Covid-19 hits first quarter sales at Bertelsmann, Lagardère
Friday, 1 May 2020
The parent companies of Hachette and Penguin Random House (PRH) have both reported first-quarter revenue declines due to the challenges of Covid-19. According to Publishers Weekly, Lagardère—the parent company of...
Hachette Aus experiences one of its ‘best ever’ first quarters, as Lagardère reports sales decline
Friday, 1 May 2020
Hachette Australia has enjoyed one of its ‘best ever’ first quarters this year, despite Hachette Book Group parent company Lagardère reporting that year-on-year sales dipped 0.8% over the same period....
UQP sells ‘Too Much Lip’ to HarperVia
Friday, 1 May 2020
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Melissa Lucashenko’s Too Much Lip to HarperCollins international imprint HarperVia. HarperOne Group president and publisher Judith...
ANZ picture books longlisted for World Illustration Awards
Friday, 1 May 2020
A number of Australian and New Zealand picture book creators have been longlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2020. Spanning 10 categories, the 500-strong longlist includes five ANZ illustrators nominated...
Black Inc. acquires local rights to ‘On Pandemics’ by Canadian epidemiologist
Friday, 1 May 2020
Black Inc. has acquired ANZ rights to On Pandemics: Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus, by Canadian epidemiologist David Waltner-Toews. After acquiring the rights on 24 April, Black Inc. will publish...
SWF launches podcast series to give 2020 program ‘a new story’
Friday, 1 May 2020
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) will present more than 50 're-imagined sessions' from its 2020 program as a series of podcasts, after the festival was forced to cancel due to...
Australia Reads launches ‘School Kids’ initiative
Thursday, 30 April 2020
Australia Reads has launched Australia Reads: School Kids, a list of recommended books for which publishers will create teaching notes and offer increased bookseller discounts. With input from The Little...
Picador acquires ‘The Dressmaker’ sequel
Thursday, 30 April 2020
Picador has acquired ANZ rights to The Dressmaker's Secret by Rosalie Ham via Jenny Darling & Associates. The Dressmaker's Secret is a direct sequel following the events of Ham's debut novel...
Shortlist announced for £40k Wolfson History Prize
Thursday, 30 April 2020
In the UK, the shortlist for the £40,000 (A$76,200) Wolfson History Prize shortlist has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans (David Abulafia,...
Maramenides joins Five Mile as CEO
Thursday, 30 April 2020
Alexandra Maramenides will join Five Mile Publishing as CEO, following the departure of Tash Besliev from the role of commercial director earlier this year. Marmenides recently relocated to Australia after...
Will Covid-19 permanently change the book industry?
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
As booksellers and publishers innovate their businesses in response to the Covid-19 lockdown, Books+Publishing's columnist Veronica Sullivan looks at which of their measures are only temporary, and which may be...
Creative Victoria announces latest VicArts recipients
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Several literary projects and writers have been included among the recipients in the latest round of Creative Victoria’s VicArts grants. The program will provide over $1.17 million in funding for...
Publish or postpone? Which titles are being delayed due to Covid-19
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
With Covid-19 disrupting book launches, author events, festivals and the retail sector as a whole, Australian publishers are weighing up which titles should be postponed, which go ahead regardless, and...
HGE sells ‘Real Pigeons’ to UK, announces YouTube series
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has sold its ‘Real Pigeons’ series by Andrew McDonald (illus by Ben Wood) to an as-yet-unnamed UK publisher, which will ‘crash the series into early 2021’,...
More than online sales: What being a virtual bookstore looks like in shut-down
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
While the first four recipients of Copyright Agency emergency funding for innovative online projects went to a podcast, two online author interview platforms and a speakers agency, booksellers have been...
ABIA 2020 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year Bruny (Heather Rose, A&U) Cilka’s Journey (Heather...
UK to introduce micro-loan scheme for small businesses
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
In the UK, the government will introduce a new micro-loan scheme for small businesses, in response to the impact of the coronavirus lockdown, reports the Bookseller. From 4 May, businesses...
Online initiatives by Llewellyn, Spicer receive Copyright Agency emergency funding
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
Two new initiatives to promote books and writers online have received funding from Copyright Agency’s Covid-19 emergency funding. Former artistic director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival Caro Llewellyn will host...
Newman to join Dymocks as new MD
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
Dymocks has announced the appointment of Mark Newman as its new managing director, effective from Monday 4 May. Newman replaces outgoing managing director Steve Cox, who announced in February that...
Pearson reports 5% decline in first quarter update
Monday, 27 April 2020
Pearson has announced a 5% decline in revenue in its first quarter update, in line with revised expectations reported in March due to Covid-19. It also reported a 10% decline...
States announce new Covid-19 arts funding
Monday, 27 April 2020
Arts funding bodies in Victoria and New South Wales have announced new funding initiatives for the creative sector in response to Covid-19. Victoria: $16.8 million ‘survival package’, including $2.2 million...
Bologna releases schedule for virtual book fair
Monday, 27 April 2020
Organisers of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) have released the schedule for the virtual book fair, which will take place across BCBF's digital channels from 4–7 May. Among the...
Ernest Scott Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Monday, 27 April 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for History has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Bedlam at Botany Bay (James Dunk, NewSouth) The Seventies: The personal, the political...
‘The Yield’ takes hat-trick at 2020 NSW Prem’s Awards
Monday, 27 April 2020
The Yield by Tara June Winch (Hamish Hamilton) has swept the 2020 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, winning Book of the Year, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and...
Abadee launches new books podcast with Copyright Agency relief funding
Friday, 24 April 2020
Books writer and festival moderator Nicole Abadee has received Copyright Agency Covid-19 relief funding to produce a new books podcast. Abadee told Books+Publishing the weekly Books, Books, Books podcast would...
Lotterywest establishes $159m Covid-19 relief fund
Friday, 24 April 2020
The WA State Government has allocated Lotterywest's direct grants budget to a new Covid-19 relief fund, worth up to $159 million. The funding will be used to support organisations helping...
Global publishing bodies call for economic stimulus for book trade
Friday, 24 April 2020
The International Publishers Association (IPA), along with several other peak publishing industry bodies, has urged governments around the world to adopt ‘economic stimulus packages to sustain their respective publishing sectors...
Amazon revealed as anonymous £250k donor to UK bookseller hardship fund
Friday, 24 April 2020
In the UK, Amazon has been revealed as the anonymous donor that pledged £250,000 (A$488,600) to a crowdfunding campaign to help booksellers affected by the Covid-19 crisis, reports the Bookseller....
APA says Liberal members likely distributed ‘well over 1000 copies’ of leaked Turnbull memoir, as initial 45,000 print run ‘almost exhausted’
Friday, 24 April 2020
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to make an ‘emphatic statement’ that he and the government will ‘uphold the private property rights of Australian...
Mystery donor pledges £250k to UK bookseller hardship fund
Thursday, 23 April 2020
In the UK, a crowdfunding campaign has raised around £380,000 (A$742,700) for booksellers affected by the Covid-19 crisis, after a mystery donor pledged £250,000 (A$488,600), reports the Bookseller. Penguin Random...
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