Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Madman Entertainment has announced an exclusive partnership with Diamond Book Distributors (DBD), a division of Diamond Comic Distributors, in Australian and New Zealand.Under the agreement with DBD, Madman will be responsible...

Wednesday, 27 January 2010
After many months of speculation, Apple has finally announced the release of its ‘tablet' computer/ereader, to be called the iPad. The iPad resembles a larger iPod Touch, with a backlit...

Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Angus & Robertson will have a ‘print on demand solution' on its website in the next six months, following the removal of the chain's Espresso Book Machine (EBM) from its...

Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Among the international booktrade stories recently added to our Around the World blog:IPA copyright symposium in Abu DhabiMcEwan, Amis & Beevor sign direct with Amazon for ebook backlistMost pirated books...

Tuesday, 26 January 2010
American crime novelist Robert B Parker has died, aged 77. Parker was best known for his ‘Spenser' novels, which feature a wise-cracking Boston private investigator.

Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Thanks to Madman Entertainment, the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving away three prize packs containing a Stephen Fry in America on DVD and a copy of the book of the same name...

Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Children's author Anthony Horowitz (Walker Books) has cancelled his upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand in May due to work commitments.Authors on tour in January include: January Harvey Milkman,...

Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Elizabeth Gilbert had far and away the most mentions in this week's media. Her new title Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace with Marriage picks up where Gilbert left off in...

Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Taipei International Book Exhibition 2010, 27 January-1 FebruaryClosing date for Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize and...

Sunday, 24 January 2010
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is placing thousands of ebooks online, available for Australian institutions in March. The Cambridge Books Online (CBO) system will initially hold around 6000 titles online, increasing...

Sunday, 24 January 2010
Authors appear on ‘Australian Legends' stampsSeveral Australian authors are to appear on 55c stamps in the latest ‘Australian Legends' set of Australia Post stamps, released last week. The authors to...

Sunday, 24 January 2010
The winners of this year's Aurealis Awards for the best science-fiction, fantasy and horror titles in Australia, have been announced.The 14th annual Aurealis Awards ceremony was held at the Judith...

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
American author William J Lederer who co-wrote The Ugly American with Eugene Burdick has died, aged 97.  

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Georges Anglade and his wife Mireille Neptune have died in Haiti's earthquake. Anglade was the founding President of PEN Haïti and a member of the Board of Quebec PEN.

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Poet and painter Patricia Kathleen (P K) Page has died, aged 93. Her most recent release was a children's book called The Sky Tree (Oolichan Books).

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Thanks to Madman Entertainment the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving away five copies of The September Issue on DVD. ‘Anna Wintour, the legendary editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine for 20 years,...

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Authors on tour in January include:  JanuaryHarvey Milkman, Footprint Books (Craving for Ecstasy and Natural Highs: A Positive Approach to Mood Alteration)Paul Miller, Footprint Books (Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music...

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey got the most mentions this week. Shannon Bennett's food guidebook Shannon Bennett's Paris, including his favourite three-star restaurants, bistros, bars and hotels, was also popular....

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Google Book Settlement--free seminar held by CAL, Sydney, 22 January Digital Book World conference, New...

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love, has topped the charts again in the Highest New Entries this week at any rate--with Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage,...

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Leading Edge Group has appointed Simon Milne as general manager of Leading Edge Books. Milne, former CEO of the Co-op Bookshops, replaces Jayne Wasmuth, who announced in November that she...

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
A bumper week for children's rights sales this week, including The Arrival (Shaun Tan, Hachette) to Sweden and Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Markus Zusak, Scholastic) to Korea. And yet more sales...

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Angelo Loukakis, writer, publisher and editor of Australian Author, has been appointed executive director of the Australian Society of Authors. Loukakis, whose works include The Memory of Tides (Fourth Estate)...

Tuesday, 19 January 2010
As reported in our Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on Friday, this year's post-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers revealed the trade experienced a quiet December, with sales down 1.5% in...