The Return of Print?

This collection of essays by established and emergingscholars of Australian publishing examines the industry in the wake of both theGlobal Financial Crisis of 2008 and the various shocks and upheavals associatedwith the rise of ebooks. The authors here look beyond the digital, so prominentin many considerations of contemporary publishing, to questions of the book asa material artefact. As consumer trends increasingly suggest print will remainthe central medium for the global...
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This collection of essays by established and emergingscholars of Australian publishing examines the industry in the wake of both theGlobal Financial Crisis of 2008 and the various shocks and upheavals associatedwith the rise of ebooks. The authors here look beyond the digital, so prominentin many considerations of contemporary publishing, to questions of the book asa material artefact. As consumer trends increasingly suggest print will remainthe central medium for the global publishing industry, it is asked if the messystate of affairs existing now, 'after' the digital revolution, can be describedas 'post-digital'. With reference to a range of cultural, economic andtechnological issues, these essays examine how publishers are leveraging thepossibilities afforded by multiple modes of dissemination.