Inside the Australian and New Zealand book industry

Image. Advertisement:

Free >

Scholastic reports operating revenue up

Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Scholastic has reported global profits of US$107 million (A$115 million) for the 2014 financial year, an increase of 31% on the previous year, when it reported profits of US$81.5 million...

Atwood manuscript to be locked away for 100 years

Monday, 8 September 2014
Margaret Atwood has been chosen as the first contributor for the Future Library art project, which will see her ‘unpublished, unread’ manuscript locked away for 100 years, reports the Guardian....

McKinty, Safran win 2014 Ned Kelly Awards

Monday, 8 September 2014
The winners of the 2014 Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing were announced at the Brisbane Writers Festival on 6 September.The fiction award went to Adrian McKinty for In the...

Bestsellers this week

Monday, 8 September 2014
Following the success of the bestselling The 39-Storey Treehouse, Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have returned with The 52-Storey Treehouse (Pan). The 13 new ‘storeys’ feature a rocket-powered carrot-launcher, a ninja...

Webster appointed SPN chair

Monday, 8 September 2014
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the appointment of Michael Webster as chair of the SPN board.‘Michael’s career in the Australian book industry has spanned more than forty years...

Kneen wins 2014 Thomas Shapcott Prize

Monday, 8 September 2014
Author and Avid Reader events manager Krissy Kneen has won the 2014 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize. The $3000 prize is named in honour of Queensland poet Thomas Shapcott and is...

UQP to publish modern classics series

Friday, 5 September 2014
The University of Queensland Press is publishing a series of ‘UQP Modern Classics’.The new series features early works from Australian authors previously published by UQP that have been ‘repackaged for...

New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now

Friday, 5 September 2014
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains six reviews of children’s and YA books publishing in October and November.Included is a review of The Three Billy Goats Gruff from Little Hare’s new...

Authors to earn higher royalties through new HarperCollins UK website

Thursday, 4 September 2014
HarperCollins UK will pay authors a higher net royalty for ebooks sold through its new website than through other retailers, reports the Bookseller. HarperCollins UK launched its new website in August following the relaunch of the HarperCollins US website...

Amazon launches KDP Kids publishing program

Thursday, 4 September 2014
Amazon has launched a new publishing program called KDP Kids to help children’s book authors create illustrated and chapter ebooks, reports Digital Book World. The program uses free Kindle Kids’ Book Creator software to allow authors to ‘import artwork...

Samsung ‘Innovation Partner’ at Frankfurt Book Fair

Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Technology company Samsung is the Innovation Partner at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF), which runs from 8-12 October. The collaboration will ‘highlight the convergence of mobile technology and the...

Indigenous Literacy Day today

Wednesday, 3 September 2014
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is staging its eighth Indigenous Literacy Day today (Wednesday 3 September) to raise money for Indigenous literacy.A number of booksellers and publishers are donating a percentage...

Brisbane Writers Festival kicks off

Wednesday, 3 September 2014
The 2014 Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) kicks off today and runs until 7 September.As previously reported by Books+Publishing, more than 200 writers and illustrators will participate in this year’s festival, which is...

PANZ announces international rights and contracts workshops

Wednesday, 3 September 2014
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) is running two workshops on contracts and rights at Westpac Takutai Square in Auckland on 16 September.Leading the workshops will be Frances Crombie, who has previously worked...

SLQ wins Premier’s Cultural Diversity Award

Wednesday, 3 September 2014
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has been named winner of the Premier’s Cultural Diversity Award in the Public Sector category. Presented at a gala dinner on 30 August, the...

International library news

Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Comic creator promotes National Library Card Sign-up MonthIn the US, legendary comic creator Stan Lee has been appointed honorary chair of Library Card Sign-up Month in September. The American Library Association’s...

Registrations open for ALIA Information Online Conference

Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Early bird registrations are now open for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Information Online Conference, which will be held in Sydney from 2-5 February 2015.  Program sessions will feature...

Recipients of CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants announced

Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) have announced the four recipients of the 2014 CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants, each worth NZ$5000 (A$4475). The winner...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 3 September 2014
‘If we in the print business want to survive, we have to make print an entirely different experience from reading digitally’—Melbourne Writers Festival guest Dave Eggers argues for a greater...

Samuel Johnson Prize 2014 longlist announced

Tuesday, 2 September 2014
The longlist for this year’s Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction has been announced in the UK.The longlisted titles are: Roy Jenkins (John Campbell, Jonathan Cape) The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford...