Angus & Robertson and the British Trade in Australian Books, 1930-1970 : The Getting of Bookselling Wisdom


Jason D. Ensor
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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: : Anthem Press, , 2013.
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1 online resource (614 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""DRAMATIS PERSONAE""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""Chapter 1 THE COMPANY THAT LOVED AUSTRALIAN BOOKS""; ""The London Office""; ""Place of Publication""; ""Wild Flowers in the Heart of London""; ""Chapter 2 THE OVERSEAS BOOKS IN AUSTRALIAN PUBLISHING HISTORY""; ""Forced to Publish in London""; ""Home and Overseas Books""; ""Avid Readers""; ""Mass-Market Fiction""; ""Tariff Board Inquiry, 1930""; ""The Failed Case Against Imported Literature""; ""Conflicts of Interest""; ""Paper Producers and Paper Importers"". - ""Australian Companies with Worldwide Interests""""Frankfurt Book Fair""; ""Continental Markets""; ""A British Publisher""; ""Chapter 12 THE HIDDEN PARTS OF PUBLISHING FORTUNE""; ""Turning Full Circle""; ""Exporting Books from and to Britain""; ""The Export Market Development Scheme""; ""Leveraging London Losses for Sydney Profits and the Commonwealth Export Incentives Scheme""; ""Chapter 13 LEARNING FROM A DISTANCE""; ""Social Contexts""; ""Exporting to London""; ""The Commonwealth Export Incentives Scheme""; ""Publishing in London""; ""Legal and Commercial Realities"". - ""Chapter 11 A House is Rebuilt"". - ""Chapter 3 TRIANGLES OF PUBLISHING AND OTHER STORIES""""Axis of Publishers""; ""William Heinemann""; ""Chapter 4 THE WORLD IS MADE OF PAPER RESTRICTIONS""; ""Paper Plans""; ""Net Book Disagreements""; ""The Post-war Anglo-Australian Book Trade""; ""From London Advocate to London Bookseller""; ""Chapter 5 THE FIRST SALESMAN IN LONDON""; ""Chapter 6 THE GETTING OF BOOKSELLING WISDOM""; ""Chapter 7 PREPARING FOR OPERATION LONDON""; ""The Hand that Signed the Agreement""; ""Operation London""; ""Chapter 8 THE SHIRALEE IN THE NORTH""; ""An Australian Novel in London"". - ""Figures and Tables""""NOTES""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 The Company that Loved Australian Books""; ""Chapter 2 The Overseas Books in Australian Publishing History""; ""Chapter 3 Triangles of Publishing and Other Stories""; ""Chapter 4 The World is Made of Paper Restrictions""; ""Chapter 5 The First Salesman in London""; ""Chapter 6 The Getting of Bookselling Wisdom""; ""Chapter 7 Preparing for Operation London""; ""Chapter 8 The Shiralee in the North""; ""Chapter 9 A Commercial and Cultural Relationship""; ""Chapter 10 Tomorrow, When London Publishing Ended"". - ""Operation London Titles, 1955-1956""""Chapter 9 A COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONSHIP""; ""Stock Transfers and Total Sales""; ""Operation London, 1957-1958""; ""London Publishing, 1959-1960""; ""Chapter 10 TOMORROW, WHEN LONDON PUBLISHING ENDED""; ""Price Disadvantages""; ""Profit and Loss, 1954-1960""; ""A Profitable Proposition""; ""The Reorganisation of London and Sydney""; ""A Quite Useless Liability""; ""A Reasonably Organised Show""; ""Chapter 11 A HOUSE IS REBUILT""; ""Closing the Market""; ""What to do about London?"". - Angus & Robertson and the British Trade in Australian Books, 1930-1970' traces the history of the printed book in Australia, particularly the production and business context that mediated Australia's literary and cultural ties to Britain for much of the twentieth century. This study focuses on the London operations of one of Australia's premier book publishers of the twentieth century: Angus & Robertson. The book argues that despite the obvious limitations of a British-dominated market, Australian publishers had room to manoeuvre in it. It questions the ways in which Angus & Robertson replica
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