PRH, BA back crowdfunding campaign for booksellers
Date: 27 March 2020Category: International news
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) and the Booksellers Association (BA) are backing a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for booksellers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, reports the Bookseller.... Read more
We’re changing the way we deliver reviews
Date: 26 March 2020Category: Reviews newsletter intro
Welcome to what will be the final Books+Publishing Reviews newsletter. Pre-publication book reviews continue to be a vital part of what we do, but we’re changing the way they are... Read more
How to Win an Election (Chris Wallace, NewSouth)
Date: 26 March 2020Category: Reviews Reviews newsletter Book review list
Journalist and biographer Chris Wallace's How to Win an Election can be read two ways. Firstly, as an autopsy of Labor's shock 2019 defeat, and secondly as a witty yet Machiavellian... Read more
US publishers consider moving pub dates
Date: 26 March 2020Category: International news
In the US, major publishers are struggling with whether or not to move publication dates of forthcoming titles in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). Publishers are... Read more
Books Create Australia announces agreement for digital library storytimes
Date: 26 March 2020Category: Library news Local news
Books Create Australia, the joint industry group comprised of the Australian Booksellers Association, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australian Society of... Read more
Literary awards go digital
Date: 25 March 2020Category:
Following the federal and state governments’ bans on mass gatherings in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers of literary awards are turning to live-streaming their ceremonies to replace their scheduled... Read more
Bookshops still operating, Indie Book Awards announced online and more
Date: 25 March 2020Category: This week’s news
Despite some confusion over the definition of the term 'essential services', bookshops have been allowed to stay open as state and federal governments implement lockdown measures to contain the Covid-19... Read more
Rights round-up
Date: 25 March 2020Category: Rights round-up
Sales Fiction Hachette has sold Czech-language rights to There Was Still Love (Favel Parrett) to Grada. HarperCollins has sold North American rights to The Woman in the Green Dress (Tea Cooper,... Read more
PRH profits, revenue up 6.2% in 2019
Date: 25 March 2020Category: International news
Penguin Random House (PRH) revenue and profit was up 6.2% in 2019, according to parent company Bertelsmann, reports the Bookseller. The publisher’s revenues increased 6.2% to €3.64 billion (A$6.6b), with... Read more
PRH, Affirm, Abbey’s and BooksPlus awarded by Leading Edge
Date: 25 March 2020Category: Awards Local news
Leading Edge Books (LEB) presented a number of industry awards last night. The annual awards were announced via social media this year, as the LEB Conference, where the awards are... Read more
UK trade launches emergency funds for authors, bookshops
Date: 23 March 2020Category: International news
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) has launched an Authors Emergency Fund, while the Bookseller’s Association (BA) will donate £30,000 (A$60,520) to the Book Trade Charity to support... Read more
Retailers allowed to remain open as federal, state govts introduce lockdown measures
Date: 23 March 2020Category: Local news
Bookshops and other retailers can continue to trade under new lockdown measures announced by the federal government last night in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The NSW, ACT and Victorian... Read more
Read the latest Publishers Weekly
Date: 23 March 2020Category: Promotion
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine. View the edition here.
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Date: 20 March 2020Category: Awards Local news
The shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) The White Girl (Tony Birch,... Read more
NewSouth acquires book on journalism for kids
Date: 20 March 2020Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
NewSouth Books has acquired ANZ rights to children's nonfiction book Kid Reporter: The secret to breaking news from Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. Written by journalists Dhana Quinn and Saffron Howden,... Read more
US print book sales down 10% last week
Date: 20 March 2020Category: International news
Magical middle-grade novel wins major prize
Date: 19 March 2020Category: Think Australian newsletter Award-winners
Educational picture books on ‘microbial worlds’ sold to Korea, China
Date: 19 March 2020Category: Think Australian newsletter Rights sales
Showcasing Australian children’s books following cancelled Bologna fair
Date: 19 March 2020Category: Think Australian newsletter Editorial
Macmillan lifts library embargo for new-release ebooks
Date: 19 March 2020Category: International news
Richardson wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2020
Date: 19 March 2020Category: Awards Local news
Sweeping cancellations, Australia Reads launches and latest awards
Date: 18 March 2020Category: This week’s news
Australian bookshops respond to Covid-19
Date: 18 March 2020Category: Daily Newsletter Feature Features
Support OzLit during the Covid-19 crisis
Date: 18 March 2020Category: Quote of the week
US kids authors launch digital festival in wake of cancellations
Date: 18 March 2020Category: International news Junior
Amazon deprioritises book sales
Date: 18 March 2020Category: International news
McGuinness to leave NewSouth
Date: 18 March 2020Category: Local news
Year-to-date trade sales down 2.9% as academic sales see sharp decline
Date: 17 March 2020Category: Local news
Read the latest Publishers Weekly
Date: 16 March 2020Category: Promotion
SLV shuts doors temporarily amid state of emergency in Victoria
Date: 16 March 2020Category: Library news Local news
US staff at PRH, Macmillan to work from home; Madrid Book Fair postponed
Date: 16 March 2020Category: International news
Publicity & marketing
Date: 13 March 2020Category: Book Buzz item Heading not displayed
ASA Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program winners announced
