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Savage wins Canada’s richest nonfiction prize 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape (Candace Savage, Greystone Books) has won the C$60,000 (A$57,400) Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, Canada’s richest award for...

Wiesel to write book with Obama 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Night author Elie Wiesel has told Israeli news site Haaretz that he is writing a book with US President Barack Obama, reports the Guardian. ‘Obama and I decided to write...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
‘The wasteland of publisher expectations’—Kobo’s Malcolm Neil referring to ebook prices above $15, during a session at the Small Press Network’s Independent Publishers Conference.

New buying team for Avenue Bookstore 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Independent Melbourne bookshop Avenue Bookstore has made some changes to its book buying team following the departure of head book buyer Gina Collis in August. At the Avenue Bookstore in...

SLNSW receives $32.6 million to improve digital access 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the launch of ‘two multi-million dollar projects which will provide unprecedented, worldwide access’ to the state’s and nation’s ‘most iconic...

In brief 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
NLA announces new curatorship The National Library of Australia (NLA) has established the James and Bettison Treasures Curatorship, an endowed curatorship ‘established thanks to the generosity of philanthropists Helen James...

ACBA conference kicks off 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
The Australian Campus Booksellers Association (ACBA) annual conference kicked off yesterday in Brisbane with a day-long training program by Doug Fleener. The conference, which runs from 13 to 16 November,...

International Library News 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Simon & Schuster ‘in discussions’ with libraries about ebook lending In the US, Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy has said that the company has ‘been in discussions with libraries’...

France demands millions in tax from Amazon 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
French authorities have demanded Amazon pay back taxes worth US$252 million (approximately A$242 million), reports Inside Retail. According to a document filed by Amazon to the US Securities and Exchange...

Bloomsbury rebrands academic imprints 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
In the UK, Bloomsbury has announced academic imprints including Continuum and Bristol Classical Press will be rebranded as Bloomsbury. The publisher will also launch a new academic area on its...

Orbach replaced by Chadwick at Quarto 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
In the UK, director of the Quarto Group Laurence Orbach has left the company, with Tim Chadwick appointed in his place, reports the Bookseller. ‘The positions of CEO and chairman,...

Bookouture: new digital imprint 

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Bookouture is a new digital publishing imprint being launched by Oliver Rhodes, who was previously based at Harlequin UK working on marketing, design and imprint strategy. Specialising in ‘entertaining women’s...

Australian, NZ authors on IMPAC Dublin 2013 longlist

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
A number of books by Australian and New Zealand authors have been longlisted for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Books by Australian authors on the longlist are: What the...

Coyne resigns from BICC; expert reference groups established 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Penguin Australia CEO Gabrielle Coyne has stepped down from her position on the Federal Government’s Book Industry Collaborative Council (BICC). A spokesperson for the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research...

SPUNC to rebrand 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
SPUNC (the Small Press Underground Networking Community) has announced it will rebrand to Small Press Network. General manager Zoe Dattner told Bookseller+Publisher the rebrand was something the organisation had been...

Staff changes at S&S 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Simon & Schuster has announced several staff changes.  Kate Cubitt has been promoted to sales director with ‘overall responsibility for ANZ sales strategy and strategic management of all product’ including...

Change of ownership at the Constant Reader 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Peter Kirby has retired from the Constant Reader bookshop after 33 years.  Kirby has sold the business, located in Crows Nest, New South Wales, to store manager Jay Lansdown, who...

Guardian first book award shortlist announced 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
The titles shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award have been announced. The shortlisted titles are Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice Cream Before He Stole My Ma (Kerry Hudson, Chatto...

MUP moves offices 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has moved into new offices.  The publisher, which was formerly housed, along with the literary journal Meanjin, in Grattan Street, Carlton, in Melbourne, has moved ‘up...

Independent Distribution Solutions no longer trading 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Independent Distribution Solutions (IDS), a distribution arm of Christian book and music distributor CMCA, finished trading at the beginning of this year. Former IDS director and CMCA board member John...

Thorpe-Bowker launches My Identifiers platform 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Thorpe-Bowker has officially launched the My Identifiers platform in Australia, replacing the Australian ISBN Agency. Thorpe-Bowker general manager Gary Pengelly launched the platform at the inaugural Independent Publishers Conference in Melbourne...

Co-op Bookshop to participate in Click Frenzy 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
A spokesperson for the Click Frenzy promotion has confirmed that the Co-op Bookshop will participate in the online promotion.  As reported by Bookseller+Publisher last week, the Click Frenzy promotion is...

Wootten wins NZ mid-career writers grant 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
The New Zealand Society of Authors has announced that Dunedin poet and novelist Sue Wootten is the winner of its new award for a mid-career writer. Also shortlisted were Anna...

PMP to cut jobs 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
PMP, parent company of Griffin Press, has announced it is making ‘headcount reductions’ as part of the second phase of its ‘transformation plan’. However, Ben Jolly, general manager of Griffin...

Rights round-up 

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Sales Fiction—Scholastic has finalised a US deal for The Very Hungry Bear (Nick Bland); and has licensed Korean language rights to My Dad’s The Coolest (Rosie Smith & Bruce Whatley) and...

 

 

 

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