Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Scribe has announced it has appointed David Golding to the newly created part-time position of digital editor. 'We're too small to have departments, so the challenge has been to successfully...

Tuesday, 22 February 2011
The Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) announced last week that University of Queensland Press (UQP) has joined the organisation. UQP is the latest medium-size publisher to join the network...

Tuesday, 22 February 2011
In rights news this week: SalesAudio--Fremantle Press has sold audio rights in The Magic Fair (Sally Morgan) and Barlay (Cheryl Kickett-Tucker) to Vision Australia.Send your rights news to bookseller.publisher@thorpe.com.au.

Tuesday, 22 February 2011
PMP, the owner of book distribution business The Scribo Group, has recorded a net loss of $14.8 million for the first half of the 2010-2011 financial year. The company has also...

Monday, 21 February 2011
The top four books on the most mentioned chart received an equal number of mentions this week. Yannick Haenel's The Messenger (Text) is a biography of Jan Karski, who was...

Monday, 21 February 2011
Publishing consultant Alex Adsett writes: The O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference was held in New York last week, and was an exciting meeting of international publishing innovators to...

Monday, 21 February 2011
Penguin editor Sarah Dawson has died. Family and friends write:‘Family and friends sadly announce that Sarah died earlier this month after a short illness. Sarah was a wonderful friend to...

Monday, 21 February 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:SPOKE Writers' Festival 2011: 22-25 FebruaryArmageddon Expo, Sydney: 26-27 FebruaryEarly bird registration closes for IPEd accreditation...

Monday, 21 February 2011
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Monday, 21 February 2011
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Monday, 21 February 2011
On Fancy Goods this week, we have a round-up of stories on REDgroup entering voluntary administration and on the same issue we look at things we keep repeating in our...

Monday, 21 February 2011
February Daniel Akst, Scribe (We Have Met the Enemy) Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Sara Foster, Random House (Beneath the Shadows) Regional WA. Jacqueline Harvey, Random House (Alice Miranda series) Armidale,...

Monday, 21 February 2011
‘You can offer what you can offer, but it's different to how it used to be. Not just since Amazon or Book Depository or whatever; since Google, really, the difference...

Monday, 21 February 2011
The finalists for the 2011 NZ Post Children's Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Picture books:Baa Baa Smart Sheep (Mark Sommerset & Rowan Sommerset, Dreamboat...

Monday, 21 February 2011
While out collecting bottle tops at the beach, a boy discovers an enormous, bizarre-looking and lonely creature that nobody else appears to notice...The Lost Thing is an award-winning film adapted...

Monday, 21 February 2011
Further to the Weekly Book Newsletter report Penguin Australia to reduce sales team, Penguin Australia has confirmed that it has announced eight redundancies across its national sales team. The NSW...

Monday, 21 February 2011
127 Hours (S&S) is Aron Ralston’s true story of being trapped under a boulder while climbing through canyons in Utah. After the cinema release of the adaptation, it’s at the...

Monday, 21 February 2011
The shortlisted titles for this year's Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the 'Best Designed Cover of the Year' category are:An Everyday...

Sunday, 20 February 2011
2011 NZ Maori Writer's Residency announcedLyttelton author Ben Brown has been announced as the recipient of the 2011 Maori Writer's Residency at the Michael King Writer's Centre. Brown, who is...

Sunday, 20 February 2011
International publisher Quarto Group, which has operations in Australia and New Zealand, has released preliminary financial results for 2010, recording a revenue increase of 7% in its publishing division and...

Sunday, 20 February 2011
Amazon's UK-based website has expanded its free shipping offer to include Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa.Orders for books, DVDs and music CDs over £25 (A$40) will be eligible...

Sunday, 20 February 2011
Lagardère Publishing, the French-based parent company of Hachette Australia, has recorded a 4.8% decline in total revenue for 2010. The publisher said in a financial statement last week that the...