Ebooks in Oz: An update
Friday, 1 February 2013
In September and October 2012, Bowker Market Research conducted its second Global eBook Monitor survey, repeating its January 2012 survey in Australia, India, the UK and the US, and adding...
Your store: Notions Unlimited promotes on YouTube
Friday, 1 February 2013
Notions Unlimited Bookshop in the beachside suburb of Chelsea, Victoria, has recently created three YouTube videos to promote its store and reach out to members of its local community. One...
Designing in a digital world
Friday, 1 February 2013
Now that ebooks have established themselves in the market, are they changing the way designers work? Drew Turney reports. One of the more ambitious ebook projects of the past year has...
The proof is in the printing: Print-on-demand and short-run digital
Friday, 1 February 2013
Publishers regularly extol the virtues of print-on-demand (POD) and short-run digital printing. Eloise Keating asked several publishers to share recent examples of their benefits. Black Inc.’s US choice for POD...
HarperCollins taps into Indian schools market
Thursday, 31 January 2013
HarperCollins Worldwide is launching an education publishing division within HarperCollins India, called Collins India, which will be its ‘largest ever investment in international education publishing’, reports the Bookseller. Collins India hopes to provide a...
Amazon reports 22% fall in profits in 2012
Thursday, 31 January 2013
In the US, Amazon has announced its full-year results, revealing that it lost $39 million net (A$37.3 million) in 2012, reports Publishers Weekly. For the full year, sales increased 27%...
Queensland’s Laidley Library damaged by floods
Thursday, 31 January 2013
The Laidley Library in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley has once again been damaged by flood waters, just six months after reopening in its newly renovated premises. The library, which is located...
International library news
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Macmillan announces ebook library lending program with OverDrive In the US, Macmillan will launch a library lending program with ebook distributor OverDrive, the publisher announced in a statement. As part...
Ivers joins Simon & Schuster
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Roberta Ivers has been appointed in the newly created position of managing editor at Simon & Schuster Australia. Managing director Lou Johnson told Books+Publishing that Ivers will assist head of...
WritingWA to launch new website for regional members
Thursday, 31 January 2013
WritingWA has announced that it will create a new website called Proximity to provide its regional members with greater access to writers’ festivals. The website, which will be launched in...
‘Bring Up the Bodies’ wins Costa Book of the Year
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel Bring Up the Bodies (Fourth Estate) has won the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Award. Mantel was presented with the £30,000 (A$45,147) award...
Amazon to offer advertising space on Kindles in the US
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
In a bid to ramp up its competition with online rivals Google and Facebook, Amazon is offering a range of new advertising spots on its websites and its Kindle devices...
Barnes & Noble could close one third of stores in 10 years
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble could close one third of its stores in the next 10 years, reports the Wall Street Journal. Barnes & Noble chief executive Mitchell Klipper...
Tree change: Melissa Lucashenko on ‘Mullumbimby’
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Melissa Lucashenko’s novel Mullumbimby (UQP) is the story of one woman’s attempt to build a new life in country Australia. Reviewer Max Oliver describes it as ‘a modern tale of...
ACCC undertaking ‘informal review’ of proposed Penguin, Random House merger
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is undertaking an ‘informal review’ of the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House. The ACCC is currently seeking ‘comments ... from interested...
‘A backwater sales channel’: PwC on the impact of social media on online retailing
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
In January 2013, PwC published a report called ‘Demystifying the online shopper: 10 myths of multichannel retailing’, based on its annual global survey of online shoppers. In 2012 this survey...
‘Sydney Review of Books’ launches
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
The Sydney Review of Books, an online journal devoted to long-form literary criticism, has been launched. The pilot site, which can be found at www.sydneyreviewofbooks.com, was launched with reviews of...
ABA, Leading Edge to share conference weekend, hold joint trade exhibition
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Leading Edge Books have announced that the two organisations will hold their annual conferences over the same weekend in June at the Hilton Adelaide,...
Librarians on Australia Day honours list
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
A number of librarians and library advocates have been recognised in this year’s Australia Day honours list. Brisbane librarian Janine Betty Schmidt was made a Member in the General Division...
In brief
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
NZSA announces library grants recipients The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) has announced the recipients of this year’s NZSA Auckland Museum Library Research Grants. Wellington writer Whiti Hereaka is...
RiP Jan Ormerod
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Jan Ormerod, Australian author and illustrator, has died aged 67. Hardie Grant Egmont and Little Hare write: ‘Jan Ormerod grew up in the fifties, in a series of small towns...
RiP Roger Horton
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Roger Horton, sales manager at Scribe Publications, has died. Scribe writes: ‘Scribe Publications is devastated to announce that our dear colleague and sales manager, Roger Horton, passed away unexpectedly over...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
‘It’s not going to save book shops or anything but you need to be able to demonstrate to your customers that you are up to date with what’s happening in...
EWF announces all-night writing camp as part of White Night Melbourne
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) will stage an all-night writing camp this month as part of White Night Melbourne. According to the White Night website, the free ‘All Nighter’ event will feature...
Buttrose named Australian of the Year
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Author and former journalist Ita Buttrose has been selected as the 2013 Australian of the Year. Buttrose, author of A Passionate Life (Viking) and A Guide to Australian Etiquette (Penguin), received...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
In the ninth ‘Captain Underpants’ book, Tippy Tinkletrousers shows up on a post-apocalyptic Earth and appears to be crushed to death by Zombie Nerds George and Harold. In the 10th book, Captain...
Morton named ‘Australia’s favourite novelist’ in Booktopia poll
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Kate Morton has topped the winners list in Booktopia’s search for ‘Australia’s favourite novelist’. Booktopia announced the top 50 novelists on its website on 25 January after receiving ‘hundreds of nominations’ and ‘tens of...
Bonnier to launch new nonfiction imprint
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Bonnier will launch a new nonfiction imprint in the UK this year called Red Lemon Press, reports the Bookseller. Bonnier will publish all new nonfiction titles under the Red Lemon Press...
Thayil wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Indian author Jeet Thayil has won the 2013 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for his book Narcopolis (Faber). Narcopolis, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, was selected...
2012 ALA Awards: Caldecott, Newbery, Printz and Morris
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced its 2013 awards for children’s and young adult literature, including the Caldecott, Newbery, Printz and Morris awards. The winner of this year’s Caldecott...
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