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

Paper Empires 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, Paper Empires 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 Australian Women's WeeklyWith contributions from a who's who of the industry past and present, from Diana Gribble (McPhee Gribble) to Tony Wheeler (Lonely Planet), Paper Empires is the definitive guide to the book industry in Australia.