Monday, 30 January 2012
Text to launch $12.95 Australian classics listText Publishing will publish a list of low-price classics similar to Penguin's Popular Penguin series and Random House's $12.95 classics. The list will launch...

Monday, 30 January 2012
Australian authors were among those recognised in this year's Australia Day Honours. Stuart Macintyre was made an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO) for 'distinguished...

Monday, 30 January 2012
Andrew McMillan, Northern Territory author and journalist, has died aged 54. McMillan wrote for The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and NT News.  His books include Strict Rules...

Monday, 30 January 2012
FebruaryKatherine Howell, Pan Macmillan (Silent Fear) Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane (including regional).Carrie Tiffany, Picador (Mateship with Birds) Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.Janette Turner Hospital, Fourth Estate (Forecast Turbulence) Perth, Brisbane...

Monday, 30 January 2012
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Monday, 30 January 2012
For a second week Peter Carey's The Chemistry of Tears (Hamish Hamilton) has received the most mentions in Media Extra. Author Alain de Botton, who tours Australia in late February,...

Monday, 30 January 2012
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Monday, 30 January 2012
Trade events coming up, as shown on our events calendar, include:Midsumma Festival: 15 January to 5 FebruaryPerth International Arts Festival, WA: 10 February to 3 March Writers at the Convent, Abbotsford: 10-12...

Sunday, 29 January 2012
NewSouth Publishing has launched a new prize for science writing called the Bragg UNSW Press Prize. The prize, which is named after Australia's first Nobel Laureates William and Laurence Bragg,...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to distribute Amazon books in USKobo to enter Dutch ereading...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
On Fancy Goods this week, David Gaunt reviews Mateship with Birds (Carrie Tiffany, Macmillan), Andrew Wrathall takes a look at some of the bestselling ebooks during Christmas, and Meg Whelan...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
A man is serving a life sentence for a murder he did not commit. Private investigator Paige Holden witnesses the execution of the man's fiancé, the woman having handed the...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Apple has released a new version of its iBooks application for iPad and a new self-publishing application, which together will allow Apple users to self-publish multimedia ebooks through the iBookstore....

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Penguin Australia's general publishing team has announced it will accept unsolicited manuscripts electronically once a month. The initiative, called 'the Monthly Catch', invites electronic submissions of adult fiction and nonfiction...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Australian online bookstore Boomerang Books has partnered with 3D search technology firm Thereitis.com to create an online search tool that emulates the book-browsing experience of a bricks-and-mortar store. The new...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
The shortlist for the 2012 Indie Awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Fiction Caleb's Crossing (Geraldine Brooks, HarperCollins)The Street Sweeper (Elliot Perlman, Random House)Foal's Bread (Gillian...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Several Kindle-edition Australian ebooks listed on Amazon are accompanied by the statement ‘this price was set by the publisher'. The statement, which accompanies Kindle-editions of Australian titles from Hachette Australia,...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Digital Publishing Australia, a new community resource to be launched by the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), will include an introductory how-to guide to digital publishing and a website at www.digitalpublishingaustralia.org.au. As...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced its awards for children’s and young adult literature, including the Printz, Newbery, Caldecott and Stonewall. Craig Silvey's Jasper Jones has been chosen as an honour...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
A new research report has fuelled speculation that global retailer Amazon is considering establishing an Australian-facing retail website. The Australian Financial Review and SmartCompany reported on 20 January that a...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
‘While I agree with [Louise] Adler's call for more subsidies, the question remains where and how the resources should be invested. I remain somewhat unconvinced by a vision of a...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
In rights news this week:SoldFiction--Random House Australia has sold The Trouble with Fire (Fiona Kidman) to France; Rocking Horse Road (Carl Nixon) to Germany; and Blood Men by Paul Cleave to...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Penguin Australia will launch an Australian list of short ebook-only titles this year. To be called Penguin Australia Shorts, the list will be similar to the Penguin Shorts list now...