Ultra Libris
Policy, Technology and the Creative Economy of Book Publishing in Canada
1st Edition
Published on 9. October 2012
432 pages
978-1-77090-289-3 (ISBN)
Description
In a thorough exploration of Canada's book industry, Ultra Libris provides a historical backdrop to understand modern events in book publishing. From the Massey Commission (1952) and the Ontario Royal Commission on Book Publishing (1971-72) to the explosion of national book publishing in the 1970s and the industry-government sparring over the next 30 years, Lorimer elucidates the necessary conditions for Canadian authors to thrive and for book publishers to contribute to Canadian culture.
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Content
- Front Cover
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Policy, Technology, and the Creative Economy of Book Publishing in Canada
- Chapter 1: Of books, publishing, and social context
- Chapter 2: Prelude to modernity: Some historical notes on Canadian book publishing and cultural development
- Chapter 3: Establishing a book publishing industry: from the 1960s to the 1990s
- Chapter 4: Reconceiving book publishing from the middle 1990s forward
- Chapter 5: The current state of Canada's book industry, government policies, and cultural partnerships
- Chapter 6: Operational and market realities in Canadian book publishing
- Chapter 7: Trajectories of technology-incubated massive change
- Chapter 8: Changing realities and the future of Canadian book publishing
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover
