Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Publishers regularly extol the virtues of POD and short-run digital printing, but what are some practical examples of their benefits? Sophy Williams from Black Inc., Kiri Falls from UWA Publishing,...

Tuesday, 5 March 2013
‘As with any conference, some content was more relevant or insightful than other content, and one of the things that stood out markedly was just how different the market in...

Tuesday, 26 February 2013
‘For trade nonfiction—particularly books about issues of the moment or by or about celebrities—radio and television publicity is often more crucial than reviews in achieving sales momentum. But fiction is...

Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Similar to selling on the shop floor, selling children’s books online requires its own particular skills. Readings’ children’s book buyer Emily Gale recently introduced an online series called Ask a...

Wednesday, 13 February 2013
In Australia, males aged under 35 are the most likely to have bought an ebook in the past six months, with adult fiction representing 50% of overall ebook purchases, according...

Wednesday, 6 February 2013
The choice between digital and printed proofs is dividing booksellers, according to Books+Publishing’s latest Talkback column. Gleebooks’ David Gaunt and Dymocks Adelaide’s Mandy Macky both prefer printed proofs, with Macky...

Wednesday, 30 January 2013
According to a recent report from PwC on multichannel retailing, ‘social media will for the near future remain a backwater sales channel, if you can call it a sales channel...

Tuesday, 22 January 2013
With Margaret Atwood, China Miéville and Kevin Powers on the line-up for next month’s Perth Writers Festival, you can expect to hear a lot more about these authors in the...

Tuesday, 15 January 2013
How can bookstores increase their chances of hosting author events? Eloise Keating got some insiders’ tips from Jane Novak and Jennifer Kean, publicity managers at Text Publishing and Hardie Grant Egmont,...

Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Now that the ‘best books of 2012’ lists have been put to bed, it’s time to turn to 2013. In Bookseller+Publisher’s annual feature, we ask publishers to tell us which...

Wednesday, 12 December 2012
In November, Simon & Schuster UK chief executive and managing director Ian Chapman travelled to Australia to help S&S Australia celebrate its 25th anniversary. He spoke to Eloise Keating about plans for S&S Australia’s...

Wednesday, 5 December 2012
US-based Australian literary agent Virginia Lloyd recently travelled to Australia to meet with some of the major trade publishers. On her blog she summarises what Australian publishers are looking for, based on her...

Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Ever wondered which Australian authors are the most bankable in indie bookstores over Christmas? Nielsen BookScan has put together a list of Australian authors who have appeared the most times...

Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Several weeks ago we published an open letter to the publishing industry from Zoe Dattner calling for greater flexibility in the workplace, in particular, to encourage more women to return to...

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
In Peter Donoughue’s keynote address at the Small Press Network’s Independent Publishers Conference, he argued that the publishing industry has been fighting too many ‘shameful wars’. ‘The industry went to war with Google; it’s...