Judge rejects Apple’s motion to dismiss states’ class action in ebook pricing case
Thursday, 17 April 2014
The judge in Apple’s ebook pricing case has rejected Apple’s motion to dismiss the states’ class action claims, reports Publishers Weekly. Apple’s motion, which was filed in November 2013, argued that...
Indie booksellers rescue Dutch, Belgian bookstores
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Following the bankruptcy of Dutch bookselling chain Polare, which represented 29 stores in the Netherlands and Belgium, the majority of stores have been purchased by independent booksellers and private entrepreneurs,...
On tour: Meet the author Irvine Welsh
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Scottish author Irvine Welsh is visiting Australia in May. His latest book The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins (Jonathan Cape) is published in May. What would you put on a...
DK Australia celebrates 40 years with program to ‘give back’ to community
Thursday, 17 April 2014
DK Australia is celebrating the DK imprint’s 40-year anniversary with a program to ‘give back’ to the community. Troy Lewis, head of media, brands and entertainment at Penguin Australia, told...
Norway’s top four publishers under investigation for anti-competitive practices
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Norway’s four largest publishing houses are being investigated for a possible breach of competition law, reports the Bookseller. On 15 April, the Konkurransetilsynet (The Norwegian Competition Authority) raided the offices...
Amazon rumoured to release 3D smartphone in June
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Amazon is preparing to release a 3D smartphone in June and will start shipping phones by the end of September, reports the Wall Street Journal. According the WSJ, which cites ‘people briefed...
Random House to publish competition winner in ebook collection
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Random House Australia has announced a romance fiction competition, with the winner to be published in an ebook collection by the company. Random House is running the competition, to promote...
Penguin Random House results
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Bertelsmann, which owns 53% of the recently merged entity Penguin Random House, has released its annual financial report. The report ‘reflects a full year of Random House … and a...
Co-op to take over Curtin University bookshop
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
The Co-op campus bookshop has announced it will take over the main bookshop and retail outlet at Curtin University in Western Australia. The bookshop was previously owned and run by...
Up to 18 jobs at risk at Random House Children’s Publishers UK
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
In the UK, up to 18 jobs at Random House Children’s Publishers (RHCP) are at risk of redundancy, reports the Bookseller. According to the Bookseller, affected staff in marketing, publicity,...
ILF launches new children’s reading app with Chatty Kidz
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) and app developer Chatty Kidz have launched a new children’s reading app. The app, which is available to download for free, was launched on 15 April....
ALIA releases report on international elending initiatives
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has released a report on public library elending initiatives around the word.The Elending Landscape Report 2014, which is available here, was commissioned by...
SPN publishing conference dates, venue announced
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
The Small Press Network’s Independent Publishing Conference will be held in Sydney from 13-14 November.The organisation’s third annual conference, and its first outside Melbourne, will be held at the Federation...
Copyright Agency boosts funding to Reading Australia website
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
The Copyright Agency has allocated an additional half a million dollars from its Cultural Fund to expand its Reading Australia website.The website, which was launched in October 2013, provides a range...
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Iraqi Christ by Hassan Blasim, translated by Jonathan Wright (Comma Press);...
International Library News
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
ALA names top 10 most ‘challenged’ books in US libraries for 2013The American Library Association (ALA) has released its list of the top 10 most ‘challenged’ books in US libraries in 2013. The most challenged...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
‘Publishers and booksellers face an inherent paradox: they offer specialized skills in a world where everyone can now publish and sell a book’—Foong Ling Kong presents a comprehensive overview of...
SLNSW revises plan for changes to Mitchell Library
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
In response to community feedback, the State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced a revised plan for its forthcoming changes to the Mitchell Library. According to a statement from the...
In brief
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Brisbane City Council Libraries releases annual book club listBrisbane City Council Libraries has released its annual Top 40 Book Club Reads to help book clubs with their reading selections. The list,...
Quirky Oz titles in demand at LBF 2014
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
This year’s London Book Fair, which wound up on 10 April, was ‘undeniably buzzy’, with international publishers ‘keen to mine Australian lists for the next Rosie Project’, reports Allen &...
APA restructures office
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Australian Publishers Association (APA) CEO Michael Gordon-Smith has confirmed the organisation has made changes to its office staffing.Industry professional development manager Dee Read, manager of member services and administration Kaye...
Galley Club to continue, MacDonald interim president
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
After a general meeting held last week, it appears the publishing and printing association the Galley Club will continue to operate.The club, which was established in the late 1970s, looked...
Amazon signs agreement with Swedish database company
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Amazon has signed an agreement with Swedish database company Bokrondellen that gives Amazon access to metadata from most of the publishing houses in Sweden, reports the Bookseller. The agreement was finalised in early...
Pulitzer Prize 2014 winners announced
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
The 2014 Pulitzer Prizes were announced in New York City on 14 April. The winner in the Fiction category was The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Abacus), which judges described as...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
SalesNonfiction—Black Inc. has sold the film/TV option to Anna Krien’s Night Games to Samantha Lang at Wild Light Films.Children’s—Hardie Grant Egmont and Little Hare has sold Slovenian rights to four books in...
Text Publishing celebrates 20 years
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Text Publishing is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.The Melbourne-based publisher will mark the occasion at its Melbourne Writers Festival party, which publisher Michael Heyward told Books+Publishing has ‘become a...
RiP Sue Townsend
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
British author Sue Townsend has died, aged 68. Townsend was the creator of the bestselling ‘Adrian Mole’ series, beginning with The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾ (Penguin) in...
RiP Doris Pilkington Garimara
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Author Doris Pilkington Garimara has died, aged 76. University of Queensland Press writes:‘Indigenous writer Doris Pilkington Garimara passed away peacefully on April 10, surrounded by family in Perth. Doris was...
Struggle street: Justin Heazlewood on ‘Funemployed’
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Justin Heazlewood—aka The Bedroom Philosopher—is the author of Funemployed (Affirm Press, June), a memoir-guidebook about working in the Australian arts industry. You can read a review of the book here....
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 14 April 2014
TV chef Pete Evans’ cookbook Healthy Every Day (Plum) has moved from outside the top 10 last week to first place in this week’s bestsellers chart, ahead of I Quit Sugar for Life (Sarah...
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