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Call For Entries: 2014 Ashurst Business Literature Prize 

Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Nominations are now being accepted for the Ashurst Business Literature Prize, Australia's largest and most important award for business literature.The prestigious $30,000 award aims to recognise the highest standards of literary commentary on local and international business...

Peter Phillips Launches Industry Consulting Company 

Tuesday, 11 November 2014
After 42 years of service with Macmillan Peter Phillips has resigned and started his own book industry consulting company “Outside of a Dog P/L.” Peter’s last day with Macmillan will...

ILF: A Salon Show for Indigenous Literacy 

Monday, 10 November 2014
A day-only salon exhibition of vibrant new Aboriginal art from around Australia to assist in raising funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.Featuring a unique Art Parade viewing of 70+ works...

Dunne joins Express Media 

Thursday, 6 November 2014
Fiona Dunne has been appointed creative producer at Express Media. (See news.)

Staff changes at Hachette 

Thursday, 6 November 2014
Hachette Australia has promoted a number of staff, including: Daniel Pilkington, Elise Winton, Penny Evershed and Naomi Gaskell in the sales department; Christine Fairbrother, Anna Egelstaff, Kelly Morton and Anna Large in marketing and...

Set the Number of Results Shown on Titlepage 

Wednesday, 5 November 2014
In response to requests from users, TitlePage now has the ability to set the default number of search results displayed. This can be set in using the ‘Default display matches’...

‘Hello! From Australia’ exhibition Bologna 2015 

Wednesday, 5 November 2014
Oz children’s books selections revealed for the Hello! from Australia exhibition at Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2015.Illustrations from 32 books have been selected out of 109 submissions from 24 Australian publishers for 2015 Hello! from Australia exhibition. ...

Book Submissions for ILF 

Wednesday, 5 November 2014
It’s that time of year again when our Foundation is calling for submissions for our relevant programs, Book Buzz and Book Supply. We were blown away by the choice of...

Editia Reprinting ‘Kevern write a book’ 

Wednesday, 5 November 2014
Due to the overwhelming media buzz around Kevern write a book: The best of @Rudd2000 by Scott Bridges and Stephen Owen (ISBN 978-0-9924825-8-9; RRP $24.99), publisher Editia is reprinting immediately....

Business for sale: Book Group Australia 

Wednesday, 5 November 2014
This is a great opportunity to purchase a well established family-owned business specialising in wholesaling, remainders, direct marketing and publishing.  We also have a well established non-book business with major...

Currie returns to Avid Reader 

Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Chris Currie has returned to Brisbane’s Avid Reader in the newly created role of social media manager. (See news.)

Cowley joins Cambridge 

Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Michael Cowley has been appointed to the newly created position of academic sales director at Cambridge University Press. (See news.)

Staff changes at CoInfo 

Wednesday, 29 October 2014
CoInfo has announced a number of staff changes. Cora Zeilinger has been promoted to sales manager for Australia and New Zealand, replacing Michael Cowley. Daniel Nash has been promoted to senior business...

Michael Cowley joins Cambridge 

Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Cambridge University Press is pleased to announce that Michael Cowley will join the organisation on November 10 in the newly created position of Academic Sales Director. Michael joins Cambridge after 7...