Most Underrated Book Award 2014 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for this year’s Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA). The shortlisted titles are: Gardens of Fire (Robert Kenny, UWA Publishing) A Wrong...
Bertelsmann to acquire Relias Learning
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Multinational media company Bertelsmann will acquire US elearning provider Relias Learning, reports the Bookseller. Bertelsmann said in a statement that it will spend ‘in the mid-hundreds of millions’ of US...
S&S, Amazon sign ‘version of agency pricing’ deal
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
In the US, Simon & Schuster and Amazon have signed a sales agreement for the publisher’s print and digital books that has been described by S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy as...
International library news
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Wellcome Library to digitise 800,000 pages of mental health archives More than 800,000 pages of archival material drawn from psychiatric hospitals and asylums in the UK will be digitised and...
Australian public library stats report released
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
The National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) has released its annual Australian Public Libraries Statistical Report.The report, which covers 2012-2013, found that while expenditure and funding for Australian public libraries...
VicArts grant recipients announced
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Arts Victoria has announced its latest round of VicArts grant recipients.The program will provide $1.4 million in funding for 88 new creative projects by independent professional artists and arts organisations...
Successes celebrated at ‘solid’ 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Nerrilee Weir, rights manager for Random House Australia, writes:The 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair was held in unseasonably balmy and rainy weather, making the pre-fair meetings at the Frankfurter Hof even...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
‘The stats show that the Booker Prize judging panels are almost always made up of posh people and their chairperson is almost always very posh indeed’—Melbourne-based novelist and blogger Adrian...
Australians nominated for 2015 Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The nominations for the 2015 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in the UK, have been announced.Australian author Morris Gleitzman...
Spiteri-James to leave Thames & Hudson
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Jodie Spiteri-James has resigned as managing director of Thames & Hudson Australia and will leave the company in April 2015.Spiteri-James told Books+Publishing she is planning to launch a consultancy business for...
UK survey finds cheap ebooks boosts overall reading
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
A UK survey conducted by market research company Mintel has found that one in four (26%) ebook buyers are reading more because ebooks are cheaper than paperbacks. Among younger ebook readers (aged...
Inaugural NSW State Library Awards announced
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The winners of the inaugural NSW State Library Awards, which recognise the work of library professionals, have been announced. Former NSW governor Marie Bashir was awarded the Medal of the...
Kostakis, Berry win 2014 Inky Awards
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The winners of the 2014 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature, were announced at the State Library of Victoria on 21 November.Will Kostakis won the Gold Inky...
Fox, Griffiths and Marsden top Australian children’s bestsellers charts 2013-14
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
For the fourth year in a row, books by Mem Fox, Andy Griffiths and John Marsden have topped the Australian picture book, children’s fiction and YA bestsellers charts, according to...
Reilly, Ponting top Australian bestsellers charts 2013-14
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Matthew Reilly’s The Tournament (Pan) and Ricky Ponting’s memoir Ponting: At the Close of Play (HarperSports) have topped the Australian adult fiction and nonfiction bestsellers chart for July 2013 to...
PM’s Literary Awards shortlists announced
Monday, 20 October 2014
The shortlists for this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are:Fiction A World of Other People (Steven Carroll, Fourth Estate) The...
New owners for Fullers Launceston
Monday, 20 October 2014
Independent Tasmanian bookseller Fullers Bookshop Launceston has new owners. Business partners Michael French and Ash Campbell have purchased Fullers Launceston from previous owner Clive Tilsley, who put the store on...
Goldsworthy to join Affirm Press
Monday, 20 October 2014
Freelance editor Kate Goldsworthy will join the editorial team at Affirm Press.Publisher Martin Hughes told Books+Publishing that Goldsworthy has been appointed editor in a newly created position. ‘We think she’s...
IPA releases report on global publishing markets
Monday, 20 October 2014
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has released its annual report on global publishing markets. The survey of 42 countries has found mostly negative growth in the book markets of wealthier...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 20 October 2014
The Blood of Olympus: Heroes of Olympus (Rick Riordan, Puffin) is Percy Jackson’s final battle. It’s in first place on the bestsellers chart and the fastest movers chart this week....
Oz, NZ festival announces 2015 dates
Monday, 20 October 2014
The Australian and New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts has announced the dates for its 2015 event. The London-based festival, which held its inaugural event in May 2014, will...
McSweeney’s to seek non-profit status
Friday, 17 October 2014
US publisher McSweeney’s will seek status as a non-profit organisation from next year, reports Publishers Lunch. In a statement on its website, McSweeney’s said: ‘A nonprofit structure, with a board and...
Sales down, profits up at WHSmith
Friday, 17 October 2014
UK book chain WHSmith has recorded a 9% year-to-year rise in pre-tax profits in its annual results for the year ending 31 August, reports the Bookseller. The chain’s travel stores had a ‘record...
Sexton appointed head of programming at the Wheeler Centre
Friday, 17 October 2014
The Wheeler Centre has announced the appointment of Emily Sexton as head of programming.Sexton has been creative producer and co-CEO of Melbourne’s contemporary art festival Next Wave for the past...
On tour: Meet the author Robin Hobb
Friday, 17 October 2014
What are you reading right now?I have a galley of The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes (Victor Gollancz). Each chapter rotates to a different character and slowly the crack...
Talkback: 14/14-day territorial copyright agreement
Friday, 17 October 2014
Is the 14/14-day territorial copyright agreement working for you? Books+Publishing asked two publishers and two booksellers.Henry Rosenbloom, publisher, ScribeIt’s a good example of something that sounds good on the surface...
Behind closed doors: Rose Michael on the acquisitions process
Friday, 17 October 2014
Ten years ago, as a lecturer in the publishing and communications program at the University of Melbourne, Rose Michael hosted a debate on the then-contentious topic of whether the marketing tail wagged...
Fit, fed & informed: Tim White on the trend for healthy lifestyle titles
Friday, 17 October 2014
One of the major trends in cookbooks in recent years has been the growth and success of ‘healthy lifestyle’ titles, writes Books for Cooks co-owner Tim White.‘Diet’, from the Greek/French...
Your store: Storytime yoga
Friday, 17 October 2014
The Little Bookroom in Melbourne has introduced storytime yoga classes for kids with local studio Yoga Sparks. Events coordinator Jess Speight said the Carlton North store was approached by the owner...
Your store: Cooking with books
Friday, 17 October 2014
There’s a waiting list of more than 10 people wanting to join Beaufort Street Books’ ‘Degustation’ cookbook club, which began in May. Jane Seaton, owner of the Perth bookstore, says it’s...
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