Bilbary founder criticises UK library service
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Ebook website Bilbary has launched in America, with founder Tim Coates announcing that US libraries participating in his service could earn a share of the income from Bilbary ebook sales...
ALA Presidency up for grabs
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
This month members of the American Library Association (ALA) will vote online for the association’s key leadership positions. The ALA has two presidential candidates: Gina A Millsap, CEO of the...
Miles Franklin 2012 longlist announced
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
The longlist for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Blood (Tony Birch, UQP) The Spirit of Progress (Steven Carroll, Fourth Estate) Spirit House...
Australia Post to increase parcel, bulk mail prices in April
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Australia Post has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it will increase its prices for parcel and bulk mail services by an average of 3.8% in April. A spokesperson for Australia Post...
Hartnett shortlisted for 2012 Carnegie Medal
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Australian author Sonya Hartnett has been shortlisted for the 2012 CILIP Carnegie Medal. Hartnett’s book The Midnight Zoo (Viking) is one of eight titles shortlisted for this year’s medal, which...
New study finds Australians among highest adopters of ebooks
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Twenty-one percent of Australian web users surveyed earlier this year had purchased an ebook in the six months prior to the survey. The survey, undertaken by Bowker Market Research’s Global...
Bologna: ‘back to basics’ as fantasy, vampires and dystopia reach saturation point
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Nerrilee Weir, rights manager at Random House Australia, writes: The Bologna Children’s Book Fair was held in unseasonably warm weather this year, with the always strong contingent of Australians in...
Currie, Dicinoski win 2012 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
A poet and an author—Queensland writers Christopher Currie and Michelle Dicinoski—are two of the five winners of this year’s Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships. The scholarship for poetry was awarded to...
Hachette accepts unsolicited manuscripts
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Hachette Australia has announced it is accepting unsolicited manuscripts via its website. This follows initiatives set up by other major publishers, including Penguin with 'the Monthly Catch’, Allen & Unwin...
O’Sullivan joins Hachette
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Hachette Australia has announced that Suzanne O'Sullivan will join Hachette in April as commissioning editor on the Lothian Children's Books list, replacing Jon Appleton. O’Sullivan was senior editor at Walker...
Quote of the Week
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
'Consumers may get cheap or free postage from overseas online retailers but because of the International Postal Union Treaty, Australia Post has to pay for it to be delivered'— Australian...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
With the film adaptation of the first book in the ‘Hunger Games’ trilogy (Scholastic) hitting Australian cinemas last week, the charts are populated with Suzanne Collins’ novels this week. The...
Ingram to expand Lightning Source operations with new licensing agreement, acquisitions
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Ingram Content Group has announced a new licensing agreement with EPAC Technologies and the acquisition of assets of two EPAC print facilities in the US, as well as the acquisition of...
A&U to publish ebook ‘shorts’ in May
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Allen & Unwin has announced that it will publish a new series of short stories as stand-alone ebooks in May, called A&U Shorts. The ebooks will be priced at $1.99 and...
McPherson’s shareholders approve OPUS merger
Monday, 26 March 2012
Shareholders of McPherson’s Printing Group (MPG) have approved the company’s merger with OPUS Group. OPUS Group said in a statement this week that 97% of MPG shareholders voted in favour...
Pegasus Books to expand distribution to Australia, New Zealand
Monday, 26 March 2012
US-based publisher Pegasus Books has announced that it will expand its distribution into Australia and New Zealand this year, as well as into the UK. Pegasus Books senior editor Jessica...
New specialist bookstore opens in Melbourne
Monday, 26 March 2012
A new bookstore specialising in science-fiction, fantasy and horror books, has opened in Melbourne. Notions Unlimited Bookshop is located in Chelsea in Melbourne’s South East. Store owner Chuck McKenzie told...
Carey to receive Bodley Medal
Monday, 26 March 2012
The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford in the UK have announced that Australian author Peter Carey is the latest recipient of the Bodley Medal. Carey will be presented...
Australian Poetry launches ‘crowd-funding’ campaign for online festival
Monday, 26 March 2012
Australian Poetry is currently running a campaign with 'crowd-funding' platform Pozible to raise money to deliver its national poetry festival online. This year’s festival will be held in Darwin between...
Dymocks appoints Cox as MD
Monday, 26 March 2012
Dymocks Booksellers has announced the appointment of Steve Cox to the role of managing director. Cox has worked with the bookselling chain since 2011 in the role of general manager of...
Melb Uni Bookshop to close; Co-op Bookshop to open stores in existing locations
Thursday, 22 March 2012
The University of Melbourne has announced that the Melbourne University Bookshop will close in May, and the Co-op Bookshop will operate the bookstores at the university’s Parkville campus. In an...
Uncertain future for Richmond Tweed Regional Library
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Tweed Council councillors have voted to advise Lismore, Byron and Ballina councils that they would pull out of the Richmond Tweed Regional Library network if it returns to a county...
Lamm Jewish Library of Australia opens
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu opened The Lamm Jewish Library of Australia on Sunday 18 March. The turnout for the event was larger than expected, with dozens of people forced to...
Government considers extending mandatory deposit to electronic materials
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
‘Extending Legal Deposit’, a new consultation paper by the Australian Government, asks whether publishers should be required to deposit electronic material with the National Library of Australia. The paper says...
Mt Isa library to open soon in new temporary location
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Residents of Mt Isa will soon have a new library after almost six months with limited facilities. The town’s original library closed for renovations between 22 October and 15 November...
Australian authors nominated for Lambda Literary Awards
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Australian authors Lara Fergus and Lili Wilkinson are among the finalists for this year’s Lambda Literary Awards, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation in the US to celebrate achievement in...
Orion restructures
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
In the US, Orion has restructured its trade and paperback divisions, replacing the divisions with Orion Fiction, which includes more than half of its frontlist titles and nearly all of...
Swiss reject fixed book prices
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Voters in Switzerland have rejected a referendum that would have re-introduced fixed book prices in the country, reports Swissinfo.ch. The referendum, which was supported by approximately 42% of voters, would...
Encyclopedia Britannica ceases print publication to focus on digital
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Encyclopedia Britannica announced this month that it will cease publishing its 32-volume print edition to focus on digital products, reports the Bookseller. A spokesperson for the well-known company, which first...
Steve Parish Publishing enters liquidation
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Queensland-based publisher Steve Parish Publishing has been placed into liquidation and has ceased trading. Liquidator BRI Ferrier was appointed to the company on 9 March, and is now seeking expressions...
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