Click Frenzy launches new campaigns; several booksellers signed up
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
After last year’s rocky launch, the online sales campaign Click Frenzy is back in 2013 with a number of new events. Four Click Frenzy events are currently planned for 2013:...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
‘Every time Australia Post raises their postage rates it makes it harder to compete against overseas book retailers’—General manager of Pages & Pages Booksellers and Australian Booksellers Association president Jon...
Taylor & Francis responds to resignation of ‘Journal of Library Administration’ editorial board
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Journal publisher Taylor & Francis has responded to media reports about the resignation of the editorial board of the Journal of Library Administration (JLA), saying that under the terms of...
UQP launches ebook bundles for library lending
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
University of Queensland Press (UQP) is now offering ebook bundles of its titles for library lending. The UQP eBook Collections are available to local libraries through James Bennett, with other...
RiP Peter Workman
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Peter Workman, founder of New York publisher Workman Publishing Company, has died aged 74. Workman helped to first publish The Silver Palate Cookbook by Julee Russo in 1981 and through the...
RiP Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Author and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has died, aged 85. Jhabvala was born in Germany and lived in the UK, in India and the US. She wrote 12 novels, 23...
In brief
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Bathurst Library signs with Wheelers ePlatform Bathurst Regional Library in New South Wales is now offering ebooks to its patrons via the Wheelers ePlatform library lending service. Library manager John Cumberford...
International Library News
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
UK legal deposit extended to include digital publications In the UK, new regulations have extended legal deposit to include all digital publications, reports the Bookseller. The newly introduced regulations require UK...
Cheetham promoted at Pan Macmillan
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Pan Macmillan has announced that Tracey Cheetham has been appointed to the newly created role of publicity and marketing director. Cheetham, who has already started in the new role, was...
Copyright Agency announces funding boost for Reading Australia initiative
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
The Copyright Agency has announced $266,300 in new funding for Reading Australia, a website designed to promote Australian literary works. The agency said in a statement this week that the...
BISG, Bowker research shows tablets overtaking dedicated ereaders in the US
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
In the US, the latest instalment of the Book Industry Study Group’s Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey shows multi-function tablets have overtaken dedicated ereaders as consumers’ preferred ereading devices...
Zondervan to launch general YA imprint
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
In the US, Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, will launch a new YA imprint aimed at the general trade market called Blink, reports Publishers Weekly. The imprint, which...
Wheatley, Brooks nominated for 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Author Nadia Wheatley and illustrator Ron Brooks have been nominated by IBBY Australia as the Australian candidates for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. The International Board of Books for Young People...
US indie booksellers increase ebook sales under Kobo
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
In the US, Kobo has helped American Booksellers Association (ABA) member booksellers sell more ebooks in its first month’s partnership with the organisation than Google did in more than two...
A sporting chance: Nicole Hayes on ‘The Whole of My World’
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
In reviewer Carody Culver’s words, Nicole Hayes’ debut YA novel The Whole of My World (Woolshed Press) ‘combines the heady world of AFL with a healthy dose of teenage angst...
Away with the faeries: Allyse Near on ‘Fairytales for Wilde Girls’
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
In her review of Fairytales for Wilde Girls (Random House), Bec Kavanagh describes Allyse Near’s literary debut as ‘a cobbled path leading deep into a forest, where the reader is...
2013 CBCA Awards shortlists announced
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Older Readers:...
2013 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Ten novels have been shortlisted for the 2013 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, including five novels that have been translated into English. The shortlisted titles are: City of Bohane by Kevin...
2013 CBCA Awards shortlists announced
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Older Readers:...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Sales Fiction—Scholastic has put a US deal in place for The Runaway Hug (Nick Bland & Freya Blackwood); and licensed Japanese rights to The Very Hungry Bear (Nick Bland). Random House...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 8 April 2013
Ten years ago, Rebecca Saunders settled down with Charlie Lewis on their farm. But now, as the farm begins to fail, Rebecca wonders how the romance with her husband vanished. What...
EU clears Penguin Random House merger
Monday, 8 April 2013
The European Commission has cleared the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House. The commission announced its decision in a statement on 5 April, saying that ‘the transaction would not...
Bridget William Books launches digital shorts imprint
Monday, 8 April 2013
New Zealand publisher Bridget William Books (BWB) has launched a new series of short digital-only books called BWB Texts. BWB launched the new series in March with Paul Callaghan: Luminous...
Random House, BMF partner on book donation campaign
Monday, 8 April 2013
Random House has partnered with advertising agency BMF on a new book donation campaign, which involves specially designed dust jackets doubling as pre-paid envelopes. The idea behind the campaign is...
Australia Post increases prepaid parcel prices
Monday, 8 April 2013
Australia Post has increased the price of its prepaid parcels as part of a range of measures it says will help meet ‘increasing demand for straightforward and hassle-free parcel delivery...
On tour: Meet the author Raina Telgemeier
Monday, 8 April 2013
Graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier is a guest of the Centre for Youth Literature’s Reading Matters conference in Melbourne in May. Her autobiographical book Smile (Scholastic) was an international bestseller, and...
Australian authors longlisted for Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
Monday, 8 April 2013
A number of Australian authors have made the longlist for the 2013 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, one of the world’s largest prizes for short story collections. The longlisted...
Fernandez promoted at HarperCollins; digital-first Impulse imprint to be launched locally
Friday, 5 April 2013
HarperCollins Australia has announced that Rochelle Fernandez has been promoted to the role of commissioning editor for HarperVoyager. Fernandez, who has already started in the role, was previously digital...
Quote of the week
Friday, 5 April 2013
‘In the past two years we have seen a significant rise in digital sales of books, products, platforms and subscriptions ... against a backdrop of declining physical books sales. This...
Booksellers respond to Indie, Stella and Miles Franklin awards
Friday, 5 April 2013
Over the past few weeks the winners of the Indie Awards, the shortlist for the Stella Prize and the longlist for the Miles Franklin Literary Award have all been announced....
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