Friday, 25 January 2013
Pan Macmillan’s digital imprint Momentum has launched a range of science-fiction, romance and erotic classics, each priced at $1.99. There are currently seven titles in the Momentum classics range: We...

Friday, 25 January 2013
Coming off the back of a relatively strong Christmas in 2011, close to 60% of booksellers surveyed in Bookseller+Publisher’s annual post-Christmas survey have reported a drop in sales this year....

Friday, 25 January 2013
This Christmas period has seen another drop in sales volume and value. According to Nielsen Bookscan, sales were down 4.5% in value and 2.7% in volume over the 13 weeks to 29...

Friday, 25 January 2013
Despite a generally lukewarm response to the fiction on offer from booksellers in our pre-Christmas survey, many respondents reported that fiction titles outperformed the traditional Christmas favourites of biographies and cookbooks this year....

Friday, 25 January 2013
Gone are the days when the majority of Australian booksellers only sold books in-store. A large majority of booksellers who responded to our survey (82%) reported selling books online, either...

Friday, 25 January 2013
Almost all the publishers surveyed by Bookseller+Publisher this year have reported a ‘good’ or ‘okay’ Christmas, though only a couple (Penguin, Simon & Schuster) have reported that sales were up on...

Friday, 25 January 2013
While booksellers were generally positive about the availability of titles this year, many were disappointed to run out of copies of Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals. ‘Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals was an amazing seller....

Thursday, 24 January 2013
Cassie Marsden will join Bloomsbury Australia as marketing manager for adult trade books next month. Bloomsbury Australia managing director Louise Sherwin-Stark told Bookseller+Publisher that Marsden will begin in the role...

Thursday, 24 January 2013
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced that its grants initiative for children’s book illustrators will run again this year. In a statement on its website, the ASA said that...

Wednesday, 23 January 2013
The Leading Edge Books group has several new faces following the departure of general manager Simon Milne in November 2012. In late November 2012, George Papadopoulos was appointed general manager...

Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Please note that, due to the public holiday next Monday in lieu of Australia Day on the Saturday, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 31 January.  The deadline for classifieds and job...

Wednesday, 23 January 2013
‘The word “Bookshop” just didn’t fit comfortably with the great choice of products we now offer’—Campus retailer The Co-op explains its decision to rename the business on its blog.

Wednesday, 23 January 2013
We apologise that the Bookseller+Publisher Daily may not have reached some mailboxes this morning. We are currently experiencing technical issues with our newsletter delivery service. You can view the newsletter here. All...

Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold Polish translation rights to The Reluctant Mage (Karen Miller). Nonfiction—HarperCollins has sold US edition and UK edition rights to Shackleton (Tim Jarvis); and Bulgarian ebook and...

Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Nikki Crowther, former manager of New Zealand Book Month, has died. The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) writes: ‘Nikki Crowther died on Saturday after a short illness. Nikki contributed so...

Tuesday, 22 January 2013
José Borghino, manager of industry representation at the Australian Publishers Association (APA), has been appointed policy director of the International Publishers Association (IPA). Beginning on 11 March and based at...

Tuesday, 22 January 2013
The New South Wales Writers’ Centre has announced that author and former NewSouth Books publisher Jane McCredie has joined the centre in the role of executive director. McCredie began in the...

Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Random House Australia has appointed consultancy firm Zuni to help the company develop its digital strategy. Random House marketing and publicity director Brett Osmond told Bookseller+Publisher that the company’s work...