26 ril 1972

r. \ . • oo , Director, A.N.U. Pr s, Au trali n tion 1 Univ rsity.

De r r. ood 1

n: you for yo r not of 12 pril y ur Annual port thich I ve r d uith intcre

I b li ve that in pite of th difficult! you

you hou1d fe 1 r 1 ti fac ion in th chie e of t1e r und dir ction.

T

ou 1ay c rt inly r por to r. ~. J nner t.

nd copy of th

Your inc r ly,

{J.G. Cr ford)

ith t. ntion nts

DRAFT

Mr. W.A. Wood, Director, A.N.U. Press,

Gaff

Australian National University.

Dear Mr. Wood,

26 April 1972

Thank you for your note of 12 April with

your Annual Report which I have read with interest. I

believe that in spite of the difficulties you mention

you should feel real satisfaction in the ~ievements of

the Press under your direction.

You may certainly send a copy of the report

to Mr. M. Jeanneret.

Yours sincerely,

(J. G. Crawford)

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JJ e-~ YL4- -~.14/ Australian National University Press

Sir John Crawford, Vice-Chancellor,

P.O. Box 4, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600 Telephone 49 2812 Telegrams PRESS NATUNIV zro -------1

12 April 1972

Australian National University

Dear Sir John,

Annual Report of the University Press for 1971

I have pleasure in submitting herewith the fourth annual report of the University Press as required by Council. Copies of this report are also being furnished to the Editorial Committee for information.

With your leave, I should like to send a copy of the report to Mr M. Jeanneret, Director of the University of Toronto Press, for his information and possible comments.

You~2~ W. A. Wood Director

A:.1nuaJ. .-·cport of the University Press for 1)71

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1971 had its considerable accomplishments but also its very defihi te setbacks. The building of a strong staff continued v good books ~,!e r·3 published 1 successful series exter ded ~ production standards pushed further upv1ards , ne'l,l accounting information systems·developed, and production invesb:nent and inventory com::iderably reduced. To offset t.l-lese gains, "tl.'1ere ·Has t.he first decline in sales in the Press 1 s short history v continuing difficulty t~7i th overseas distribution, and heavy increases in several expense areas.

I believe b'1at in balance the Press made real progress t~1ards at least one of its goals g being the foremost university publisher in Australia. I, and my colleagues, take satisfaction fra:n canments l!Je occasionally hear 7 0oth at home and away r to tl1is effect. OUr efforts 1 and mora importantly, our .b ooks are noticed. 3ome optimism may be drat'ln fran t.t,;:; accompanying bLl. lancc sheet and books for futuro publication. TlKl latter and a seasonc:)d staff augur well for the future. I cannot end these thoughts, havever , ~.'l i "bhout rei tcrating tha·t t he v(~ry n2.tun~ of scholarly puLlishing denotes gradual, not rapid, progress.

I. Publications

~,;renty~seven nmv books and two issues of one journal \•Jere published during 1971, a d 8crease, in books, of ten on the :tJrevious year. The decrease was the result of deliberate budget restraints and the vicissitudes of scheduling ne\'l books. A happy note is the fact that nine b inding orders and five reprint o:rders , >~ere: issu,Jd, giving evidence of continuing sal~ of sano books. Fiv.~ public lectur;;;s wen.! published on hehalf of the University . and fifteen publications .issued by other de:;?artmcnts of the University were taken on for cammerc:..al d istribution by the Press. On<e; new book was imr:orted from an ove rseas publisher (~~larke ~ Place and People_. Univors:Lty of California :i? res3) and three books ~.,ere manufactured in Eong Kong. 'l\vo othe r books v in the Faculty of As ian Studie.:> Oriental I'ionograph Series, were completed in Australia after struggles lasting several years vi th a Tokyo printer. 42 7 463 books v1e re printed and 38,405 bound. The average print quantity ~1/ as 1,472.

