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In Brief 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
ReadHowYouWant to launch UK titlesCustomised printing company ReadHowYouWant (RHYW) has announced that it will soon be producing titles from a number of UK publishers, as a result of a new...

Most mentioned: this week in Media Extra 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Bella Vendramini, author of Biting the Big Apple, is back with a new tale of her adventures called Naked in Public: A True Story of Surviving Mr Right Through Love,...

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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
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On tour 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
AugustRobert Adamson, UQP (Surface to Air) Sydney and Melbourne.Joseph Braude, Scribe (The Honoured Dead) Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Paul Daley and Mike Bowers, MUP (Armageddon) Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.Aleesah...

Ebook retailers remove buy links from Apple apps 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Apple has begun to enforce its revised in-app selling rules that require third-party sellers to give Apple a 30% revenue share on any content sold through apps. As a result...

McNear retires from Collins Booksellers 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Collins Booksellers has announced that buying manager Jenny McNear is retiring from the book industry. McNear began her bookselling career in 1991 with Book City before moving to Collins in...

Nielsen: volume up, value down; indies gaining share 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Shaun Symonds, general manager Nielsen Bookscan, presented recent Nielsen sales data at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Monday 25 July. Data from the first 24 weeks to June showed sales were...

Books at MIFF 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Books at MIFF (BaM) was held at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on 21 July as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) and run by 37º South Market.The...

ABA conference round-up 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The 2011 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) national conference was held on 24 and 25 July in Melbourne, attracting around 300 attendees each day, with a trade exhibition drawing 53 exhibitors....

Galley Club Awards 2011 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The 2011 Galley Club Awards for excellence in book and magazine production were announced by the Galley Club of Sydney on 22 July.The winner of the Book of the Year...

McGlade wins 2011 Stanner Award 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Hannah McGlade, a human rights lawyer and social justice activist has won the 2011 Stanner Award. McGlade won the award, which is sponsored by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and...

Inside the current issue: Selling online now 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
A new report from Price Waterhouse Coopers and Frost and Sullivan suggests that 95% of consumers search the web for product information before making a purchase online and over 65%...

Man Booker 2011 longlist announced 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The titles longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize have been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes, Jonathan Cape)On Canaan's Side (Sebastian Barry, Faber)Jamrach's Menagerie (Carol Birch,...

Around the world 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Bulwer-Lytton award for bad writingBooks-a-Million abandons Borders US bid Amazon set to open in...

Indigenous Literary Foundation update 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
In a session on the Indigenous Literary Foundation (ILF) at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Sunday afternoon, program manager Debra Dank told the audience that in 2009-2010 the foundation...

Quote of the week 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Trying to get stock numbers right is ‘technically a buggery bollocks'--Michael Moynahan, CEO HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand, during the industry Q&A session at the Australian Booksellers Association national conference....

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 20 July 2011
In rights news this week: SalesChildren's--Random House has licensed the first six titles in the 'Alice-Miranda' series (Jacqueline Harvey) to Random House London (previous rights sales to North America, Turkey...

NZ book industry awards winners announced 

Tuesday, 19 July 2011
The winners of this year's New Zealand book industry awards, sponsored by Thorpe-Bowker, were announced on 17 July at the 2011 Booksellers New Zealand Conference in Wellington. Benny's Bookshop in...

Forthcoming events 

Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Whitsunday Writers Festival: 22-24 July87th ABA Conference & Trade Exhibition: 24-25 JulyNew Voices Festival, Eltham, Victoria:...

Gleebooks and Fullers sign with Booki.sh 

Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Independent bookselling chains Gleebooks and Fullers could begin selling ebooks as early as next month, following the news last week that the two stores have signed with the Booki.sh platform....

Demetriou to join A&U 

Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Allen & Unwin has announced that former HarperCollins chief operating officer Jim Demetriou will join the publisher in the role of sales and marketing director at the beginning of next month.  ...