Davis to feature on ‘Australian Story’
Friday, 20 June 2014
Perth author and bookseller Brooke Davis will feature on an episode of ABC TV’s Australian Story on Monday 23 June.Davis’ debut novel Lost & Found, published by Hachette in July, caught the...
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards winners announced
Friday, 20 June 2014
The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for ‘Best in the World’ have been announced.Three Australian titles won first place in their respective categories:Charity and fundraising category Pacific: Limestone: Keith Hospital Cookbook (Robyn...
Wyld wins Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize
Friday, 20 June 2014
Australian-born, UK-based author Evie Wyld is among eight writers to be awarded the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, Wyld was awarded the prize, which is open to British writers of fiction of...
Australian Shadows Awards winners announced
Friday, 20 June 2014
The winners of the 2013 Australian Shadows Awards have been announced.The winners in each category are: Novel: 809 Jacob Street (Marty Young, Black Beacon Books) Long Fiction: ‘The Unwanted Women of...
Audiobook initiative wins FutureBook Hack prize
Friday, 20 June 2014
An audiobook initiative that allows people to record their own audiobook clips and be rated for their performance online has won the UK publishing industry’s FutureBook Hack Prize, reports the...
Wyld wins 2013 Encore Award
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Australian author Evie Wyld has won the £10,000 (A$18,066) Encore Award for her novel All The Birds, Singing (Vintage). The annual award is presented for the best second novel from...
Booktopia, Bookworld nominated for online retailing awards
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Booktopia and Bookworld have picked up several nominations in this year’s Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAS).Booktopia is a finalist for Best Pureplay Online Retailer, Best Social Commerce Initiative, Best Online...
Amazon launches The Fire Phone
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Amazon has launched a smartphone called The Fire Phone that has an inbuilt Kindle app and an app that recognises physical products that are available to buy on the Amazon store, reports...
WHSmith Melbourne Central closes
Thursday, 19 June 2014
The WHSmith store at Melbourne Central Shopping Centre has closed. The store announced the news on its Facebook page in May. Its final day was 18 June. The store had been...
Words from the west: Deb Fitzpatrick on ‘The Break’
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Deb Fitzpatrick’s first novel for adults explores human drama in the ‘picturesque setting of Margaret River’. ‘The Break [Fremantle Press, September] will resonate with fans of Tim Winton, as Fitzpatrick...
Into the Wood: Danielle Wood on ‘Mothers Grimm’
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Danielle Wood’s Mothers Grimm (A&U, September) explores the stereotypes of the ‘good’ and ‘wicked’ mother in her contemporary retelling of four Grimm’s fairytales. Bec Kavanagh spoke to the author.Do you...
Hachette UK to merge sales teams
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Hachette UK is merging its sales teams at Little, Brown and Orion; and at Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, Hachette Children’s Books and Quercus, reports the Bookseller. Sales director at Orion, Dallas...
Oyster launches Android app
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Ebook subscription service Oyster has launched an Oyster for Android app, making the service available on Android devices, Kindle Fire and Nook HD, reports Publishers Weekly. The service, which currently offers subscribers access...
Kavanagh joins Stella Prize
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Bec Kavanagh has been appointed education resource development officer for the Stella Prize.Kavanagh, a freelance writer and reviewer and founder of A Thousand Words Festival in Melbourne, will be responsible...
International library news
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
UK librarians to crowdfund library festivalIn the UK, a group of librarians have launched a crowdfunding campaign to establish a National Public Library Festival, reports the Bookseller. Librarians Richard Veevers...
Yarra Plenty Regional Library launches festival program
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne has launched the program for its sixth annual Booklovers’ Festival. This year’s festival, entitled ‘A Story Begins’, runs from 2-30...
Gabe McGrath on the benefits of the Pay-What-You-Want ebook bundle
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
What would you do to increase your sales and get your book in front of new fans? Would you let the readers decide what they’d pay for your book? Introducing...
Indonesia launches translation grant program
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Indonesia has launched a translation grant program to assist translations of works by Indonesian authors into English and German as part of its ‘guest of honour’ status at the Frankfurt Book Fair...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
‘Today’s exchange rate, plus 10%, plus GST, then round up or down to the nearest 95 or 99 cents’—Peter Donoughue’s ‘golden rule in import pricing’. You can see how Donoughue’s...
Ernest Scott Prize 2014 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
The shortlist for the 2014 Ernest Scott Prize for history, presented by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts, has been announced.The shortlisted titles are: Nature’s Line: George Goyder—Surveyor, Environmentalist,...
Norwegian publishers refuse Google ebook deal
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Norway’s three biggest publishers, Aschehoug, Gyldendal and Cappelen Damm, will not allow Google to sell their ebooks, reports the Bookseller. The Google Play store launched in Norway on 4 June with five...
Lonely Planet to relaunch children’s list
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Lonely Planet will relaunch its children’s list, Not for Parents, as Lonely Planet Kids, reports the Bookseller. ‘We now feel the time is right to establish Lonely Planet Kids as...
McInnes national ambassador for the Reading Hour
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
The Reading Hour has announced Australian actor and writer William McInnes is the national ambassador for the initiative in 2014.First held during the National Year of Reading in 2012, the...
‘The Bookseller’ announces its ‘rising stars list’
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
UK book trade publication the Bookseller has announced its ‘annual run-down of the best and brightest’ book industry professionals. The list features a number of people with ‘completely new jobs...
Robert Harris wins Walter Scott Prize
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
British author Robert Harris has won the £25,000 (A$45,167) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for An Officer and a Spy (Arrow), reports the Bookseller. The judges described An Officer...
Apple reaches settlement with states and consumers over ebook price-fixing
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Apple has reached a settlement with US states and consumers seeking damages over its ebook price-fixing, reports Joel Rosenblatt on Bloomberg. The settlement means the company will avoid a trial...
Wakefield appoints ‘geek in residence’
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Wakefield Press has appointed Simon Collinson as the publisher’s ‘geek in residence’ until September. The role, which is part-funded by the Australia Council, will involve Collinson ‘developing ways to enhance Wakefield’s...
Writers Vic launches ‘Writers Book Club’
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Writers Victoria has launched a new ‘professional development and networking opportunity’ for published writers, who will ‘use a newly released Australian novel as a starting point for facilitated conversation and...
Exisle acquires Rennie’s ‘Art in Nature’
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Exisle has acquired Art in Nature, the first book by photographer David Rennie. Rennie was the 2013 winner of the Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year competition. His...
Almost all public libraries can lend ebooks but over half ‘less than satisfied’ with content
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
The Australian Public Library Alliance (APLA) has released a report on ebook lending in Australian libraries that finds 97% of all Australian public libraries can now lend ebooks. This is...
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