Penguin must sit trial in DOJ ebooks antitrust case
Friday, 1 March 2013
In the US, Penguin will remain a defendant in the Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust case against Apple over ebook pricing despite the publisher’s settlement with the DOJ in December, reports Publishers...
Queensland Literary Awards to offer government-funded fellowships
Friday, 1 March 2013
The Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) will offer three fellowships this year as a result of a new funding agreement with the Queensland Government. The Courier-Mail has reported that the Queensland Government will fund...
A&U celebrates 25 years of children’s publishing
Friday, 1 March 2013
Allen & Unwin is celebrating 25 years of publishing books for children and young adults in 2013. A&U children’s books director Liz Bray told Books+Publishing that the publisher will mark...
Copyright Agency, APA and ASA to deliver educational publishing seminar in March
Friday, 1 March 2013
The Copyright Agency, Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Society of Authors (ASA) will partner for the first time to deliver a seminar on education publishing in Sydney in March. The...
Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature finalists announced
Friday, 1 March 2013
The Jewish Book Council has announced the finalists for the 2013 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, reports the Jewish Book Council. The finalists are: The People of Forever Are...
On tour: Meet the author Keith Gray
Friday, 1 March 2013
Keith Gray is a guest of the Centre for Youth Literature’s Reading Matters conference in Melbourne in May. He recently edited a collection of YA short stories about the afterlife...
Smiths Alternative Bookshop sold
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Peter Strong, owner of independent Canberra bookstore Smiths Alternative Bookshop, has sold the business. Strong told Books+Publishing that the new owners are a Canberra-based couple, who plan to refurbish the...
Over 36,000 attend 2013 Perth Writers Festival; Andy Griffiths tops bestseller list
Thursday, 28 February 2013
The 2013 Perth Writers Festival has attracted over 36,000 attendees, an increase of 5000 on last year, reports program manager Katherine Dorrington. Dorrington told Books+Publishing that the highlights of this...
Kinsella receives RNA outstanding achievement award
Thursday, 28 February 2013
In the UK, Sophie Kinsella has received the outstanding achievement award at this year’s Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA)’s Romantic Novel of the Year category awards, reports the Bookseller. Kinsella, who...
Former D&M Publishing staff launch new publishing business
Thursday, 28 February 2013
In Canada, three former executives of D&M Publishing have opened a new publishing house focussed on illustrated books called Figure 1 Publishing, reports Publishers Weekly. D&M Publishing was one of Canada's largest independent...
EU findings on Penguin Random House merger due in April
Thursday, 28 February 2013
The European Union will release its initial decision on the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House by 5 April, reports the Bookseller. The EU’s antitrust regulators are currently investigating whether...
Robert Caro wins $50,000 history prize
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
US journalist and author Robert Caro will be named this year’s American Historian Laureate, after winning the 2013 American History Book Prize for the fourth volume of his biography of...
Amazon changes free ebook policy for affiliated websites
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
In the US, Amazon has changed its policy that grants advertising fees to websites that direct readers to free Kindle ebooks, or ‘associates’, the company announced in a statement. Amazon told...
Black Inc. announces ‘Best Australian’ editors
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Black Inc. has announced the editors of its annual ‘Best Australian’ series of anthologies. Kim Scott is editor of The Best Australian Stories 2013, Robert Manne is editor of The...
Sales up at Penguin Australia in 2012; ebooks account for 17.5% of Penguin’s global revenues
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Penguin Australia gained overall market share in 2012 and recorded higher sales than 2011, according to chief executive officer Gabrielle Coyne. Coyne told Books+Publishing that Penguin ‘had a strong sales...
APA leads ‘exploratory’ rights trip to Korea
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has led a delegation of rights managers and literary agents to the Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE), which ran from 20 January to 4 February, followed by...
The pursuit of wholeness: Hugh Mackay on ‘The Good Life’
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
In The Good Life, social researcher and novelist Hugh Mackay asks the big question: what makes life worth living? Paula Grunseit spoke to the author. You can read her review...
Fulton joins Victorian Book Agencies as partner
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Joel Fulton has joined the recently established Victorian Book Agencies as a partner with founder Gary Angliss. Fulton, who previously worked as a sales representative for Dennis Jones & Associates,...
Tasmania’s The Shock of the Now literary festival program released
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Tasmania’s literary festival The Shock of the Now has released its program. The festival, which runs from 16-17 and 22-24 March in Hobart, features a keynote address from Peter Singer...
International Library News
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Bodleian Library receives Oxfam archive, Wellcome Trust grant In the UK, Oxfam has donated 10,000 boxes of archive material to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, reports the Guardian. The archive...
In brief
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
New library for Lincoln NZ A new library and service centre will be built in the town of Lincoln, south of Christchurch, New Zealand, beginning construction in April. The Selwyn...
Vic govt announces third round of funding for Living Libraries Infrastructure Program
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
The Victorian government has opened the third round of funding for its Living Libraries Infrastructure Program, worth $17.2 million over four years. Libraries may apply for a maximum of $750,000...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
‘The YA category doesn’t really appear to exist and there’s little interest in dystopian novels or vampires’—Random House rights manager Nerrilee Weir reports on a recent ‘exploratory’ rights trip to...
Waterstones to launch bookselling qualification
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
In the UK, Waterstones will launch a professional qualification in bookselling, reports the Bookseller. The Certificate in Bookselling will be run by the Waterstones Academy in partnership with the University...
‘The Amber Amulet’ wins Crystal Bear award at Berlin film festival
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
A film adaptation of Craig Silvey’s novella The Amber Amulet (A&U) has won the Crystal Bear award for the Best Short Film in the Generation Kplus section, for films aimed...
The Peach launches online book club
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Online magazine the Peach has launched a new monthly book club. The Peach Book Club launched this month with an online discussion of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl (Orion) led by Peach...
Eight Alex Miller novels to be released in the UK in 2013
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Allen & Unwin has announced that it will publish eight novels by Alex Miller in the UK in 2013 ahead of the author’s new novel, which is due to be...
WritingWA announces cultural partnership with Singapore book council
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
WritingWA has announced a new cultural exchange program with the National Book Council of Singapore, which will involve Western Australian authors and illustrators attending a writers’ festival in Singapore, the...
Barnes & Noble chairman proposes to buy bookstore chain
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
In the US, Barnes & Noble’s chairman and largest shareholder Leonard Riggio has proposed a buy-out of B&N’s bookstore chain, reports Publishers Weekly. Riggio, who holds 30% of the company’s...
ALS Gold Medal longlist announced
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
The longlist for the 2013 ALS Gold Medal has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Lola Bensky (Lily Brett, Hamish Hamilton) Darkness on the Edge of Town (Jessie Cole, Fourth...
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