II. Finances

The past year can hardly be described as successful if on2 looks only at the loss rec orded in the operating statement. Indeed the loss is ~Jorrisome. but it was exaggerated by sGveral facts. A heavy \"lri te-do~m of inventory was the r Gsult of a failure t o \'lritc.-dmvn unbound stock in the previous year. Costs in a nur~er of areas rose beyond budget expectations due to factors beyond the Press's control.

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The l:.ustralian Post Office has hit books and journals with b;o unreasonable increases in the past two yenrsu salaries have risen ste;.}ply ~· and freight costs \>Ierc much higher 7 partially reflecting a large number of shipro.ents to the Forth American 5ist:cibutor. Since 1967 tho staff has increased by fifty per cent (fron ten to fifteen) r.1hile salaries and ·loadings have increased by eighty-five percent.

TlK high8r operating loss also stemned from ~ decrease in sales v blarne for which can be tru.c...:::d to two areas. Sales of nevT books, those published in 197lv amounted to $40,293. The comparru)le figur~ for 1970 was $86v307. Not only w2re ten more titles publishecl in 1970 but the three leading ti~les in t~at year returned income of almost $40,000. The leading three in 1971 returned less ti1an $15,000. Income from sales of overs·..:!as editions also turit'l)lod heavily v falling from $28 v 000 to ~:11., 000. A.i. ominous note was sounded by one American univcrsi ty pn~ss "\'ihich said e1at 'giv~;n present economic conditions and tho resultant need to h...:: even more-; selective in choosing titles, 1:.·10 had bettur not make an offer on [an A.lLU. book] 0

•

The nilC,: improverrent in the accumulation account, reflected in the comparative reserve positions v t•Tas achieved by inventory vTri te~dmm, a decrease in manufacturing costs, and special efforts to clear surp lus stock.

The Hanagement ''ervicas Group of ·the University nlanned several ne~,.r computer programs for the Press, each designed to give the Press greater control of its financial operatiors. The Press now r ·::lcoiv0s monthly reports on inventory levels and valu8s and d e tailed Galas information., including geogra;_:>hical area sumraaries. Such information ~llows thG quick prep aration of raonthly operating statements, provides ess\3ntial information for royu.lt.J nccounting u anc1 giv~s a measure of age nts' effectiveness in different book markets.

An Accounts Cler;c tJas rc:crui ted during 1971 as a further me asure of th~ desire to install tighter control on the Press "s financicl op0 rations.

III. Promotion

The major activity in this area is the advertising and s<::lling of all publications. To•;Jards these ends 118 promotion items '"ere produced in 1:) 71, ~.vi th a total distribution of 26 8 v 400. '_hirty-four s~parate advertising leaf lets v bTentyr·eigh t library cards u and thirty-nine advance book information sheets 'dore m.ai led to bookshops , libraries, and special consumer lis ts ti1roughout the world. !iore than 900 revimr~ copi r~s of nr;\v titles Here dispatched to newspapers and journals, six b ook displays in Australia and four

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ovorsGas \tere r0.ounted~ and six fixed displ~y}: on this cur.1pus t,>lorc maintainod. Launchings v;ere hw1d in th..;; Henzies Building for na~v book.o by J.H. Kelly and C.D. Rmllh;y p bob'1 '1:-J"Ol l·~ attended and othen.,;ise very successful occasions.

A neN rormaom'lealth lic t banning resale price maintenance brough t considerable ngi tation among publishers in its \'.Take. The Press has not. supported other publi::>hers' efforts 'i:.o secure exemption for the publishing industry.

Export ::;alas accounted for t:hirt:y~ seven per cent of total sales i~1 1971. 'l'his :1igh perc2ntagc ""'as achieved in spite of lmo~Jc r (::!di tion sales and ref L:~cts concentration on overseas proJ.rrotion and the activity of the Press vs agencies no'.'' osta.blin!1ed in t hG U .S .A. Q Japanv and Singapore. HG\ •1 e:.gencies vlerc appoin tcd in India ond Italy.

