Jon Steiner’s ‘The Last Wilkie’s’
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
‘The Last Wilkie’s is a quirky collection of short stories that are by turns funny, dark and troubling. Some are only a few sentences long; others span 10-15 pages. All...
Making the grade
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
‘The absence of a streamlined approach to the selection of texts in Australian schools may be a point of frustration for many publishers, especially when there are such gains to...
Charts this week
Monday, 11 January 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Old School:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 The Dressmaker (film tie-in) Rosalie Ham Duffy and Snellgrove 3 Millie Marotta's...
Charts this week
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Old School:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Everyday Super Food Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph 3 Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom...
Charts this week
Monday, 14 December 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Old School:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Everyday Super Food Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph 3 Guinness World Records 2016...
Sally Hepworth’s ‘The Things We Keep’
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
‘Imagine the trauma of being diagnosed with dementia in your 30s and placed into aged care. Sally Hepworth explores this tragic premise in her third novel, which avoids excessive sadness...
Future reading: 2016 publishers’ preview
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
As the year draws to a close, Books+Publishing asks publishers to look ahead to the new year and nominate their top 2016 fiction, nonfiction and children’s and YA titles.
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Sales Fiction—Pantera Press has sold North American rights to Killing Adonis (J M Donellan) and the first seven books in the ‘Rowland Sinclair Mysteries’ (Sulari Gentill) to Poisoned Pen Press...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
‘Colouring books have performed well across the whole market for much of the year and I think that has encouraged more people into shops who've clearly been buying other things...
Charts this week
Monday, 7 December 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Old School:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Guinness World Records 2016 Guinness World Records 3 Everyday Super Food Jamie...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
‘The PIRs should finally be abolished, buried and cremated so they don’t rise like zombies in a quite different future’—former Wiley MD Peter Donoughue argues for the repeal of parallel...
Leanne Hall’s ‘Iris and the Tiger’
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
‘Twelve-year-old Iris Chen-Taylor is on a mission from her parents: she’s been sent to visit her Great Aunt Ursula in Spain to discover who will inherit her grand estate’ …...
Black Inc. and Hachette: how the removal of PIR will affect our business
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
The federal government’s recent announcement that it plans to remove parallel importation restrictions (PIRs) on books has been heavily criticised by the publishing industry. Books+Publishing asked two publishers, Black Inc....
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Nonfiction—Exisle has sold Polish rights to Younger Skin in 28 Days (Karen Fischer); Japanese rights to The Happiness Trap; and Italian rights to Mindfulness for Life (Craig Hassed & Stephen...
Charts this week
Monday, 30 November 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Old School:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Guinness World Records 2016 Guinness World Records 3 Everyday Super Food Jamie...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
‘There is a wide range of views within the book industry, and even amongst booksellers, about the impact that this will have on the sector’—ABA CEO Joel Becker responds to...
PIR debate: historical perspectives
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
In 2008 the Australian Productivity Commission announced a review into parallel importation restrictions (PIRs) on books, drawing some passionate responses from the book industry. Revisit the responses from author Garth Nix, publisher...
Rebecca Sparrow’s ‘Ask Me Anything’
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
‘What differentiates this book from other teen self-help books is that it speaks unequivocally to young girls’ … read Sherri Kalow’s full review here.
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold German rights to Band of Gold (Deb Challinor) to Weltbild. Spinifex Press has sold German rights to Figments of a Murder (Gillian Hanscombe) and Imago (Francesca...
Charts this week
Monday, 23 November 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Old School:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Everyday Super Food Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph 3 Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom...
Lessons in leasing
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
According to Australian Booksellers Association CEO Joel Becker, one of the leading causes of recent bookshop closures has been the cost of leasing. But it’s not just high rents, says Becker,...
Armin Greder’s ‘Australia to Z’
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
‘Alphabet books have provided insight into our priorities for many years, and Armin Greder’s certainly captures an Australia that will strike a chord with many’ … read Emily Gale’s full...
Charts this week
Monday, 16 November 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Old School:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Everyday Super Food Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph 3 Spirits of the Ghan...
Caitlin Neville on her adventures in publicity
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Caitlin Neville recently launched her freelance publicity business Tiny Fox Communications after working as a publicist for Hardie Grant Books, Pan Macmillan and HarperCollins. Read about her career journey here.
Kirsty Eager’s ‘Summer Skin’
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
‘Summer Skin is YA at its most grown up. It is brutally honest and … doesn’t shy away from the messy bits of romance and sex’ … read Meg Whelan’s...
Charts this week
Monday, 9 November 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Lake House Kate Morton Allen & Unwin 2 Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland Millie Marotta Batsford 3 Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom Millie...
Innovation and competition: a first-timer’s experience of Frankfurt
Thursday, 5 November 2015
‘Apart from selling rights, Frankfurt is also the place to make new contacts, raise your company’s profile, increase your product awareness and observe macro trends in the industry.’ Read Ventura...
Alison Goodman’s ‘Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club: Book One’
Thursday, 5 November 2015
‘Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club is an elegant novel that blends well-researched historical elements with engaging prose. While readers familiar with gas-lamp fantasy will not find any surprises,...
Charts this week
Monday, 2 November 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland Millie Marotta Batsford 2 Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom Millie Marotta Batsford 3 Girl Online: On Tour Zoe Sugg...
Simon Collinson on ‘The dark art of digital production’
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
While many Australian publishers have outsourced their ebook production, there is a strong case for building those skills in-house, writes Simon Collinson. Read his article here, and our talkback column...
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