Eason plans to launch branded ereader this year
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Irish bookselling chain Eason has revealed that it plans to launch a branded ereader later this year, reports the Bookseller. The announcement was made at the launch of the chain's revamped store...
Litigation in HathiTrust case could begin in November
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
In the US, the copyright infringement lawsuit against digital repository HathiTrust and five US universities could go to trial as early as November, reports Publishers Weekly. The parties to the...
McAleer promoted at Walker Books
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Helen McAleer has been promoted to the new positions of chief global development officer for Walker Books and managing director of Walker Productions. McAleer, who joined Walker Books as UK...
New website to promote Australian literature
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
The Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) has announced it will soon launch a new website to promote Australian literature. Plans for the Reading Australia project were unveiled last week at the...
Port Harcourt, Nigeria announced as World Book Capital 2014
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
The Nigerian city of Port Harcourt was announced as World Book Capital 2014 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 5 July. Port Harcourt was selected...
Hodge among successful Frankfurt Fellowship applicants
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Anna Hodge, senior editor at Auckland University Press in New Zealand, is among the successful applicants for this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair Fellowship Program. Also chosen from the more than...
B&N to launch digital bookstores in 10 countries within 12 months
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble has announced plans to expand its digital business by opening Nook digital bookstores in 10 countries within 12 months. In a filing with the...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
‘They’re recommending the literary equivalent of foie gras to people who are starving for steak and potatoes with a dash of spice’—Kat Mayo, in a blog post criticising the various...
‘Bereft’ in the running for Gold Dagger award
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Bereft, by Australian author Chris Womersley (Scribe), is among the titles longlisted in this year’s Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards. Bereft has been longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger,...
Forthcoming events
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Book industry events over the coming fortnight include: Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival, Mackay, QLD: 11-14 July. Yarragon Book Fair, Yarragon, VIC: 14-15 July. Mildura Writers’ Festival, Mildura, VIC: 19-22 July. Melbourne Rare...
State government pledges funding for Wonthaggi Library relocation
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
The Victorian government announced on 4 July that it would provide $300,000 towards the $461,000 it will cost to assist in the relocation of Wonthaggi Library to a new site....
Book Depository stops selling ebooks
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
UK-based online bookseller the Book Depository is no longer selling ebooks. The Book Depository issued a short statement on its website saying that it is ‘no longer selling ebooks’. The...
International Library News
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Majority of funding restored to New York libraries The New York City budget for fiscal year 2013 was approved on 28 June, and included the restoration of US$89.5 million (approximately...
SLV purchases rare Persian manuscripts after successful appeal
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
The State Library of Victoria has acquired two Persian manuscripts following a successful public appeal to assist with the purchase. The appeal to raise $100,000 was launched to coincide with...
Outdoor library launched
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
‘The first outdoor library in the southern hemisphere’ was launched on 5 July at the Tungamah Hotel on behalf of the Goulburn Valley Regional Library Corporation (GVRLC). The Victorian Minister...
O’Hara wins Churchill Fellowship
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Jane O’Hara, the outgoing CEO and festival director of the Brisbane Writers Festival, has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship. O’Hara was among 115 Australians awarded the 2012 Churchill Fellowships for research...
New Book Grocer opens in Melbourne
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
The Book Grocer has opened a new store in Melbourne’s CBD. The store is located at 455 Bourke Street.
Sleepers drops DRM with Booki.sh
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Following the announcement that it has dropped digital rights management (DRM) protection from its ebook titles available through Kobo, Sleepers Publishing has announced that its ebooks are now also DRM-free on...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Sales Fiction—Text has sold Norwegian rights in In the Evil Day (Peter Temple) to Press Forlaget; Dutch rights in Nine Days (Toni Jordan) to Artemis; and North American rights in Shadows...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Friends Forever (Bantam Books), Danielle Steel’s latest novel, tracing the lives of five childhood friends, is the highest new entry this week, followed by Criminal (Century), Karin Slaughter’s sixth novel in the...
Dank to leave ILF
Monday, 9 July 2012
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has announced that Debra Dank will finish in her role as program manager at the end of the month. Dank has been the foundation’s program...
RiP Jean Chapman
Monday, 9 July 2012
Jean Chapman, a children's author and scriptwriter for ABC children’s radio and television programs including Play School, has died. Margaret Hamilton, of Margaret Hamilton Books, writes: 'Jean was a much-loved author of...
RiP Eric Sykes
Monday, 9 July 2012
Eric Sykes, a renowned UK comedian, actor and novelist, has died aged 89. Sykes wrote two novels, The Great Crime of Grapplewick (1997) and Smelling Of Roses (1998), and the autobiography...
RiP Peter Steele
Monday, 9 July 2012
Peter Steele, poet and emeritus professor at the University of Melbourne, has died aged 72. Steele wrote seven books of poetry, and several books of essays and criticism. His most...
RiP Pamela Lofts
Monday, 9 July 2012
Pamela Lofts, children’s book illustrator and visual artist, has died. Lofts illustrated books such as Mem Fox’s Koala Lou and Hunwick’s Egg, and Marcia Vaughan’s Wombat Stew.
PANZ Book Design Awards 2012 winners announced
Friday, 6 July 2012
The winners of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards were announced on 5 July. The winning titles are: Gerard Reid Award for Best Book sponsored by...
‘Foal’s Bread’ wins ALS Gold Medal
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Foal’s Bread by Gillian Mears (A&U) has won this year’s Australian Literary Society (ALS) Gold Medal. Mears was announced as the winner of this year’s award on 4 July during the...
2011 WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced
Thursday, 5 July 2012
The shortlists for the 2011 Western Australian Premier’s Books Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Nonfiction ($15,000) 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and...
Interview with Andrew Croome on ‘Midnight Empire’
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Andrew Croome’s second novel Midnight Empire (A&U, September), following the 2008 Vogel Award-winning, Document Z, is a contemporary political thriller set against a backdrop of Las Vegas’ professional poker scene...
On tour: Meet the author Sloane Crosley
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Sloane Crosley is the author of I Was Told There’d be Cake (Penguin) and more recently, How Did You Get This Number (Portobello). She is a guest of the Melbourne...
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