Times are changing in publishing

We rarely ever talk about book publishing without mentioning money or sales figures. In Australia, 74 per cent of books are published by the ‘big five’ multinational corporations: Penguin, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Hachette and Simon & Schuster.

Does the industry’s emphasis on profit ultimately affect the way readers interact with books?

Dr Dallas Baker joined Sam to talk about publishing placing an emphasis on money figures rather than culture.

Producer: Amy Tong

[Dr Dallas Baker is a lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland teaching Editing and Publishing]