ThL! book publications of the University of Toronto Press continu;::; to lv-:: distributc~d in Australia and NevT Zealand by this Press, but the result:s to date, unfortunately, have not been v e ry encouraging. Sales of Toronto books accounted for only three per cent of the 1971 total. 8, 6 4•1 invoices \'TerG prcapred.

IV. Production

Hr J . Iremonger rejoined the Press as Production I1anager after an interval of sevaral yeilrs with a Sydney firm. Difficulties in respect to high production costs 'lf.JOre compounded \'lhcn th ~:,; Com:nonrqeal th Government '>'li t.hdre\PJ' thG )?rinting bounty from p8riodicals and books of less than forty - eig-ht pages. As a res ult the Press transferred the printing of a journal and a pamphlet series to Hong Kong.

Production statisti cs vmre detailed above under Publications .

Early in 1971 b1o Prdss books v!On high C!istinction in the annual design co~~.tition sponsored by L~e Australian Rook Puolishers A.:>sociation. Tomorror.-1 ~ s Canberra Nas elected the best designed b oo];: of ti"s.e year and Aboriginal Advancement to Int~gration receivcad a design a1.vard. The former '>·Tas designe t2 by Hr D. ~·.Jalker of the A.N. U. 1\.rchi tecture/Design Unit.

V. Editorial

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Ninety-t"tvo manuscripts were submitted to the Press in 1971,- Of \t~hich bmnty-three W<..:re accept.ed for publica-cion, fifty-four rejected or vli thdraun, and fiftoan held over for further consideration. Nu.ny other p roposals for possible books r~ached the Press, butu as these did not involve the actual sub~ission of manuscripts, they arc not ta."<.on into the statistics.

The EJ.i tor visited Fort r.1oresby and Rabaul to strengb~on the Pressvs list on subjects related to Papua­New Guinea.

Hm1 books t,.,rcrc added to several established series, and a ncH series, Contemporary China Papers, was launched. These Papers~ sponsor~d by t.•w Univers it_·~ s Contemporary China Centre, are designed to present research undertaken in l\ustralia on modern Chir1a. The final b'lo volumes of Professor nowley's nboriginal Policy and Practice were published to considerable critical acclaim and good initial sales. Ar:.: a footnoto, this -v1ork has ::Jec:·1 sold to Penguin Books for paperback publication in 1972.

The Editorial Committee continued to provide encouragement and helpful guidance to the Press, and its desire to play a more positive role is stimulating and welcome, even if occa!:ionally burdensome.

VI. Other Hatters

•rhe Director \"las re-elected President of the Association of Australian Uni v0rsi t~, Presses and visited Canada and tl1e UnitGd States at mid- year. In the course of his trip h•;:: attended the annual meeting of the North American university presses 1 association and visited a number of publishers witll 't·Jhom the 1\.H.U. Press ·has eo-published. He also called on the Prcso us 1\rnerican agency in Portland, Oregon, and the Univcraity of Toronto Press.

1971 Public2.tions

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Atiyw~v ?.S.~ Consideration in Contracts g a Fundamental Res tnterr!Gnt

BrO\Jn~ Brucc (ed.) ~ Asia and the Pacific in the 1970s ~ The;; Roles of the United S·tntes r Imstra_h.a; and Ne\v Zealand

ClarkG, tralliam C.g l>lace and People g An :~cology of a Ne\'1 Guinean Conwunity

Cooksey r Robert~ Lang and Socialism ~ ;~ Study in the Great pepression

Coombsr HoC.~ Other People 1 s Honev ~ Economic Essays (Clothbound)

Coornbs, HoCo ~ Othe r Peoplevs ·. I:·1oneyg Economic Essays (Paper.bound)

Epsteinr .Z\ oLov Parker, H. . S., and Reay 1 Harie (edso) 3

The Politics of .Jependence ~ Papua Hew Guinea 1968

Frodsham, J o D.~ Neu Pers:;.:x~cti ves in Chinese Literature (The 29th Georgc Ernest Horrison Lecture in Ethnology 1968)

