Friday, 7 February 2014
Zac Harding not only works as a community learning librarian at Shirley Library in Christchurch, New Zealand, but also runs a book blog and is a judge in the 2014...

Friday, 7 February 2014
With brand licensing proving to be a growing area in book publishing, Kate Blackwood asks three local publishers about their licensed lists. Hardie Grant EgmontThere are 12 brands on Hardie Grant...

Friday, 7 February 2014
A new chapterSome much-loved series have new instalments due out this year, while other series are just taking off. As a follow-up to the popular ‘Our Australian Girl’ series, Puffin...

Friday, 7 February 2014
As the centenary of World War I approaches, Brad Jefferies reports on the market for military histories. The audience for military history books can be divided into two broad categories: general...

Friday, 7 February 2014
Demand for graphic novels continues to grow, but how are booksellers, publishers and librarians responding? Portia Lindsay reports.At last year’s Reading Matters conference in Melbourne, Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels sold...

Friday, 7 February 2014
From its first store in Frankston’s Central Carpark to its forthcoming outlet in the Emporium Melbourne shopping complex, Robinsons Bookshop has come a long way. Owner Susanne Horman shares her...

Friday, 7 February 2014
Should the book industry drop the C-format paperback? Books+Publishing asked five booksellers.Mary Dalmau, general manager, Reader’s Feast Bookstore Nicole, our fiction buyer, and I see no reason to dispense with the C-format paperback. While...

Friday, 7 February 2014
There’s more than one way to publish and sell books. Andrea Hanke and Eloise Keating spoke to several publishers that have recently changed their business models. Simon & Schuster relaunches local...

Wednesday, 5 February 2014
In this age of fast-paced technological change, readers are faced with more choice than ever as to how and where to acquire their reading material. No longer is buying a...