Perilous Trade : Publishing Canada's Writers
by MACSKIMMING, ROYFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-09-01
Publisher(s): McClelland & Stewart
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Summary
Part cultural history, part personal memoir, this accomplished, sweeping, yet intimate book demonstrates that the story of Canadian publishing is one of the cornerstones of our literary history.
Author Biography
<b>Roy MacSkimming</b>’s experience and skills qualify him uniquely to write about Canadian publishing. As author, critic, industry analyst and former publisher, he has been personally involved in or has closely observed every important development in the industry for nearly 40 years. For this book he also conducted over 100 interviews.
Table of Contents
| Preface | vii | ||
| Introduction: A Canadian Experiment | 1 | (6) | |
| 1 The Publishing Life | 7 | (16) | |
| 2 At Mid-Century | 23 | (20) | |
| 3 Gray's Luck | 43 | (26) | |
| 4 Toye and His Ilk | 69 | (20) | |
| 5 The Scholarly Entrepreneur | 89 | (28) | |
| 6 Prince of Publishers | 117 | (24) | |
| 7 Surviving Prince Jack | 141 | (26) | |
| 8 Printed in Canada by Mindless Acid Freaks | 167 | (30) | |
| 9 On the Barricades | 197 | (22) | |
| 10 Rise of the West | 219 | (26) | |
| 11 A Clutch of Dreamers | 245 | (28) | |
| 12 The Mavericks of Kidlit | 273 | (24) | |
| 13 A Very Difficult Business | 297 | (28) | |
| 14 Net Benefit | 325 | (32) | |
| 15 Wars of Succession | 357 | (28) | |
| 16 No Publisher's Paradise | 385 | (19) | |
| Epilogue | 404 | (2) | |
| Chronology | 406 | (8) | |
| Sources | 414 | (10) | |
| Acknowledgments | 424 | (3) | |
| Index | 427 |
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