Christmas closing list: submissions close this Friday 30 November
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Publishers and distributors are asked to advise the Weekly Book Newsletter of their Christmas closing dates by 5pm this Friday 30 November. A full list will appear in the Weekly Book...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to The China Choice: Why America Should Share Power (Hugh White) to Oxford University Press. Fiction—Text has sold rights...
ABA NSW Rep of the Year Awards announced
Monday, 26 November 2012
The winners of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) NSW Rep of the Year Awards were announced in Sydney on 23 November. Stephanie Hoy from Random House won the metro and the...
SPN to launch national roadshow in 2013
Monday, 26 November 2012
The Small Press Network (SPN) plans to launch a year-long roadshow in 2013 that will involve events in each state. SPN general manager Zoe Dattner told Bookseller+Publisher that the network...
UK booksellers report strong demand for new ereaders
Monday, 26 November 2012
UK retailers are reporting strong demand for new ereading devices in the lead-up to Christmas, reports the Bookseller. Blackwell’s and Foyles, which both sell Barnes & Noble’s Nook devices, have...
UK publishers, booksellers join in Black Friday promotion
Monday, 26 November 2012
A number of UK publishers and booksellers offered special promotions to coincide with Black Friday sales in the US last week, reports the Bookseller. This is the first time UK publishers...
Lanagan chosen for PW ‘best books of 2012’
Monday, 26 November 2012
Australian author Margo Lanagan is among the authors whose books have been selected by Publishers Weekly for its annual ‘best books’ of the year. Lanagan’s Sea Hearts (A&U), published as...
Birch wins Melbourne Prize for Literature Civic Choice Award
Monday, 26 November 2012
Tony Birch has won this year’s Melbourne Prize for Literature Civic Choice Award for his novel Blood (UQP). Birch was named as the recipient of the $5000 award on 23...
Ingram to provide ebooks for Booktopia
Monday, 26 November 2012
Online bookseller Booktopia has signed with Ingram’s CoreSource ebook platform and plans to begin selling ebooks through the platform by the end of the year. Booktopia CEO Tony Nash told...
OzCo VIP Program guests announced for SWF 2013
Monday, 26 November 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the guests attending the 2013 Visiting International Publishers (VIP) Program, to be held during the Sydney Writers’ Festival in May. The visiting international...
Text acquires unpublished Frame novel, ‘Death in Brunswick’ follow up
Monday, 26 November 2012
Text has acquired ANZ rights in Janet Frame’s previously unpublished novel In the Memorial Room. The novel by the late author ‘draws on her own experiences in Menton, France as...
RiP Don Edwards
Monday, 26 November 2012
Don Edwards, co-owner of children’s bookshop Books for Kids in Hamilton, New Zealand, has died, aged 74.
Chandler wins inaugural Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing
Friday, 23 November 2012
Jo Chandler has won the inaugural Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing for her piece ‘Storm front’, published in her book Feeling the Heat (MUP). Chandler has won a...
Australian author Bryce Courtenay dies
Friday, 23 November 2012
Much-loved Australian author Bryce Courtenay has died aged 79. Courtenay died at his home in Canberra on Thursday 22 November. The bestselling author had been suffering from terminal gastric cancer. Courtenay’s publisher...
Leading Edge Group in merger discussions with Armidale Investment Corporation
Thursday, 22 November 2012
The Leading Edge Group has told Bookseller+Publisher that it is ‘business as usual’ for the group following the announcement that it is in ‘preliminary merger discussions’ with Armidale Investment Corporation...
Wharton wins OzCo Lifetime Achievement in Literature Award
Thursday, 22 November 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts has awarded Indigenous writer and poet Herb Wharton the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The $50,000 award is presented annually to...
Facebook changes news feed algorithm
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Recent changes to Facebook’s news feed algorithm could mean that messages posted by company pages will reach fewer customers. Facebook has confirmed that changes to its ‘Edgerank’ news feed algorithm...
UNSW Press celebrates 50 years
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
University of New South Wales (UNSW) Press has celebrated 50 years in publishing this year. ‘Every day we publish a new book is worth a celebration,’ chief executive Kathy Bail...
Powell to join NSW Writers’ Centre
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Rose Powell will join the New South Wales Writers’ Centre on 10 December in the role of projects officer for events and festivals. Powell, who will finish in her current...
Bookworld launches Christmas TV advertising campaign
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Following the launch of its ‘Bookworld Price Guarantee’ to beat Amazon’s prices by 10%, online bookseller Bookworld has launched a Christmas television advertising campaign. The advertisement features the ‘King of...
CLNZ Educational Publishing Awards winners announced
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
The Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Educational Publishing Awards were announced on 15 November at a ceremony in Auckland. The winners in each category are: Best Book or Series in...
Collins celebrates 90 years with 90 favourite books
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Several weeks after Collins Booksellers’ flagship store, Hill of Content Bookshop in Melbourne, celebrated its 90th birthday, the Collins family and friends gathered at Melbourne’s Abbottsford convent this month to celebrate...
2012 Bad S-x in Fiction Award shortlist announced
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
The shortlist for this year’s UK Literary Review Bad S-x in Fiction Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Quiddity of Will Self (Sam Mills, Corsair), Noughties (Ben...
News Corp reportedly interested in acquiring Simon & Schuster
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
HarperCollins parent company News Corporation has indicated to CBS that it is interested in acquiring the Simon & Schuster business, reports the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ reports that people...
Bezos named ‘Fortune’ 2012 Businessperson of the Year
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has been named the 2012 Businessperson of the Year by US magazine Fortune. Bezos was selected ahead of other well-known CEOs of technology companies, including...
Oz publishers discuss future of publishing at Macquarie Uni
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
The Future of Writing Symposium took place at Sydney’s Macquarie University on 13-14 November. The second day, which focussed on the future of publishing, featured several presentations by Australian publishers. In a...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
‘It’s not a question of clout—more of practicalities. It means that we’ll have more chance of overcoming the ANZ rights-splitting problem that I and other Australian publishers have been complaining...
Booktopia launches new website
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Online bookseller Booktopia has launched a new website with a redesigned Booktopia logo. Booktopia CEO Tony Nash told Bookseller+Publisher that Booktopia has received ‘amazing, humbling and inspiring’ feedback from customers...
Rankin and Greenwood top bestsellers at relocated Crime and Justice Festival
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
The 2012 Crime and Justice Festival was held over the weekend in its new home on Collins St, Melbourne, having previously been located at Abbottsford convent. Festival organiser Mary Dalmau...
ABA announces Vic Sales Rep of the Year
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Amanda Wildsmith from Hardie Grant and Anthony Pizzinga from Random House were named joint winners of Victorian Sales Rep of the Year Award at the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Victorian branch Christmas Party last night. This...
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