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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...

MUP to release new and reprinted Gough Whitlam titles 

Tuesday, 28 October 2014
MUP is publishing several titles in commemoration of the life of Gough Whitlam. This will include updated editions of definitive biographies by Jenny Hocking, a special edition boxed set, and...

Text congratulates Graeme Simsion 

Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Text Publishing offers three resounding cheers for Graeme Simsion, whose debut novel The Rosie Project has now sold over 200,000 copies in print and ebook in ANZ.Booksellers will be invited...

Staff changes at CoInfo 

Tuesday, 28 October 2014
We wish to advise that Michael Cowley will be leaving CoInfo to become Academic Sales Director at Cambridge University Press Australia.We thank Michael for his contributions to CoInfo and DA....

Staff changes at Five Mile Press 

Wednesday, 22 October 2014
The Five Mile Press has announced a number of changes to its marketing and publicity team. Jennifer Kean has been promoted to national publicity manager, Susie Kennewell has been appointed...

Spiteri-James to leave Thames & Hudson 

Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Jodie Spiteri-James has resigned as managing director of Thames & Hudson Australia and will leave the company in April 2015. (See news.)

Sukkarieh joins Dymocks board 

Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Salah Sukkarieh, a professor and ‘robotics expert’ at the University of Sydney, has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Dymocks Group board.

Stanojlovic joins Footprint Books 

Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Nada Stanojlovic has joined Footprint Books in the newly created position of national sales manager. Stanojlovic was previously general manager of library services and business development at James Bennett. (See classifieds.)

Hachette Australia Congratulates Shaun Tan 

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Hachette Australia is thrilled to congratulate Shaun Tan on Rules of Summer being shortlisted in the children’s fiction category of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. To order copies of Rules...