Holbraadr Cars ten (cC. o) ~ ?uper PO\vers and \•?or ld Order

Hucl~, Arthur ~ The Assir,ii lation of . the Chinese in A.us trali<l (The 30th George Ernest norrison Lecture in Ethnology 1969)

Jennings, J.No~ Karst (An Introduction to Systematic Geomorph ology Volume 7)

Jennings, Jo!T. and i:'iab0uttr JoA. (edso) ~ Landform Studies from Australia and Ne\'l Guinea (P<lp2rbound)

Kelly 1 J .H. g Beef in Northern Australia

Leong Sow-Thcmg~ Sino~·Soviet Relations; The First Phase 1917- 1920 (Contemporary China Papers Uo. 1)

Liet-1, I<.S.~ Struggle for Democracy~ Sung Chiao·-jen and the 1911 Chinese Revolution

r1cGaurr, Darcy ~ Ccnscripi.:ion and Australian Hili tary Capabili~y (Canberra Papers on Strategy and Def8nce rJo. 11)

r.rulvaney, D. J. and Golson, J. (eds.) ~ A...l:loriginal Man and Environment in Australia

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Nd-:ano 1 l(iyoko ·' A Phonological s·tudy in the 1 Phags-pa Script and rJw Mong·~ku Tzu--yun {Orie ntal ~.!!onograph S;:;ri~s No. 7)

0 7 Ne · 11~ ?oberi: J. g The 1\rrrr.i in Panua-Hcvl Guineag C."urrer.t Hole and I mp licati ns for Indcmendence (Canberra Papers on s ·t:rat<Jgy and ;_,cfunco No. l ·J)

0 1 Ne ill~ Robert J. ~ Pc~king~Hanoi Relations in 1970 (Contemporary China Pap<.~rs No. 2}

Ross u Lloyd ~ John Curtin for Labor and for n.ustralia (The Inaugural John C';.lr·tin llemorial LGctur.a 1970 )

Rowley, C.D. ~ Outcasts in tJh i t~... Australio. (Abori2nal Policy wnd Pro.ctice - Volume II} (Norigines in Australic.n Soci·3 ty 1:·Jo. 6}

Ra'-lley, C.D. ~ The ~.emo'ce Aborigine~ (Z:.boriginal Policy and Practic~ VolUQe III) (Aborigines in Australian Socie'cy rJc. 7)

Shine.berg, Dorothy (ed . ) ·; The 'I'rading Voyages of Andrew _Cheync, 18·3 1~·184<1 (P .::.cif ic History Series No. 3)

Twidale, C.R.g Structural ~andforms (r~ Introduction to Systematic Geomorphology No. 5}

T'littfogel, I<arl A.~ Agriculture g I\. Key to the Understanding of Chinese Society, Past and Present (The 31st Georgc Ernest Horrison Lecture J.n Ethnology 197 0}

Yuyama, ~~irag A Biblio r~?h of ~1e Sanskrit Texts of the SaddharmapundarJ.kasutra Oriental I1onograph Series No. 5)

~ustralian an~ New Zealand Journal of Sociology (2 issues)

' . ~ 7 -

Depurth'leni:al Pub lications 1971

Department of Biogoogranhy and Goomorohology v RSP ·1cS

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Ke llman u !·!.C. ~ Secondi:'.ry Plant Succ23sion in Tropical I'lontane Hindanao

Department of Botany 7 JGS

Pryor, L.D. and Jollnsonf L. A.S. ~ A Classification of the :Gucalypts

Department of Demography, PSSS

Price f Charles ]\. ~ Australian I:nnigration~ A Bibliography and Diges t 7 No. 21 19 70

