In brief
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
WA library destroyed in fire The public library and town hall in Onslow in north west Western Australia has been destroyed in a fire that has also damaged the town’s...
New library services for western Victoria
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
A new library in Lake Bolac in western Victoria was officially opened in December. The $240,000 facility is the first permanent library for the town, which is located approximately 100km...
Pye, Bishop recognised with NZ New Year Honours
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
New Zealand educational publisher Wendy Pye was made a Dame Companion in the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 New Year Honours earlier this month. Pye, who founded Wendy...
Random House Publishing Group reorganises trade paperbacks
Monday, 14 January 2013
In the US, Random House Publishing Group (RHPG) has reorganised the way it publishes trade paperbacks, with individual publishers and imprints now responsible for publishing all formats of their titles,...
McDonald’s to distribute 15 million books through £1 book deal
Monday, 14 January 2013
In the UK, McDonald’s has launched a new children’s book campaign through its Happy Meal products, which is designed to distribute ‘more than 15 million books by the end of...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 14 January 2013
Topping the bestsellers chart this week are Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals (Jamie Oliver, Michael Joseph) in first place and The Third Wheel (Jeff Kinney, Puffin) in second. Readers continue to be drawn...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2012 finalists announced
Monday, 14 January 2013
The finalists in the 2012 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Anna Campbell is once again in the running for the Favourite Australia Romance Author award, having won this...
Book Bonding to open second store in regional Victoria
Monday, 14 January 2013
Independent Melbourne bookstore Book Bonding will open a second store in Gisborne in regional Victoria next month. Natasha Boyd, who owns the Book Bonding business in Niddrie in Melbourne’s north...
WH Smith opens dedicated children’s store at Melbourne Airport
Friday, 11 January 2013
UK bookselling chain WH Smith has opened a dedicated children’s store in the international terminal at Melbourne Airport. The store, which opened on 15 December, is WH Smith’s first store...
Text to take Classics to UK and North America
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Melbourne-based publisher Text Publishing has announced that it will publish books in the UK and in North America for the first time next month. Text said in a statement that it will...
Changes at ‘Bookseller+Publisher’
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Bookseller+Publisher is kicking off the new year with a new publication and a new name. Bookseller+Publisher Daily, which will launch on Monday 14 January, will feature the latest local news each...
Victorian Independent Booksellers Network winds up; donates $48,000 to ILF
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
The Independent Booksellers Network (IBN) in Victoria officially closed at the end of 2012, more than 30 years after the cooperative of independent booksellers was first established. The IBN, which...
Staff changes at ‘Bookseller+Publisher’
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
The editorial team that produces Bookseller+Publisher and the Weekly Book Newsletter has undergone some changes in 2013. Editor-in-chief Matthia Dempsey commenced maternity leave in January 2013. Her role will be...
Readings Foundation awards $151,319 in grants for 2013
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
The Readings Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2013 round of grants. The charitable organisation, which is funded by Readings Bookshop, aims to support projects ‘that specifically target literacy outcomes...
Online-only children’s bookshop launched
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
An online-only children’s bookshop has launched in Australia. The Kids’ Bookshop launched ‘softly’ in November 2012 and made its first sale a few days later, owner Graham Gill told Bookseller+Publisher. Based...
ABG moves distribution, sales to Woodslane
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
The Australian Book Group (ABG) has moved its distribution to Woodslane and its sales representation will make the same move in March. ABG said in a statement that it has...
OPUS Group sells assets in Marysborough, Singapore in restructure
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
OPUS Group has announced the sale of a number of its assets as part of a restructure that is designed to reduce the company’s debt. In a statement to the Australian...
Emerging Writers’ Festival announces Digital Mentorship recipients
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced that Antonia Hayes, Will Heyward and Sophie Langley are the recipients of its Digital Mentorship program. Hayes, a writer, photographer and former publicist for Random House, will...
New Kobo devices available at Collins
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Collins Booksellers are now selling the ‘Kobo Family’ devices. This includes the Kobo Touch, along with new devices the Kobo Glo, a front-lit, six-inch ereader; the Kobo Mini, a five-inch ereader; and...
Hardie Grant launches stationery competition
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Hardie Grant has launched an annual stationery competition. On its Facebook page Hardie Grant is calling for designers, illustrators and artists to submit a concept for three stationery pieces—a journal...
Bloomsbury launches ebook promotion
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Bloomsbury has created a website called JustGreatReads to promote its ebooks to readers who may have received ereading devices over Christmas. The website, which launched on Christmas Day and will run...
Fullers Bookshop announces donation drive for Dunalley Primary School library
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Fullers bookshops in Hobart and Launceston are running a donation drive for books to restock Dunalley Primary School’s library, which was destroyed in the recent bushfires. The bookstores are collecting high-quality children’s books...
In brief
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Jobs cuts at Victorian library service Three positions have been made redundant at the Murrindindi Library Service in regional Victoria, reports the Age. According to the Age, the redundancies are...
Keynote speakers announced for ALIA conference
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the keynote speakers for its Information Online conference, to be held in Brisbane from 12-15 February. The opening address will be...
International Library News
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
UK Labour Party calls for national body for libraries In the UK, the Labour Party has released a policy report on the public library service that recommends the establishment of...
Booktopia asks readers to choose ‘Australia’s Favourite Novelist’
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Booktopia is running a promotion for readers to vote for their favourite Australian novelist to coincide with the bookseller’s ‘month of Australian stories’. Nominations, which were accepted by email, Twitter and...
‘Creative Minds’ giveaway
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Creative Minds is a six-part documentary series about Australian artists or those who have contributed to Australian cultural life. Originally screened on SBS, each program explores an artist’s life story and...
Quote of the Week
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
‘We are particularly focused on building direct relationships with readers’—Random House marketing and publicity director Brett Osmond explaining the publisher’s new monthly book club with radio station Smooth FM.
Study finds number of UK bookshops halved in seven years
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
In the UK, new research has found that the number of high-street bookshops in Britain halved between 2005 and 2012, reports the Telegraph. According to the research, conducted by Experian,...
Apple to sell Japanese-language ebooks
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Apple will begin selling Japanese-language ebooks this month, reports Publishing Perspectives. According to reports from Japan, Apple will offer approximately 80,000 titles from a range of publishers, including Kadokawa, Shogakukan...
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