Byng to deliver keynote at ABA conference
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Jamie Byng, publisher and managing director of Canongate Books in the UK, will deliver the keynote address at this year's Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) national conference, to be held in...
RiP Rob Breeden
Monday, 19 March 2012
Historian, bushman and author Robert Arthur Breeden has died aged 84. Breeden compiled Aboriginal Words, Stories & Legends (Department of Environment and Conservation) of Jack Bussell's handwritten notes from the 1920s on the Wardandi...
Kobo boss says tablets are for ‘casual readers’
Monday, 19 March 2012
Speaking at the Financial Times' Digital Media Conference in London last week, Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis said that Kobo sees 'tablets as for casual readers'. Serbinis said that customers who...
Paypal to announce ‘revised content policies’ following censorship controversy
Monday, 19 March 2012
Ebook self-publishing site Smashwords has announced that PayPal is finalising new policies regarding content, following objections to its decision in February to stop processing sales of erotica books or any...
Australia’s first feminist journal goes online
Monday, 19 March 2012
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has digitized and made available online Australia’s first feminist journal, The Dawn, (1888-1905). The Dawn was published by Louisa Lawson, the mother of writer...
Random House increases ebooks price for libraries
Monday, 19 March 2012
Random House US, has increased the price of its ebooks for library wholesalers. Wholesale charges for ebooks will rise by over 20 % for new adult releases. Prices will more...
Judge asked to rule on ‘fair use’ in HathiTrust case
Monday, 19 March 2012
The latest actions in the copyright infringement lawsuit against digital repository HathiTrust and five universities in the US could force a more specific legal definition of what constitutes 'fair use'...
French Government to scan and sell out-of-print titles
Monday, 19 March 2012
The French Government has passed a law to digitise and sell half a million books that are currently out-of-print, reports Paid Content. The project, which is likened to the Google...
BISG: the recommendations
Friday, 16 March 2012
More than a year in the making, the Book Industry Strategy Group report to government has finally been delivered. Here are the main recommendations: Released publicly in November 2011, the...
The Motherlode: the best books for Mother’s Day
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Craft and baking books are big this Mother’s Day, but if mum prefers to curl up with a new novel or bio, there are plenty of those too. Andrea Hanke...
US Dept of Justice warns Apple, publishers of plans to sue over move to agency pricing
Thursday, 15 March 2012
In the US, the Department of Justice has warned Apple and five publishers that it 'plans to sue them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of electronic books', reports...
French Government to scan and sell out-of-print titles
Thursday, 15 March 2012
The French Government has passed a law to digitise and sell half a million books that are currently out-of-print, reports Paid Content. The project, which is likened to the Google...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
'At the moment the skills of the "higher order of booksellers" are missing from the online environment ... those of us who want to participate in the digital market in...
Around the World
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Kobo boss says tablets are for 'casual readers'Paypal to announce 'revised content policies'...
Bookseller+Publisher to launch new website
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Bookseller+Publisher will launch a new-look website and Weekly Book Newsletter next week. The redesigned website will feature new subscriber-only content including book reviews, features, author interviews and special reports, as...
Bestsellers this week
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
A millionaire is gunned down and detective Lindsay Boxer finds that the murder weapon is linked to the deaths of four ‘untouchable' criminals in James Patterson's 11th Hour (Century), which...
Thorpe-Bowker announces TitlePage Plus pricing; Copia in the process of signing with major publishers
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
In a session at the Leading Edge Books annual conference on Sunday 12 March, Thorpe-Bowker general manager Gary Pengelly announced the price structure of the new TitlePage Plus service. The pricing...
RiP Rob Breeden
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Historian, bushman and author Robert Arthur Breeden has died aged 84. Breeden compiled Aboriginal Words, Stories & Legends (Department of Environment and Conservation) of Jack Bussell's handwritten notes from the 1920s on the Wardandi...
RiP Jean Giraud
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
French comic-book artist Jean Giraud, also known as ‘Moebius', has died aged 73. Giraud's dark fantasy worlds influenced graphic novels and science fiction films such as Alien, Tron, The Fifth Element and...
John Garratt Publishing to rebrand, focus on education
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
John Garratt Publishing will rebrand as 'Garratt Publishing', the company has announced in a statement. The niche publisher of religious resources said the 'brand new look and image ... are outward...
Children’s and YA authors attend ninth annual WA CBCA ‘night with our stars’
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
The Western Australian branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia hosted 22 WA authors at its ninth annual 'night with our stars' event on 8 March. 'Authors and illustrators...
Google combines ebooks, music and apps in Google Play platform
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Google has launched a new online platform called Google Play which combines its ebookstore, digital music offering and mobile applications store. Consumers visiting Google eBooks, Google Music and the Android...
Bookseller+Publisher data: Aus newspapers review more books by men than by women
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Bookseller+Publisher has released data indicating that reviews of books by men outnumber reviews of books by women in several of Australia's major print newspapers and magazines. The release of the...
On Fancy Goods
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
On Fancy Goods this week we meet Claudia Gray, author of Balthazar (HarperCollins), Rebecca Butterworth reviews Missing: Raven Lucas Book 1 (Christine Harris, Scholastic), and Hannah Francis reviews Things a...
Book sales ‘up slightly’ at Adelaide Writers’ Week; Hollinghurst tops bestseller list
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Book sales were 'up slightly on 2010' at this year's Adelaide Writers' Week, reported festival director Laura Kroetsch, who said it was 'a relief given the retail price of books...
Judge asked to rule on ‘fair use’ in Hathitrust case
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
The latest actions in the copyright infringement lawsuit against digital repository HathiTrust and five universities in the US could force a more specific legal definition of what constitutes 'fair use' of digitised...
Inventive Labs to become Melbourne office of Icelab
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Inventive Labs, the software and website design company founded by Joseph Pearson and Virginia Murdoch and responsible for the creation of the Booki.sh ebook platform, will become the Melbourne office of...
A&U, Penguin joint publishers of the year at Leading Edge 2012 conference
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
The 2012 Leading Edge Books Conference, held in Melbourne on 10 and 11 March, was the largest in the conference's history, according to Leading Edge Books general manager Simon Milne....
Specialist Brisbane bookshop for sale
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Specialist Brisbane bookshop The Language People is currently for sale. The store, which specialises in language-learning and adult literacy and numeracy resources, including English-as-a-second-language materials, is located in Brisbane's West...
Lasenby wins 2012 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Wellington writer Jack Lasenby has won the 2012 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for his 'Uncle Trev' series. The Gaelyn Gordon Award is presented annually by Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust...
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