Hachette’s Next Stock Date system goes live on TitlePage
Hachette’s Next Stock Date (NSD) system, which lets booksellers know when stock will be available to order at Alliance Distribution Services, is now live on the Australian Publishers Association’s (APA)...
Delivering the goods: A look at the book industry’s supply chain
Getting a book into a reader’s hands has never been quicker, but there is still plenty of room for improvement in the book industry’s supply chain, writes Gary Copeland.Those who...
APA, Thorpe-Bowker launch TitlePage Plus; Indies launch white-label Copia stores
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Thorpe-Bowker, parent company of Books+Publishing, have launched TitlePage Plus. The APA and Thorpe-Bowker said in a joint press release this week that TitlePage Plus...
TitlePage adds numeric stock levels, ebook listings ahead of relaunch
TitlePage has moved a number of changes ‘into production’ ahead of the pending relaunch of the platform. TitlePage said in a statement that it has ‘moved some new functionality into production’ over the...
Copia advertises for local merchandising role
Ebook provider Copia is currently looking to expand its local team, advertising for someone to manage the online marketing and merchandising for its Australian operations. Copia said in a job...
Disruption to Books in Print, TitlePage caused by Hurricane Sandy
Books in Print, TitlePage and several other data services hosted by Bowker in the US (the parent company of Thorpe-Bowker in Australia) have been disrupted by Hurricane Sandy, which has...
ABA Conference round-up
The 2012 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference was held on 17 and 18 June in Manly, bringing together around 280 members of the industry. More than 140 booksellers from across...
Thorpe-Bowker announces TitlePage Plus pricing; Copia in the process of signing with major publishers
In a session at the Leading Edge Books annual conference on Sunday 12 March, Thorpe-Bowker general manager Gary Pengelly announced the price structure of the new TitlePage Plus service. The pricing...
A&U, Penguin joint publishers of the year at Leading Edge 2012 conference
The 2012 Leading Edge Books Conference, held in Melbourne on 10 and 11 March, was the largest in the conference's history, according to Leading Edge Books general manager Simon Milne....
TitlePage Plus to partner with ebook distributor Copia Interactive
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and RR Bowker (parent company of Weekly Book Newsletter owner Thorpe-Bowker) have announced that Copia Interactive will be the supplier providing ebook distribution to users of...
APA confirms TitlePage Plus to be launched ‘prior to Christmas’
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and RR Bowker have confirmed they have ‘signed a Heads of Agreement for the migration of TitlePage to Bowker's platform and the subsequent joint development...
APA announces TitlePage update, partnership with Thorpe-Bowker
As announced by Pan Macmillan managing director Ross Gibb at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Monday 25 July, the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released a statement regarding an update of...
APA announces TitlePage update, partnership with Thorpe-Bowker
As announced by Pan Macmillan managing director Ross Gibb at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Monday 25 July, the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released a statement regarding an update of...
TitlePage: standalone ebook solution ‘not viable’ but platform upgrade planned to integrate ebook supply chain
The Australian Publishers Association has advised that the TitlePage Management Group charged with providing business expertise to TitlePage has recommended to the APA Board that 'a stand-alone ebook solution for...
ABA conference 2010: sales down but booksellers energised
The 86th annual Australian Booksellers Association conference was held over three days in Brisbane, starting last Sunday. ABA conference organiser Claire Pittman reports that attendance peaked at over 300 on...
APA announces new Title Page ebook distribution system for 2010
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced plans for a new digital distribution system for local ebooks.The distribution system, which it expects to be operating in the first half of...
APA launches DataPage
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has launched a new ‘comprehensive title download service', DataPage. The service, which was launched on 18 June at the ABA conference in Melbourne, is part...
DataPage delay shelves TitlePage NZ launch
‘Small technical issues' that have emerged in the final development of DataPage have delayed the service's launch in Australia and put back the proposed launch of the TitlePage service in...
TitlePage set to launch in NZ
The board of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has given the go-ahead for the development of a price and availability service for New Zealand booksellers.The service, which will be built on...