Overview

In a globalised world, megacorp publishing is all about numbers, about sameness, about following a formula based on the latest megasuccess. Each book is expected to pay for itself and all the externalities of publishing such as offices and CEO salaries. It means that books which take off slowly but have long lives, the books that change social norms, are less likely to be published. Independent publishers are seeking another way. A way of engagement with society and methods that reflect something important about the locale or the niche they inhabit. Independent and small publishers are like rare plants that pop up among the larger growth but add something different, perhaps they feed the soil, bring colour or scent into the world.

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Author:   Hawthorne Susan
Publisher:   Spinifex Press
Imprint:   Spinifex Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 18.00cm
Weight:   0.100kg
ISBN:  

9781742199306

ISBN 10:   1742199305
Pages:   87
Publication Date:   01 September 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Bibliodiversity: What is it? Who invented the term? Biodiversity analogy. Counter to globalisation. Feminist publishing. Multiversity of culture & language. Add: Copyright ?; One size fits all: How oppression is used to create homogenised subordinated groups. Racism. Misogyny. Language oppression. Marketing; The soil: The personal is political; Multiversity: What is it? The politics of knowledge. Appropriation; Production: Creation & production boundaries. Ecological boost; Feminism: Theoretical marginalisation. Impact of womens poverty; Pornography: Homogenisation of women as a class. Who profits? Text in chapter says: Who benefits? Institutionalised hatred; Free trade & free speech: Choice. Who are the defenders of free speech?; Fair trade & fair speech: What is fair speech? How is it different from free speech? Power & equality of outcomes instead of equality of opportunities. Pornography. The Forest Council? paper agreement; Recolonisation: eBooks, digital publishing & the recolonisation of old colonial territories. Pricing compared to farmers selling in supermarkets below cost; Digital bibliodiversity: Networks. Publishing concentration. Fresh Booki.sh; Organic publishing: The ecology of publishing. Making culture sustainable. Languages. Countering one size fits all, globalisation & clear-felled culture; Principles of bibliodiversity: Patterns & processes. Networks. Nested systems. Cycles. Flows. Development. Dynamic balance; Bibliodiversity in the twenty-first century.

Reviews

Susan Hawthorne has provided all of us who cherish and love books, knowledge, ethics, cultural diversity, multiversity in all its forms, with a wonderful manifesto for our sustainable survival. Bibliodiversity. Read this book, share it with your friends, discuss its content, imagine the kind of world you want to live in and the books and ideas you want to keep sharing to help make the world a better place to live. Do not just read the book but use its bibliography as a learning resource as it is almost as rich as the book itself. Like those who sat at the feet of the Maori Rainbow God, Uenuku, learn from this wisdom and share it with the rest of the world. Dr. Cathie Koa Dunsford, Director: Dunsford Publishing Consultants

Author Information

Susan Hawthorne is a poet, novelist, aerialist, political activist and author of ten books. She grew up on a farm in rural New South Wales. She has degrees in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit as well as in Philosophy, and a PhD in Political Science and Women's Studies from the University of Melbourne. In 2009, Susan was an Asialink Literature Resident at the University of Madras, India and is Adjunct Professor in the Writing Program at James Cook University, Townsville and an ASA Mentor. Susan is Director of Spinifex Press and has played a leading role among independent Australian publishers in innovative and eBook publishing.

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