Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Go the F**k to Sleep (Adam Mansbach, Text) tops the fastest movers chart this week, while also making an appearance on the bestsellers chart in sixth place. Following in second...
Griffin Press launches carbon calculator
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
South Australian-based printer Griffin Press has launched a carbon calculator for book publishers to understand and make decisions about the carbon emissions generated through the company's manufacturing process. Griffin Press...
In Brief
Monday, 1 August 2011
Kobo to release 'Touch Edition' ereader The Weekly Book Newsletter understands Kobo is likely to release its new Touch Edition ereader locally in September. The new edition features a touch screen, with...
Inside the current issue: Books by bike!
Monday, 1 August 2011
Those at the recent Australian Booksellers Association annual conference may have heard about a community outreach program at Riverbend Books in Brisbane that takes the form of a bike-delivery service....
Myer to offer free shipping online
Monday, 1 August 2011
Department store Myer is expected to announce this week that it will offer free shipping to customers purchasing goods, including books, from its website, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The...
Forthcoming events
Monday, 1 August 2011
Trade events coming up, as shown on our events calendar, include:Byron Bay Writers Festival: 5-7 August The Women’s College Writers’ Festival: 6 AugustThe Friends of the University Book Fair: 6-13...
Most mentioned: this week in Media Extra
Monday, 1 August 2011
Former Victorian police chief commissioner Christine Nixon is receiving plenty of attention for her book Fair Cop (Victory), which promises to candidly share the public and private stories of her...
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Monday, 1 August 2011
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Monday, 1 August 2011
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On tour
Monday, 1 August 2011
August Robert 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...
BWF 2011 program launched
Monday, 1 August 2011
The program for this year's Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which runs from 7 to 11 September, was released on 30 July. As previously reported by the Weekly Book Newsletter, Jonathan...
‘Blue Smoke’ wins 2011 Book of the Year at NZ Post Book Awards
Sunday, 31 July 2011
The 2011 winners of the New Zealand Post Book of the Year awards were announced on 27 July.New Zealand Post Book of the Year and General Nonfiction Award winner (NZ$15,000...
MWF 2011 program launched
Sunday, 31 July 2011
As reported on Bookseller+Publisher online on 29 July, the program for the 2011 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which runs from 25 August to 4 September, has been launched, with over...
2011 Ngaio Marsh Award shortlist announced
Sunday, 31 July 2011
The shortlist for this year's Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Blood Men (Paul Cleave, Random House NZ)Captured (Neil Cross, S&S)Hunting Blind...
On Fancy Goods
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
On Fancy Goods this week Andrew Wrathall gives a wrap-up the Book Buzz session at the ABA conference and Lachlan Jobbins reviews Lost in Transit: The Strange Story of the...
2011 Kibble, Dobbie winners announced
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
The winners of this year's Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards were announced on Wednesday 27 July. The winner of the $30,000 Nita B Kibble Literary Award for Women Writers, which...
Hawkins to handle National Bookshop Day marketing
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) CEO Joel Becker announced at the ABA conference that Andrew Hawkins, former publicity director at Allen & Unwin, will be handling publicity and marketing for National Bookshop...
IndieBound launched
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
The IndieBound promotional resource platform was officially launched in Australia at the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference on Monday 25 July. The platform, which is licensed from the American Booksellers...
RiP John Reed
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
John Reed, Managing Director and founder of A.H. & A. W. Reed Pty Ltd-- the Australian arm of Reed in New Zealand, has died aged 75. Tim Curnow, Literary Agent...
Bestsellers this week
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Cookbooks dominate the top of the bestsellers chart this week with Jamie's 30-minute Meals (Jamie Oliver, Michael Joseph) in first place and 4 Ingredients Kids (Kim McCosker & Rachael Bermingham, 4 Ingredients) in...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
In rights news this week:SalesFiction--Scribe has sold French rights to Bereft (Chris Womersley) to Éditions Albin Michel.Children's/YA--Scholastic Australia has sold Chinese translation rights to several books illustrated by Kate Greenaway medalist...
2011 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards shortlists announced
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The shortlists for this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were announced in Melbourne on 26 July. This year's finalists has been branded as 'the Premier's 21', reflecting the idea that the...
2011 ABIA winners announced
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The 2011 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced on Monday 25 July at a ceremony in Melbourne.Hosted by comedian Alan Brough, the awards celebrate the best Australian books, authors,...
Forthcoming events
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:New Voices Festival, Eltham, Vic: 30 - 31 July Authoring the Author: 4 August Byron Bay...
‘The Relic’ wins 2011 Text Prize
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Melbourne-based writer Myke Bartlett has won this year's Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing for his manuscript The Relic. Bartlett's novel was chosen from a shortlist of five...
Collins announces ebooks partnership with Kobo
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Collins Booksellers has announced that it has reached an agreement with Kobo which will involve the bookseller building an ebookstore powered by Kobo, as well as selling Kobo ereaders in...
Booksellers of the Year, Booksellers’ Choice Award winners announced
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The winners of the inaugural Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Bookseller of the Year Awards and the Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award were announced at the ABA conference on 24 July....
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...
APA announces TitlePage update, partnership with Thorpe-Bowker
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
As announced by Pan Macmillan managing director Ross Gibb at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Monday 25 July, the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released a statement regarding an update of...
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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