Nash joins Pan Macmillan
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Haylee Nash has been appointed to the newly created role of commissioning editor of fiction at Pan Macmillan. Nash, who begins in the role on 16 December, was publishing manager...
Judge dismisses US booksellers’ DRM class action against Amazon, publishers
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
In the US, Federal Judge Jed Rakoff has dismissed a class action against Amazon and the big six publishers that was filed by three independent bookstores in February, reports Publishers...
ArtsHub launches online bookshop with Bookworld
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Arts website artsHub has launched an online bookshop in partnership with Bookworld. The artsHub bookshop opened to the public on 6 December, offering 200,000 titles divided into three main categories:...
A&U to publish children’s books directly into the UK
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Allen & Unwin has announced that it will publish a ‘small number’ of its children’s books directly into the UK from 2014. A&U children’s publicist Lara Wallace told Books+Publishing that...
WH Smith reduces backlist, increases children’s and Kobo devices
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
UK bookselling chain WH Smith has reduced the amount of shelf space for adult backlist titles in its stores, making room for more children’s books and Kobo ereading devices, reports...
‘Dying for a Chat’ wins Human Rights Literature Award 2013
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Dying for a Chat: The Communication Breakdown between Doctors and Patients by Ranjana Srivastava (Penguin) has won this year’s Human Rights Literature Award. Dying for a Chat was selected from...
Charlotte Harper on the transition from digital to print
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Charlotte Harper, founder of digital-first publisher Editia, has written an essay for if:book Australia’s N00bz series reflecting on the publisher’s first print book releases. Editia and if:book will jointly publish the collected essays...
Swinburne Prahran campus library to close
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
The library at Swinburne University’s Prahran campus in Melbourne is due to close as the campus prepares to shut down. The Prahran campus library is will close on 20 December. The library said in a statement...
Last chance to complete our pre-Christmas survey
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. This is your last chance to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete...
PacStream management to revert to owner B2Be
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
B2Be, owner of ecommerce service PacStream, has announced that it will manage the service from January 2014. Pacstream is currently managed by Thorpe-Bowker, owner of Books+Publishing. B2Be said in a...
Swinburne Bookshop Co-op Prahran closes
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
The Swinburne Bookshop Co-op in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran has closed. All stock from the store has been moved to the bookshop at the Swinburne University campus in Hawthorn, where new shelving is...
Hardie Grant launches recipe subscription website Cooked
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Hardie Grant Books has launched a recipe subscription website called Cooked, which draws on content from the publisher’s cookbooks and allows members to create their own recipe collections to share...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
‘Books pages are full of authors reviewing authors, almost always in the uncomfortable position of writing about someone they know and in many cases someone they like’—the Saturday Paper editor...
ALIA: ebooks to account for 50% of library collections by 2020
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has predicted that ebooks will account for 50% of library collections by 2020 and that this ratio will be maintained for the foreseeable...
Readings Foundation awards $134,750 in grants for 2014
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
The Stella Prize is one of seven organisations that will receive a share of $134,750 in grants from the Readings Foundation in 2014. The prize, which was established in 2012 to...
S&S launches social media community for new adult readers
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Simon & Schuster has launched a new social media community for new adult readers, reports the Bookseller. The Hot Bed community exists on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest and will feature...
The Women’s Bookshop named Penguin NZ Independent Bookseller of the Year
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
The Women’s Bookshop in Auckland has been named the Penguin New Zealand Independent Bookseller of the Year for 2013. The Women’s Bookshop is owned by Carole Beu. In a statement published...
New publication the ‘Saturday Paper’ to include pseudonymous book reviews
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
The Saturday Paper, a weekly newspaper to be launched by Schwartz Publishing in the first quarter of 2014, will include book coverage with pseudonymous reviews. The identity of reviewers will...
Review of Victorian Public Libraries recommends statewide library card system
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
A two-year review into Victoria’s public library system has recommended that a library card system be introduced across the state. The second stage report in the ‘Tomorrow’s Libraries’ review, conducted by the...
Final ‘Weekly Book Newsletter’ for 2013
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
This issue of the Weekly Book Newsletter will be the last for 2013. The first issue for 2014 will be published on 8 January. Any material submitted online or emailed...
Christmas closing list 2013
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Last day of business in 2013 First day of business in 2014 Allen & Unwin (Australia) Tuesday 24 December (closing 1.30pm) Thursday 2 January Allen & Unwin (New Zealand) Tuesday...
Palgrave Macmillan to be renamed Macmillan Science and Education
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Palgrave Macmillan will be renamed Macmillan Science and Education next year. The publisher said in a statement this week that the change will take place on 1 April 2014, at...
Random House New Books App now available on Android devices
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Random House Australia has released an Android version of its free New Books App, which is now available through the Google Play store in Australia and New Zealand. The app,...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Sales Fiction—Fremantle Press has sold UK rights to Prime Cut and Getting Warmer (Alan Carter); and German rights to Prime Cut. Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold US rights to 20 x...
Strudley replaces Glover on PANZ Council
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Tracy Strudley, sales and marketing director of New Zealand educational publishing company Global Education Systems, has been elected to the council of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ). Strudley...
International Library News
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Volunteers to run Lincolnshire’s libraries in the UK Lincolnshire is the latest country in Britain to approve plans to give control of local libraries to community volunteers, reports the Bookseller....
Dymocks Alice Springs to close
Monday, 9 December 2013
Alice Springs will lose its only generalist bookstore when Dymocks Alice Springs closes in mid-January. The franchise store’s owner Bev Ellis told Books+Publishing that she has decided to retire from...
‘The Secret River’ adaptation receives investment funding
Monday, 9 December 2013
Screen Australia has announced investment funding for the ABC’s television adaptation of Kate Grenville’s The Secret River (Text). The miniseries is being developed by producers Stephen Luby and Mark Ruse, along...
Penguin UK to relaunch Pelican imprint
Monday, 9 December 2013
In the UK, Penguin is set to relaunch its nonfiction imprint Pelican, reports the Bookseller. Pelican will return in May 2014 with the publication of five ‘concise introductory books’ aimed...
Bloomsbury to publish illustrated Harry Potter books
Monday, 9 December 2013
Bloomsbury has announced that it will publish illustrated editions of J K Rowling’s Harry Potter series with artwork from UK illustrator Jim Kay. The first title in the series, Harry...
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