Tuesday, 28 February 2012
'It is really about making supply a lot more efficient, providing good-quality conversions, and helping publishers cope with change and get the most out of ebook publishing'--SPUNC general manager Zoe...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Federal Small Business Minister Mark Arbib has resigned from the ministry and from the Senate. Arbib, who was also Assistant Treasurer and Sports Minister, said in a press conference on...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Penguin's parent company Pearson expects revenues from its digital and services businesses 'to exceed revenues from traditional publishing businesses in 2012', according to the company's recent full-year financial report. The...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Australian and New Zealand publishers are among those affected by Amazon's decision not to sell Kindle editions distributed by US book distributor Independent Publishers Group (IPG), after IPG and Amazon...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Australia-based audiobook publisher Bolinda Publishing has established an office in Auckland, New Zealand. Bolinda co-CEO Rebecca Hermann told the Weekly Book Newsletter that two full-time local staff, sales executives Ed...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
The Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) has announced that it has signed an agreement with InfoGrid Pacific to launch an industry-based ebook distribution platform for small Australian publishers. SPUNC...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Google stops accepting new affiliates for ebook program Overdrive to distribute Harry Potter ebooksNew...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
In rights news this week: SalesFiction--Black Inc. has sold North American and Canadian rights in The Weight of the Human Heart (Ryan O'Neill) to St Martin's Press and UK/Commonwealth rights...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
William Gay, author of Long Home and The Lost Country, has died aged 68. William Gay, born in Tennessee, has been described by some as the most powerful and authentic...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Jan Berenstain, co-creator of the Berenstain Bears series, has died aged 88. Brenstain, together with her husband Stan, wrote and illustrated hundreds of stories featuring the Berenstain Bear family. Over...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
MarchRosalind Appleby, Fremantle Press (Women of Note) Sydney. Merlinda Bobis, Spinifex Press (Fish-Hair Woman) Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Wollongong, NSW. Stanley and Kaisa Breeden, Fremantle Press (Rainforest Country) Brisbane, Cairns...

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
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Monday, 27 February 2012
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Monday, 27 February 2012
Susan Orlean explores the idea of heroism in Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend of the World's Most Famous Dog (Atlantic Books). Carrie Tiffany's Mateship with Birds (Picador), Alain...

Monday, 27 February 2012
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival, Wellington: 24 February to 18 March Entries close for 2012...

Monday, 27 February 2012
Cooking sensation Jamie Oliver will be touring part of the country as of Saturday 3 March 2012, catching up with his Ministry of Food mobile kitchens in Logan and Ipswich...

Monday, 27 February 2012
Booksellers New Zealand and the New Zealand Listener have announced they will launch the Listener Book Club on Friday 2 March 2012. Run by Listener arts and books editor Guy Somerset and...

Monday, 27 February 2012
Scholastic Australia, as the trustee of Dromkeen, has announced that the collection of children's picture book artwork and illustrations at the Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book Art will move to the State...

Monday, 27 February 2012
'Meanjin' to be available as ebookMeanjin has announced that the literary journal will be available to purchase as an ebook ‘in coming weeks'. The announcement follows the re-launch of the...

Monday, 27 February 2012
The finalists for the 2012 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture booksThe Cat's Pyjamas (Catherine Foreman, Scholastic)Rahui (Maori version)...