion for travel into world-beating success. The contributions made by branches of global companies such as Penguin and Scholastic have also been part of this post-war growth. With dozens of in-depth profiles of book trade identities and their companies, as well as many themed case studies, Paper Empires explores the myths and traces the interconnected histories of book publishing, bookselling and reading.Includes: editing, design and production booksellers and the retail trade writers, bestsellers, magazines and pulp fiction readers and reading Indigenous writing and publishing educational publishing and childrens literature awards and funding the future of publishing Paper Empires is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the business of books. (Also available in hardcover) v. 2. 1891-1945 : a national culture in a colonised market / edited by Martyn Lyons & John Arnold v. 3. 1946-2004 : paper empires / edited by Craig Munro & Robyn Sheahan-Bright