'I am very happy to present the following four articles on the Australian publishing industry. For a country with a population of little more than 20 million, Australia has a vibrant and diverse book trade. The most recent figures from Australian Books in Print indicate that in 2007, over 14,000 new titles were published in Australia by almost 4,000 different publishers. (This figure includes self-publishers and other entities that produce a very small number of titles: a realistic approximation of the core of Australian trade publishing would be around 9,000 titles per year).' (Introduction)