Former HarperCollins, Leading Edge Books communications specialist Simon Milne dies
Monday, 9 January 2017
Simon Milne, who worked in the Australian book industry for many years as a marketing communications director at HarperCollins ANZ, marketing and communications manager at Leading Edge Group and general...
New award to recognise editorial excellence
Monday, 9 January 2017
A new award for editorial excellence has been launched by Editors Queensland, a branch of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). The Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, or ‘Rosie’, honours the...
Productivity Commission releases final report; reiterates call for PIR repeal, adoption of ‘fair use’
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
The Productivity Commission released its final report into Intellectual Property Arrangements on 20 December, reiterating the previous recommendations from its draft report to repeal parallel import restrictions (PIRs) on books...
Pre-Christmas survey 2016: Stable sales at chain stores, indies divided
Friday, 16 December 2016
Christmas sales are tracking at similar levels to last year for the majority of booksellers (63%), with just 13% reporting an increase and 24% reporting a decrease. This compares to...
Nielsen BookScan figures: Volume and value down as colouring books dry up
Friday, 16 December 2016
Sales in the 10 weeks to 5 December are down 5.9% in value and seven percent in volume this year compared to the same period in 2015, reports Nielsen BookScan....
The books: Strong across the board; big-name fiction, cookbooks missing
Friday, 16 December 2016
Most booksellers think there’s a strong (53%) or moderate (44%) offering of books this season, with only three percent considering it a weak line-up of titles. Booksellers are more confident...
Supply, stock, staff and sales
Friday, 16 December 2016
Many booksellers have expressed cautious satisfaction with the availability and supply of stock so far this Christmas, although concerns regarding delivery services, damages and unavailable titles persist. ‘Supply has generally been...
Online sales and ebooks
Friday, 16 December 2016
Twenty-nine percent of bookstores surveyed aren’t selling print books online this Christmas, with 10% not having a store website at all. For those that have embraced ecommerce, print book sales...
Publishers’ perspectives
Friday, 16 December 2016
Australia’s large and medium-sized publishers are reasonably happy with sales in the lead-up to Christmas, with most reporting that sales are either ‘about the same’ as last year or down...
All down to the last week
Friday, 16 December 2016
Booksellers are hoping for a big final week of sales, but are preparing themselves for Christmas sales that are somewhere between ‘okay’ and ‘excellent’. Just under half of booksellers (47%)...
Bongiorno wins 2016 ACT Book of the Year
Friday, 16 December 2016
Frank Bongiorno has won the 2016 ACT Book of the Year for his nonfiction book The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia (Black Inc.). Bongiorno was chosen from a shortlist...
UQP acquires Lucashenko novel ‘Too Much Lip’
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
UQP acting-CEO and publisher Madonna Duffy has acquired world rights to Melissa Lucashenko’s new novel Too Much Lip. Partly inspired by Ned Kelly and the Beverley Hillbillies, Too Much Lip...
A&U acquires Lambie memoir
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Allen & Unwin will publish a memoir by independent Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie in mid-2017, reports the Australian. The publisher said Lambie’s story is of ‘a very ordinary Australian who...
Bachoura wins 2016 Deborah Cass Prize
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Syrian-born actor and writer Jean Bachoura has won Writers Victoria’s 2016 Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds for his manuscript extract ‘Night Falls’. ‘Night Falls’ was chosen...
HarperCollins acquires McTiernan, Ringland debuts
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
HarperCollins has acquired the rights to two novels by first-time Australian authors. Perth-based writer Dervla McTiernan’s crime novel The Rúin was acquired by publisher Anna Valdinger in a two-book deal...
Diversity initiative ‘Voices from the Intersection’ to hold publisher speed pitching day
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Authors Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina have launched a volunteer initiative Voices from the Intersection (VFTI), with the aim of providing publication and mentorship opportunities to emerging YA and children’s...
OzCo announces leadership program participants
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
A number of literary arts workers have been selected for the 2017 Australia Council Leadership Programs. Participants in the 2017 Future Leaders Program include Right Now magazine general manager Reiko...
Indie Book Awards 2017 longlists announced
Monday, 12 December 2016
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2017 Indie Book Awards. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Easy Way Out (Steven Amsterdam, Hachette) Between a...
Watts, Witherspoon to adapt ‘Penguin Bloom’ for film
Friday, 9 December 2016
Australian actress Naomi Watts has partnered with US actress and film producer Reese Witherspoon and US film producer Bruna Papandrea to option the rights to Penguin Bloom (Cameron Bloom &...
Martyn leaves HarperCollins
Friday, 9 December 2016
HarperCollins Australia publishing director Shona Martyn has left the publisher to pursue ‘new challenges’ after 17 years with the company. Martyn joined HarperCollins in 1999 as publishing director of Australian and...
Black Inc. acquires memoir from Scribe Nonfiction Prize shortlistee
Friday, 9 December 2016
Black Inc. publisher Aviva Tuffield has acquired a memoir from 24-year-old Queensland writer Lech Blaine, who was shortlisted for this year’s Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. Blaine’s Car Crash:...
Australian publications, booksellers recommend their top titles for 2016
Friday, 9 December 2016
A number of Australian publications and booksellers have released their recommended books for 2016. The Fairfax’s Sydney Morning Herald and Age publications have compiled their annual round-up of Australian writers’...
‘KYD’ announces new staff, appoints Elson as book critic
Friday, 9 December 2016
Literary magazine Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced a number of staff changes for 2017, including the appointment of Gerard Elson to the role of KYD book critic. Elson, who...
Shorten confirms Labor won’t back PIR repeal
Friday, 9 December 2016
Federal Labor Party leader Bill Shorten has confirmed the Labor Party will not support the government’s proposal to repeal parallel import restrictions (PIRs), in a letter addressed to Melbourne University...
New Zealand publishing recovers after weak 2013-14
Friday, 9 December 2016
A new PricewaterhouseCoopers report shows a recovery in the New Zealand book publishing industry in 2015 after weak years in 2013 and 2014. The report estimates the total value of...
ABA appoints conference coordinator, announces new staff roles
Thursday, 8 December 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has appointed Helen Papadimitriou as its 2017 conference and trade exhibition coordinator following the departure of marketing and conference manager Steve Jones. ABA CEO Joel...
New TitlePage service to cater to self-publishers and micro-publishers
Thursday, 8 December 2016
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has launched a new service that offers self-publishers and micro-publishers the opportunity to list their books on TitlePage without becoming APA members. The ‘Batch Title...
Novak launches literary agency
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Former Text publicity manager Jane Novak has launched a literary agency following the retirement of literary agent Barbara Mobbs. Novak told Books+Publishing that ‘almost all of Barbara’s client list have...
Moriarty tops fiction category in 2016 Goodreads Awards
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Liane Moriarty’s Truly Madly Guilty (Pan Macmillan) has won the fiction category in the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Books of 2016. Moriarty won the category with 30,154 votes, coming ahead of...
writingWA launches campaign in support of literature funding, awareness
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
writingWA has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the writing and publishing sector and the inequity of its funding compared to other art forms, in the lead-up to the...
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