Denart:.:nent of Far Easte rn History, P.SPacS

Barnard, noel~ Scientific Examination of an i:mcient Chinese Document as n Prelud2 to Deciohermentu Translation, and T-Iistorical Assessment ~ The Ch 0 u Silk I1<1nuscr1.pt (Honograph Uo. 4:)

Department of Human G;:;:ogre.phy, HSPacS

Linge; G •. J.R. and R.~mmcr., P.J. ~ Government: Influence and the Location of Economic ;1ctiv i ty (HG/5)

Ri!'flrrer . P.J. g Transport in Thailand~ The Raih1ay Decision (HG/6)

pepartmcnt of International Relations, RSPacS

Bu tlcr u Lord~ ProblciT\3 of Diplomacy f Pas ·t and Present (Arthur F. Yc nckcn !1emorial Lectures, 1970)

Department of Political Science, RSSS

HGathcote, .Jina: Agricultural Politics in the European Community (Occasional Paper Ho. 7)

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!Jepartrnent of Pure..~ tiat.'lcM.atics, SGS 1 and D8nartMcnt of H.athcmat1.cs 7 :;IS

Sd'Vlards, R.E. ~ _Integration and 1-Iarmonic lillalysis on Compact Groups

Research School o£ Puci.fic Studies and Universi t.y of :'?apua NeH Guinc;;a ___ _

Hard; Harion ·;. (-:;cl. ) g The Politics of il·;:) lanesie. (Papc;;rs delivc::: rwd at the Four'ch :·7aigani 3cminar u Port l"1or::::sby 9~ 15 IIay }_9 "/!J)

Ne'IIT Guinea :•.ese u.::::-ch Unit, RSPacS

I1eN Guinea R::;scarch Bulletin · ( 5 num .. ~0rs )

University Press

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Opern.ting Statem\:.:;nt for ·th.:; year ended 31 December

Inco1ro

Sales of p,.lblications His eo llaneous incor.\6

Cost of sales

Stock of publications at 1 January

Book manufacturing C03tS

Editorial expenses Royalties Commission on salas

Less Stoc}~ of publications at 31 ;)ecember

Y·lorks in progress Less subsidios

Title subsidies

Sross Operatina Profit

Administrative expenses

Salaries Superannuation, otc, Advertising 1111 other expenses

Net Operating Loss

1968

$

86,038 93

86 g 131

73,531

184,091 1, 204

10 g 238

9 0 ,~09

95 9 ( 55

5 8 Q 9 46 8,832 7~924

10 r t18S

95,515

19 69

$

10 4,255 511

104 9 766

90 •' 409

89,185 3,271 7,636

30

190,531

106 ,109

707

6,455

777260

27,506

65 y 410 8,178 7,963

12 Q 215

93,766

19 70

$

152,059 158

152,217

169,643 817

7,589 584 __ .;:;_

285,449

116

18,587

1861733

gg 71~

53,501

80.429 12,709 12 Q 85 7 14,339

120,334

1971

$

141,0:50. 1, 891

1<13,350

168.? 146

79 p 651 290

6 ,58 ') 1, 301

255,968

2,046

8, 279

39 r 126

93751LJ 17,009 8,874

2J,043

139,<145

10 0 1 3(9

University Press

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Stab;;ncnt of Bala.-.ces as at 31 :98ce~er

Accumulation ~ccount

Balances, 1 January

Operating R•2serve Book Stock

Add University Subvention

Less operati::1g loss

Represented by

Reserve Stock

1!? )8

~

71.,44() 73,~31

_44,977

73,724

218,701

95,515

123,135

32c777 9 0 ,409

123,183

19() 9

$

32,777 9J., 109

123,186

98v62(;

221,812

G6,2GO

155,552

<~8, 736 1J6,816

155,552

19 7()

... ~

48,73G 18(,816

155,552

90,000

245,552

56,834

178,713

10,688 168,030

178,718

1971

$

10,6 88 16811)30

178,718

81,600

2G0,318

:!.0 0 _v.2._~

159,959

16,50 ~ l·n, 465

159,969

I · .