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Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Sales Fiction—Clan Destine Press has sold rights to Out of the Black Land and the ‘Delphic Women’ trilogy Medea, Cassandra and Electra (all Kerry Greenwood) to Poisoned Pen Press in...

LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2013 winners announced 

Tuesday, 6 August 2013
The winners of this year’s Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Children’s Book Awards have been announced.  The winners in each category are: LIANZA Junior Fiction Award—Esther Glen Medal Red...

Apple: DOJ proposal is ‘draconian and punitive’ 

Tuesday, 6 August 2013
In the US, Apple has responded to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) proposal for ‘injunctive relief’ against the company in its ebook pricing case, labelling the proposal ‘a draconian and...

Ned Kelly Awards 2013 shortlists announced

Monday, 5 August 2013
The shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the full-length book categories are: Best fiction The Holiday Murders (Robert Gott,...

Australian Arts in Asia Awards winners announced 

Monday, 5 August 2013
The winners for the Federal Government’s inaugural Australian Arts in Asia Awards have been announced, with book-related winners in two of the categories. James Aitchison won the Literature category for his...

Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 5 August 2013
Inferno (Dan Brown, Bantam) has been knocked off the top spot in the bestsellers chart by The Cuckoo’s Calling (Robert Galbraith, Hachette). The Cuckoo’s Calling is also in first place in the fastest movers chart, a spot...

DOJ seeks ‘injunctive relief’ against Apple 

Monday, 5 August 2013
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a proposal for ‘injunctive relief’ against Apple following a US court’s findings that Apple conspired with publishers to fix ebook prices, reports Publishers...

‘The Two Frank Thrings’ wins National Biography Award

Monday, 5 August 2013
The Two Frank Thrings by Peter Fitzpatrick (Monash University Publishing) has won this year’s National Biography Award, presented by the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW). Fitzpatrick’s book, which tells...

Green joins NLA Council 

Friday, 2 August 2013
Author and co-founder of Pantera Press John M Green has been appointed to the council of the National Library of Australia (NLA). Green is the author of a number of novels,...

Hachette US president and COO to join Macmillan 

Friday, 2 August 2013
In the US, Hachette Book Group president and chief operating officer Ken Michaels will leave his position to join Macmillan Science and Education in the newly created role of global chief...

Courtenay, Hay top Australian bestsellers charts 2012-13 

Thursday, 1 August 2013
Bryce Courtenay’s final novel Jack of Diamonds (Viking) and Donna Hay’s Fresh and Light (HarperCollins) have topped the Australian fiction and nonfiction bestsellers chart for July 2012 to June 2013, according...

Borders to reopen in Singapore

Thursday, 1 August 2013
Borders bookstore will reopen in the Singapore suburb of Jurong by the end of the year, reports Yahoo News. Book retailer Popular Holdings recently announced that it had acquired the...

Nielsen launches BookScan in Brazil 

Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Nielsen BookScan has begun tracking print book sales in Brazil. Nielsen launched its Brazil service earlier this month and expects to measure sales volume of more than 600,000 books valued...

Penguin launches True Stories website

Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Penguin Australia has launched a new website for ‘immersive reading experiences based on real life Australian stories’, called True Stories. The site launched this week with an ‘online portrait’ of Father Bob...

Tim White on what booksellers want from publishers 

Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Reading Christopher Currie’s opinion piece about what booksellers want from publishers, I was moved first to comment and then to respond.  Without detracting from anything Chris raised, all of which...

Kobo now selling devices direct in Australia, New Zealand 

Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Australian and New Zealand consumers can now purchase Kobo ereading devices directly from Kobo.com. The company announced this week that all of its devices, including the recently-launched, high-definition Kobo Aura, are...