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Katherine Day Katherine Day i(19476628 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Hachette Has Withdrawn a Policeman’s Memoir Due to Accuracy Concerns. Should Publishers Do More Fact Checking? Katherine Day , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 11 July 2023;

'Australian publisher Hachette has withdrawn from publication the memoir of a retired police officer, after concerns were raised about its accuracy. Christophe Glasl spent 16 years in Victoria Police before writing his tell-all memoir, Special Operations Group, named after the elite force he was a member of for four years.' (Introduction)
1 After Years of Austerity, Revive Writes the Next Chapter in Australian Literary Culture Katherine Day , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 30 January 2023;

'The Albanese government’s Revive is Australia’s first national cultural policy in ten years. The last was the Gillard government’s Creative Australia in 2013.'
1 Books Versus Screens : A Study of Australian Children’s Media Use During the COVID Pandemic Sybil Nolan , Katherine Day , Wonsun Shin , Wilfred Yang Wang , 2022 single work criticism
— Appears in: Publishing Research Quarterly , December vol. 38 no. 4 2022; (p. 749 - 759)

'As children’s use of screens increased during the COVID pandemic, their reading of traditional books was affected, a national survey of Australian parents shows. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Melbourne to compare young people’s use of screens and books in the pandemic. Their online survey of 513 primary caregivers of children aged seven to thirteen around Australia showed that tablet use flourished during the pandemic and that COVID lockdowns influenced book buying and library borrowing in consequential ways for publishing and literature. Many parents believed their children’s use of screens had come at the expense of book reading.' (Publication abstract)
1 ‘The Entire Industry Is Based on Hunches’ : Is Australian Publishing an Art, a Science or a Gamble? Katherine Day , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 5 September 2022;
1 Publishing Agreements Through a Sharper Lens : How Relational Contract Theory Informs Author–Publisher Negotiations Katherine Day , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: Publishing Research Quarterly , June vol. 37 no. 2 2021; (p. 152–167)

'Classical contract theory—of will and morality, of promise or consent—translates awkwardly to contemporary publishing agreements where cultural products are not definitively valued, and publishing agreements’ industrial and aspirational ideals require an ongoing conversation, and relationship, between an author and publisher. Relational contract theory presents a framework in which parties to a contract can continue negotiations, particularly when industry developments create change or conflict. This paper applies relational contract theory to publishing contract negotiations to show how they operate incrementally, and illustrates via select qualitative interviews how contract terms are used in a post negotiation space to strengthen author–publisher relationships and support authors’ livelihoods.'  (Publication abstract)
1 Gagging the Writer : The Implicit Censorship of Non-fiction Trade Book Publishing in Australia Katherine Day , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 25 no. 1 2021;

'This paper explores non-fiction trade book publishing alongside a contemporary construction of reputation and argues that in Australia “reputational interests” in defamation law have created a practice of implicit censorship.'  (Publication abstract)
1 Fair’s Fair (Except When It Isn’t) : The Effectiveness of Fair Dealing in the Australian Publishing Industry Katherine Day , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , May no. 66 2020;

'In November 2016, the Australian Productivity Commission (PC) released a report proposing a ‘fair use exception to replace the current system of fair dealing exceptions’ (ACC 1) in the Australian Copyright Act 1968. The Commission’s recommendation supported the Australian Legal Reform Commission’s (ALRC) findings in its 2013 report ‘Copyright and the Digital Economy’, which stated that a flexible fair use provision would ‘“enable the Act to adapt to changing technologies and uses without the need for legislative intervention”’ (ALRC 95). In the event that a fair use exception is not viable, the ALRC also proposed an alternative ‘new fair dealing’ exception, to broaden the doctrine’s purposes for educational institutions and commercial organisations.' (Introduction)
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