Thousands of early English books released online by Bodleian Libraries and partners
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
The full text of more than 25,000 titles from the ProQuest resource Early English Books Online are now openly available to members of the public, reports Bodleian Libraries. Items in...
More than one million historic documents damaged in Moscow university library fire
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
A fire at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, one of Moscow’s largest university libraries, is being described as a ‘cultural Chernobyl’, reports ABC News. The library, which...
Cuts to physical books hit New Zealand schools
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Teachers in New Zealand schools will not be able to request specialist National Library nonfiction books from July, reports stuff.co.nz. In 2014, 16,000 teachers made 40,000 requests for almost a million...
Book Industry Study Group and American Library Association announce library survey
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
A major survey of public library patrons’ use of digital content will be produced as a result of a new partnership between the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and the...
Digital Writers’ Festival launches 2015 program
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
The second annual Digital Writers’ Festival (DWF) has launched its 2015 program. The online-only festival, which is hosted by the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), will run from 11-22 February and feature over...
Hardie Grant’s Roxy Ryan reports from Digital Book World
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
‘The ability for booksellers and publishers to articulate, reach and engage readers in their products is something that they can do better than anyone else,’ writes Hardie Grant marketing director...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
‘We can sell up to 50% of total sales in e-book edition in the first couple of weeks of a book’s life’—Allen & Unwin digital publisher Elizabeth Weiss outlining the...
RiP Colleen McCullough
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Australian author Colleen McCullough has died aged 77.The author passed away on 29 January in hospital on Norfolk Island.McCullough’s publisher HarperCollins has released a statement paying tribute to ‘one of Australia’s most...
Newcastle Writers Festival launches 2015 Kids Program
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Newcastle Writers Festival has launched its 2015 Kids Program, running from 16-21 March 2015. Guest speakers include Melina Marchetta, Garth Nix, Susaire Dunn and Kaz Delaney. The festival will include...
ABA delegation heads to American Booksellers Association conference
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
An Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) delegation will attend a conference by its US industry counterparts in Asheville, North Carolina.The delegation attending the 10th American Booksellers Association Winter Institute, held from...
International in brief
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Book Industry Study Group and American Library Association announce library surveyA major survey of public library patrons’ use of digital content will be produced as a result of a new...
ALIA launches FAIR: Freedom of Access to Information and Resources
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) launched the FAIR campaign at the Information Online 2015 conference in Sydney on Tuesday.Created by ALIA to bring together all of its advocacy...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
SalesFiction—Black Inc. has sold German rights to She's Having Her Baby (Lauren Sams) to Egmont Ink.Nonfiction—Exisle Publishing has sold Polish rights to Change the Way You Eat (Leanne Cooper); and...
Penguin to publish Little Black Classics range
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Penguin will publish a series of 80 short classics to celebrate the publisher’s 80th birthday. The Little Black Classics range, published by Penguin UK, aims to showcase the diversity of the Penguin...
Inaugural Photobook Melbourne festival to run in February
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
The inaugural Photobook Melbourne festival and Australian Photo Book of the Year Awards will be held on 12-22 February.In a statement, festival organisers said the event ‘aims to connect Australia...
ALA Awards 2015: Printz, Newbery, Caldecott, Stonewall
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced its awards for children’s and young adult literature, including the Printz, Newbery, Caldecott and Stonewall. The Michael L Printz Award for excellence in...
Roy Morgan study finds more Australians buying ebooks
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
More Australians are buying ebooks according to a study from Roy Morgan Research. The study found that over the past two years, online sales of ebooks have increased across most age...
Controversy over Canadian YA award-winner
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
When Everything Feels Like the Movies by Raziel Reid, a YA book about a transgender teen that won Canada’s 2014 Governor General’s Literary Award, is proving controversial, reports Publishing Perspectives....
On tour: Meet the author Stephan Pastis
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Stephan Pastis is the author of the ‘Timmy Failure’ series (Walker Books). The latest title in the series, We Meet Again, was published in 2014. Pastis will be touring Australia...
Billie’s new adventure: Sally Rippin on writing picture books
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Sally Rippin’s latest two picture books, Billie’s Great Desert Adventure and Billie’s Underwater Adventure (illus by Alisa Coburn, Hardie Grant Egmont) will ‘stir the imagination in all sorts of colourful...
‘Bitter Greens’ featured on American Library Association Reading List
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Kate Forsyth’s Bitter Greens (Vintage) has been announced as the winner of the Historical Fiction category on the American Library Association (ALA) 2015 Reading List.Judges, consisting of 12 ALA-member librarians,...
On tour: Meet the author Roxane Gay
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Roxane Gay is the writer of the novel An Untamed State (Corsair) and the collection of essays Bad Feminist (Corsair). She will be a guest of Adelaide Writers’ Week and...
Tuffield nominated for ‘Women’s Agenda’ Leadership Awards
Monday, 2 February 2015
Affirm Press publisher and Stella Prize co-founder and executive director Aviva Tuffield is a finalist in the 2015 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards.Tuffield is one of three finalists in the Change Champion...
University publishing symposium to be held in Canberra in March
Monday, 2 February 2015
A one-off symposium on university publishing will be held at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra in March.The ‘Reinventing university publishing’ symposium, to be held from 17-19 March, brings together representatives from university presses,...
New book to advise authors on publicity campaigns
Monday, 2 February 2015
A ‘world-first’ guide for authors running their own publicity campaigns in Australia will be published next month.The DIY Book PR Guide: The HAPPIER Guide to Do-it-yourself Book Publicity in Seven Easy Steps is written...
Amazon reports net loss of US$241 million in 2014
Monday, 2 February 2015
Amazon has released fourth-quarter and full-year figures, reports Publishers Weekly. For the full year, the online retailer’s sales increased 20% to US$88.99 billion (A$1.14 billion), but operating income was only US$178...
S&S launches North Star Way
Monday, 2 February 2015
Simon & Schuster US has launched North Star Way, an imprint and service to help authors to build their public profile, said the company in a statement. North Star Way...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 2 February 2015
The film tie-in edition of American Sniper (Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice, HarperCollins) has jumped from fourth to first spot in this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart and is number one...
James Herbert Award for Horror Writing shortlist announced
Friday, 30 January 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for the inaugural James Herbert Award for Horror Writing has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted titles are: The Girl with All the Gifts...
Enright appointed inaugural Irish fiction laureate
Friday, 30 January 2015
Anne Enright has been appointed the inaugural laureate of Irish fiction, reports the Bookseller. As part of the role, which is worth €150,000 (A$218,630) over its three-year term, Enright will...
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