Making books : contemporary Australian publishing / edited by David Carter and Anne Galligan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carter, David, 1954-

Galligan, Anne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers and publishing--Australia.

Publishers and publishing.

Australia.

Physical Description:

xv, 416 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2007.

Summary:

Is the Australian publishing industry floundering or flourishing? What is the future of the book? Has lifestyle replaced literary publishing? Have new technologies revolutionised the nature of the industry? Making Books addresses these questions and many others in a wide-ranging study of contemporary Australian publishing. It also provides a sophisticated introduction to the structure and dynamics of the Australian publishing industry, which turns over almost two billion dollars a year.

Leading industry practitioners and academics analyse the industry in the context of social, cultural and legal forces. They write revealingly on the culture of the publishing house, editorial practice and policy, Bookscan, new technologies and the 'decline' of literary publishing. Making Books is an indispensable companion for arts industry professionals, those in the publishing industry, and scholars of book history or publishing studies.

Contents:

I Industry dynamics

1 Exploiting the imprint / Jenny Lee 17

2 The culture of the publishing house: structure and strategies in the Australian publishing industry / Anne Galligan 34

3 Generating content: book publishing as a component media industry / Simone Murray 51

4 Publishing and bookselling / Lorien Kaye, Katya Johanson 68

5 Publishing and the state / Stuart Glover 81

6 The business, craft and profession of the book editor / Louise Poland 96

7 The decline of the literary paradigm in Australian publishing / Mark Davis 116

8 Colonies of the mind; republics of dreams: Australian publishing past and future / Richard Flanagan 132

II The industry and new technologies

9 New technology and the publishing firm: business development, culture and models / Nick Walker 151

10 Stand and deliver: print-on-demand / Penelope Davie 167

11 Copyright and the regulation of the Australian publishing industry / Leanne Wiseman 177

12 Collecting, measuring and analysing book sales information / Michael Webster 198

III Industry sectors and genre publishing

13 Educational publishing / Peter Donoughue 209

14 Book publishing and the university sector in Australia / Robin Derricourt 221

15 Boom, bust or business as usual? Literary fiction publishing / David Carter 231

16 Poetry publishing / Bronwyn Lea 247

17 Indigenous book publishing / Anita Heiss 255

18 Feminist publishing, 1970-2006 / Diane Brown 268

19 Love under the coolabah: Australian romance publishing since 1990 / Juliet Flesch 279

20 Supermarket: Australian children's publishing / Robyn Sheahan-Bright 286

21 Australian confidential: Australian crime fiction / Anthony May 305

22 Capitalising on anxiety: financial literacy and the publishing industry / Tom O'Regan 315

23 Food and drink: the appearance of a publishing subculture / David Dunstan, Annette Chaitman 333

A Government and government-funded policy and program intervention in the value chain for print publishing 352

B Publishers of literary novels, 1990-2006 (four or more titles) 358.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780702234699

0702234699

OCLC:

144221017