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...
Pear Jam Books closes amid claims of ‘unpaid debts’
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
New Zealand publisher Pear Jam Books has closed and its founder, children’s author Jill Marshall, has left the country ‘with a trail of unpaid debts’, reports the New Zealand Herald....
Australian authors nominated for ‘Not the Booker’ Prize
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
A number of Australian authors have been nominated for this year’s ‘Not the Booker’ Prize. The prize, which is run by the Guardian in the UK, has the same criteria as...
Pearson invests in English-language education platform Voxy
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
In the US, Pearson has announced ‘a strategic investment and commercial partnership’ with Voxy, an English-language education platform. Pearson said in a statement that it is now a minority shareholder...
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...
Sylvia Day tops first ebook bestseller chart from the ‘Bookseller’
Monday, 5 August 2013
In the UK, US author Sylvia Day has topped the Bookseller’s first monthly ebook bestseller chart. Day’s ebook Entwined with You (Penguin) sold 201,053 copies in the UK in June, making...
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...
Vic govt announces more funds for Victorian public libraries
Monday, 5 August 2013
Libraries in Cobram, Gippsland and Tarneit are among the recipients of the Victorian Government’s third round of funding from its Living Libraries Infrastructure Program, worth $17.2 million over four years. Minister...
Fox, Griffiths, Marsden top Australian children’s bestsellers charts 2012-13
Friday, 2 August 2013
For the third year in a row, books by Mem Fox, Andy Griffiths and John Marsden have topped the Australian picture book, children’s fiction and YA bestsellers charts for July...
Preparations underway for third National Bookshop Day
Friday, 2 August 2013
Bookstores around the country are preparing for the third annual National Bookshop Day on Saturday 10 August, with many stores staging events and promotions on the day. Voting for the...
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,...
Vic govt to hold ‘Support Small Business Day’ in October
Friday, 2 August 2013
Victorian booksellers will have an opportunity to be part of the state’s first Support Small Business Day on 19 October. Announced this week by Victorian Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise...
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...
Rowling to donate ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’ royalties to charity
Thursday, 1 August 2013
J K Rowling will donate worldwide publishing royalties from The Cuckoo’s Calling (Hachette) to The Soldier’s Charity for a period of three years, reports the Bookseller. Russells, the legal firm...
Parliamentary inquiry recommends removing PIRs, limiting geoblocking; industry responds
Thursday, 1 August 2013
A federal parliamentary inquiry into the prices of electronic products paid by Australian consumers has recommended that Australia’s parallel importation restrictions (PIRs) be removed, and that actions be taken to...
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...
US booksellers express concerns over Obama’s Amazon speech
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
A number of US bookselling associations have written to President Barack Obama ahead of his planned visit to an Amazon warehouse in Tennessee later this week, expressing concerns about the...
Interview: Lisa Dempster, CEO and director of Melbourne Writers Festival
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
This year’s Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) is fast-approaching (22 August to 1 September). New CEO and director Lisa Dempster spoke to Andrew Wrathall about the program highlights and how MWF is supporting local literary talent. What do you...
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...
Inaugural Australian Arts in Asia Awards finalists announced
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
The finalists for the Federal Government’s inaugural Australian Arts in Asia Awards have been announced. The finalists in the literature category and the countries they have been nominated for are:...
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...
Booktopia, Co-op nominated in ‘BRW’ Mid-Market Awards
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Booktopia and The Co-op are among the finalists for Business Review Weekly’s (BRW) inaugural Mid-Market Awards. Booktopia is a finalist in the Best Mid-Market Business (revenue $10 million to $50...
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