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Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 17 August 2016
‘The paper book is a value proposition. Twenty or thirty dollars buys you hours of deep, screen-free, distraction-free reading’—author Nick Earls on the benefits of print books and bookshops.

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Sales Fiction—Alex Adsett Publishing Services has sold world rights to The Hot Guy (Mel Campbell & Anthony Morris) to Echo. Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Korean rights to The Shortest History...

Small publisher spotlight: Celapene Press 

Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Melbourne-based Celapene Press released its first title—an anthology called Page Seventeen—in 2005 before specialising in children’s and YA fiction. ‘Our first children’s book was Machino Supremo by Mark Carthew and...

Cath Crowley’s ‘Words in Deep Blue’ 

Wednesday, 17 August 2016
‘Highly recommended for fans of Trinity Doyle’s Pieces of Sky and Fiona Wood’s Cloudwish, this is a love letter to books and bookshops, to the ocean, to falling in love...

Charts this week 

Monday, 15 August 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One & Two (Special Rehearsal edition) J K Rowling, Jack Thorne & John Tiffany...

Paul Mitchell’s ‘We. Are. Family.’ 

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
‘Paul Mitchell’s debut novel is the rare book that seems to both invite every clichéd description of new Australian writing—visceral, lyrical, “Wintonesque”—and somehow read as genuinely innovative’ … read Myles...

Small publisher spotlight: Serenity Press 

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Serenity Press was founded in Perth in 2012 to create publishing opportunities for emerging Australian authors. ‘Our next project is really exciting and I feel that it is our biggest...

Reaching the readers: Terri-ann White on book promotion 

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Is the book industry doing enough to promote books in a crowded marketplace, asks UWA Publishing director, author and former bookseller Terri-ann White in her latest column for Books+Publishing magazine.

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
‘I think the difference between us and J K Rowling is she’s J R R Tolkien and we’re Enid Blyton. You can decide who would win in that match’—Andy Griffiths...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. (Nero) has sold ANZ audio rights to Our Turn (Kristine Stewart) to Bolinda. Children’s—Scholastic has sold US and Canadian rights to Mummies Are Lovely (Meredith Costain, illus...

Charts this week 

Monday, 8 August 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty Macmillan 2 After You Jojo Moyes Penguin 3 Me Before You (Film Tie In) Jojo Moyes Michael...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
‘It’s great to have that one book bringing people into bookshops, it has a real knock-on effect to other books’­—Pages & Pages co-owner Jon Page tells SmartCompany how the release...

Steven Amsterdam’s ‘The Easy Way Out’

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
‘Steven Amsterdam’s previous books Things We Didn’t See Coming and What the Family Needed are heavy with apocalyptic vision and metaphor, so his latest novel will immediately strike his fans...

What is a bestseller?: Cutting the sales figures

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
When it comes to the question ‘what is a bestseller’, ‘the answer could easily be “how long is a piece of string?”’, writes Nielsen Book Australia general manager Shaun Symonds,...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Sales Nonfiction—Sandy Wagner Creative Agents has sold world rights to A Slow Childhood (Helen Hayward) to Editia. Exisle has sold Czech rights to Eczema Diet (Karen Fischer). Children’s—EK Books has...

Small publisher spotlight: Clan Destine Press 

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Genre specialist Clan Destine Press, based in regional Victoria, first began publishing in 2010. Publisher Lindy Cameron told Books+Publishing: ‘Many author friends had experienced—from their Big Publishers—the old: “No we...

Charts this week 

Monday, 1 August 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty Macmillan 2 Me Before You (Film Tie In) Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 3 Magic Danielle Steel Bantam...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 27 July 2016
‘My hope is that the whole book industry is allowed to enjoy not only a sales spike on release but strong sales of the book into the future’—Booktopia head of...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Sales Nonfiction—Monash University Publishing has sold Southeast-Asian rights to Witch-hunt and Conspiracy: The ‘Ninja Case’ in East Java (Nicholas Herriman) to National University of Singapore Press. Acquisitions Nonfiction—Monash University Publishing...

Small publisher spotlight: Wild Dingo Press 

Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Melbourne-based Wild Dingo Press was founded in 2010 and specialises in stories of ‘individuals doing extraordinary things’. ‘Wild Dingo Press’s biggest success has been our first publication The Rugmaker of...

Charts this week 

Monday, 25 July 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Me Before You (Film Tie In) Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 2 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins Black Swan 3 The...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 20 July 2016
‘Our culture is skewed towards celebrating and supporting the young and I am not sure what can be done about it’—author Krissy Kneen asks where the support is for older...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Sales Nonfiction—UQP has sold world audio rights to Finding a Way (Graeme Innes) to Wavesound. Children’s—Scholastic has sold US and Canadian rights to I Wanna Be a Great Big Dinosaur...

Small publisher spotlight: em PRESS 

Wednesday, 20 July 2016
em PRESS, based in central Victoria, released its first book The People of Gariwerd—about the Grampians’ Aboriginal heritage—in 1999. ‘The primary focus of em PRESS is in connecting people to...

Charts this week 

Monday, 18 July 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Me Before You (Film Tie In) Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 2 After You Jojo Moyes Penguin 3 The BFG (Film Tie-In) Roald...