Paper empires: A history of the book in Australia 1946-2005

<p dir="ltr"><i>Paper Empires</i> explores Australian book production and consumption from 1946 to the present day, using wide-ranging research, oral history and memoir to explore the worlds of book publishing, selling and reading.Interesting and accessible, <i>Paper Empires</i> includes everything you need to know about-The publishing industry from Allen & Unwin to HarperCollinsThe retail industry from Angus and Robertson to the independentsThe awards and festivalsReaders and reading- from Biggles to <i>Australian Women's Weekly</i>With contributions from a who's who of the industry past and present, from Diana Gribble (McPhee Gribble) to Tony Wheeler (Lonely Planet), <i>Paper Empires</i> is the definitive guide to the book industry in Australia.</p>