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Paper empires : a history of the book in Australia 1946-2005 / edited by Craig Munro and Robyn Sheahan-Bright.
Record no.:
6232
Author:
Munro, Craig, 1950-;
Sheahan-Bright, Robyn.;
Publisher:
St Lucia, Qld. :: University of Queensland Press,
Year:
2006.
Series:
History of the book in Australia ;, v. 3.;
Description:
xiii, 433 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations, ports ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Webber, Margareta Louise, 1891-1983.;
Book industries and trade - Australia.;
Publishers and publishing - Australia.;
Books and reading - Australia - History - 20th century.;
Book industries and trade - Australia Case studies.;
Publishers and publishing - Australia Case studies.;
Books and reading - Australia Case studies.;
Notes:
Continues "A history of the book in Australia, 1891-1945", edited by Martyn Lyons and John Arnold.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-412) and index.Noel Dan ;
Gift ;
2021.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0702235733 0702235598 9780702235733;
Abstract:
The rise of publishing: 1. After the War -- 2. Sixties Larrikins -- 3. New wave seventies -- 4. Into the global era -- 5. Bookfutures; Book Business: 6. Writers -- 7. Editing, design and production -- 8. The retail book trade; Reaching readers 9. Beyond
bestsellers -- 10. For children and young adults -- 11. Educational and reference publishing -- 12. Readers and reading.

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.
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