Paper Empires, 1946-2005 Book

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     xi
The Rise of Publishing
After the War   Craig Munro   John Curtain     3
Case-studies
Anglo-Australian Relations in the Book Trade   Brigid Magner     7
Flagship Angus & Robertson   George Ferguson   Neil James     10
A&R's Takeover Crisis   Craig Munro     13
Andrew Fabinyi and Cheshire   John McLaren     19
Frank Eyre and Oxford University Press   David Cunningham     21
They're a Weird Mob and Ure Smith   David Carter     24
Sixties Larrikins   Frank Thompson     31
Case-studies
Jacaranda Press and Brian Clouston   Gregory Blaxell     34
Lansdowne and Lloyd O'Neil   John Currey     38
Rigby Limited   Michael Page     41
Sun Books   John Arnold     43
Packer Publications   Bridget Griffen-Foley     47
Horwitz   Anthony May     50
New Wave Seventies   Jim Hart     53
Case-studies
The New A&R   Richard Walsh     57
Inner-urban and Outback   Morry Schwartz     63
Currency Press   Katharine Brisbane     66
UQP   Frank Thompson     73
Fremantle Arts Centre Press   Ron Blaber     76
DW Thorpe and the Book Trade   Joyce Thorpe Nicholson     78
Into the Global Era   Michael Webster     81
Case-studies
2001 Publishing Report Card   Craig Munro     85
Thirty Years On   Robert Sessions     89
Allen & Unwin   Louise Poland     93
Lonely Planet   Tony Wheeler     105
McPhee Gribble   Diana Gribble     108
Magabala Books   Diana Giese     111
Text Publishing   Anne Galligan     113
Bookfutures   Richard Walsh     118
Case-studies
Content Streaming   Simone Murray     126
Publishers On-line   Anne Galligan     131
Copyright and Electronic Text   Leanne Wiseman     134
Book Business
Writers   Robyn Sheahan-Bright   Craig Munro     139
Case-studies
Writers Centres   Robyn Sheahan-Bright     146
Indigenous Writers   Craig Munro      150
Festival Big Top   Ruth Starke     156
National Book Council   Thomas Shapcott     159
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award   Tess Brady     162
Literature and the State   Stuart Glover     165
Editing, Design and Production   Craig Munro     174
Case-studies
Beatrice Davis   Jacqueline Kent     177
Editors and Authors   Hilary McPhee     182
The Orchard   Kath McLean     185
Editing Indigenous Writing   Josie Douglas   Robyn Sheahan-Bright     189
Commissioning   Diane Brown     191
Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang   Paul Eggert     195
Illustrated Books   Guy Mirabella     198
The Retail Book Trade   Michael Zifcak     202
Case-studies
Margareta Webber's Bookshop   Laurel Clark     214
The Little Bookroom   Albert Ullin     217
Collins Booksellers   Michael Zifcak     221
Gordon & Gotch   Denis Cryle     224
Bookworld - Where You Never Pay Full Price   Terry Herbert      228
Reaching Readers
Beyond Bestsellers   Emma Hegarty     235
Case-studies
Periodicals   David Carter   Roger Osborne     239
Pulp Fiction   Ian Morrison     257
New Life for a Colonial Classic Robbery Under Arms   Paul Eggert     260
Feminist Publishing   Diane Brown   Susan Hawthorne     263
Multicultural Literature   Sonia Mycak     268
For Children and Young Adults   Robyn Sheahan-Bright     278
Case-studies
The Children's Book Council of Australia   Mark Macleod     289
Postwar Pioneers   Marcie Muir     293
Building New Lists   Barbara Ker Wilson     296
Omnibus Books   Jane Covernton     299
Scholastic Australia   Robyn Sheahan-Bright     302
Penguins and Puffins   Robin Morrow     307
Translation and Overseas Editions   Kerry White     310
Educational and Reference Publishing   Gregory Blaxell   Don Drummond     314
Case-studies
Curriculum Materials   Gregory Blaxell   Don Drummond     322
US Educational Publishers   John Collins     325
University Presses   Frank Thompson     328
Dictionaries and Style Guides   Susan Butler     336
Government Publishing   Frank Thompson     340
Readers and Reading   Patrick Buckridge     344
Case-studies
Baby Boomers at Play   Patrick Buckridge     349
Biggles and Beyond A Young Man's Reading   John Nieman     356
The Women's Weekly and 'Good Reading'   Patrick Buckridge     362
Romancing the Reader   Ingrid Day     368
Public Libraries - Books, Bytes, Buildings, Brains   Alan Bundy     373
The Role of National and State Libraries   Cathrine Harboe-Ree     378
Notes on Contributors     382
Illustrations     394
Further Reading     395
Index     413