Date: 13 March 2020Category: Awards Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 12 March 2020Category: Rights round-up
Coronavirus wreaks conference havoc, Stella Prize shortlist and latest industry moves
Date: 12 March 2020Category: This week’s news
Australia’s literary readership is shrinking
Date: 12 March 2020Category: Quote of the week
RiP Shirley Stackhouse
Date: 12 March 2020Category: Obituaries
ALIA cancels national conference due to coronavirus
Date: 12 March 2020Category: Local news
Bologna book fair cancelled
Date: 12 March 2020Category: International news
ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize shortlist announced
Date: 12 March 2020Category: Awards Local news
Change for Restless Books
Date: 11 March 2020Category: Agency changes
US publishers’ sales up 1.8% in 2019: StatShot
Date: 11 March 2020Category: International news
Read the latest Publishers Weekly
Date: 10 March 2020Category: Promotion
No ‘Daily’ on Monday
Date: 6 March 2020Category: B+P announcements
Hachette staff walkout to protest Woody Allen’s memoir
Date: 6 March 2020Category: International news
LBF cancelled: ‘missed opportunities’ for Oz publishers
Date: 5 March 2020Category: Local news
ViacomCBS looks to sell S&S
Date: 5 March 2020Category: International news
LBF dogged by cancellations, industry action group to address climate change, latest awards news
Date: 4 March 2020Category: This week’s news
Rights round-up
Date: 4 March 2020Category: Rights round-up
‘Knowing your worth’: The UK publication highlighting female leadership in publishing
Date: 4 March 2020Category: Features
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 4 March 2020Category: B+P announcements
Change for National Book Network
Date: 4 March 2020Category: Agency changes
Correction to agency change for Europa Editions
Date: 4 March 2020Category: Agency changes
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020 longlist announced
Date: 4 March 2020Category: Awards International news
LBF to go ahead as publishers pull UK staff from fair
Date: 4 March 2020Category: International news
Big five US publishers, Amazon withdraw from LBF
Date: 3 March 2020Category: International news
Hachette UK revenue down 1.4% in 2019
Date: 3 March 2020Category: International news
ABIA 2020 longlists announced
Date: 2 March 2020Category: Awards Local news
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature winners announced
Date: 2 March 2020Category: Awards Local news
S&S, Macmillan US pull out of LBF due to coronavirus
Date: 2 March 2020Category: International news
Read the latest Publishers Weekly
Date: 2 March 2020Category: Promotion
The elephant in the room: Chris Flynn on ‘Mammoth’
Date: 28 February 2020Category: Reviews newsletter Interview
Hysteria: A memoir of illness, strength and women’s stories throughout history (Katerina Bryant, NewSouth)
Date: 28 February 2020Category: Reviews Reviews newsletter Book review list
Azar longlisted for International Booker Prize 2020
Date: 28 February 2020Category: Awards Local news
Waterstones staff to receive 6.2% pay rise
Date: 27 February 2020Category: International news
Godfrey awarded 2020 Kat Muscat Fellowship
Date: 27 February 2020Category: Awards Local news
The bookseller’s dilemma: What bookstores won’t stock
Date: 26 February 2020Category: Features
Rights round-up
Date: 26 February 2020Category: Rights round-up
Bologna postponed due to coronavirus, CBCA & ABDA longlists, screen adaptations and more
Date: 26 February 2020Category: This week’s news
Bologna postponed due to coronavirus
Date: 25 February 2020Category: International news
The Next Chapter mentors announced
Date: 25 February 2020Category: Local news
City of Melbourne relaunches Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards
Date: 24 February 2020Category: Awards Local news
Read the latest Publishers Weekly
Date: 24 February 2020Category: Promotion
Australian Book Design Awards 2020 longlists announced
Date: 21 February 2020Category: Awards Local news
Revenue, profit down at S&S in 2019
Date: 21 February 2020Category: International news
Patch leaves PRH
Date: 20 February 2020Category: Local news
Hardie Grant staff to negotiate EBA, Cox to leave Dymocks and more
Date: 19 February 2020Category: This week’s news
Rights round-up
Date: 19 February 2020Category: Rights round-up
How did international book markets perform in 2019?
Date: 19 February 2020Category: Features
HarperCollins creates standalone Irish division
Date: 19 February 2020Category: International news
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Date: 18 February 2020Category: Awards Junior Local news
Expand your audience at Frankfurt
Date: 17 February 2020Category: Events
Expand your audience at Shanghai
Date: 17 February 2020Category: Events
Full RWA board resigns, special election called over controversy
Date: 17 February 2020Category: International news
Bestsellers: Keyes’ ‘Grown Ups’ reaches number one in five countries
Date: 17 February 2020Category: Bestsellers
Publishers Weekly
Date: 17 February 2020Category: Promotion
Pantera acquires narrative nonfiction ‘The Psychic Test’
Date: 17 February 2020Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Expand your audience at Bologna
Date: 16 February 2020Category: Events
More than half of authors paid below standard rates for appearances, according to ASA rates tracker
Date: 14 February 2020Category: Local news
SLNSW 2020 fellowships announced
Date: 13 February 2020Category: Local news
About the book
Date: 12 February 2020Category: Book Buzz item Heading not displayed
Coronavirus delays book supply, Dubosarsky announced as new children’s laureate and more
Date: 12 February 2020Category: This week’s news
Copyright Agency makes $150k investment in arts criticism and reviews
Date: 12 February 2020Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 12 February 2020Category: Rights round-up
Change for ANU Press
Date: 12 February 2020Category: Agency changes
Change for Familius
Date: 12 February 2020Category: Agency changes
Authors condemn US university decision to fire publishing staff
Date: 12 February 2020Category: International news
Cadwallader wins 2019 ACT Book of the Year Award
Date: 12 February 2020Category: Awards Local news