PRH withdraws ebooks from unlimited subscription platforms Archive
Thursday, 23 January 2020
Penguin Random House (PRH) has withdrawn its ebooks and digital audiobooks from unlimited access subscription services. According to Goodereader, the publisher has withdrawn its books from platforms including Scribd in...
Murdoch Books to publish ‘Bill Granger Australian Food’ marking 20th anniversary of ‘bills Sydney Food’ Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Murdoch Books is delighted to announce it will publish Bill Granger’s new cookbook, Bill Granger Australian Food, on 29 September 2020. In the 20 years since Granger and Murdoch Books...
#AuthorsForFireys, Perth Fest, OzCo international residencies and latest awards Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Earlier this week, the organisers of the #AuthorsForFireys campaign—which saw more than 500 authors, illustrators and publishing professionals auction items for bushfire relief—confirmed it had raised nearly $500,000 in donations...
UK book trade predicts the coming trends in 2020 Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
‘The climate crisis will continue to dominate headlines [in 2020], but it will affect us more on a practical, day-to-day level, including how we operate our businesses and how we...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Please note that, due to the Australia Day public holiday in lieu on Monday, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 30 January. The deadline for classifieds and...
Entries open for Voss Literary Prize 2020 Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
The Australian University Heads of English (AUHE) and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the 17th annual Voss Literary Prize. The...
Change for Reel Art Press Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Publisher: Reel Art Press Old distributor: Peribo Pty Ltd New distributor: Books at Manic Changeover date: 1 February 2020 Returns cut-off: 31 October 2019
Editors NSW : Memoir from both sides of the fence – author and editor Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
An evening with Jacqueline Kent, editor and biographer of Beatrice Davis and Julia Gillard, among others. Her memoir Beyond Words: A Year With Kenneth Cook was published in 2018. Having...
New Zealand book market up 2.3% in 2019 Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
New Zealand book sales were up 2.3% in value and 3.5% by volume in the past year, according to data from Nielsen BookScan. In total, 6.4 million units were sold...
RiP Steph Bowe Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Australian YA author Steph Bowe has died, aged 25, due to complications from T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, a form of leukemia. Bowe began her career as a blogger before publishing...
Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2020 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Writers Victoria has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work. The shortlisted writers and their projects...
‘The Whole Fish Cookbook’ wins André Simon Food and Drink book award Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
In the UK, Sydney chef Josh Niland's The Whole Fish Cookbook (Hardie Grant) has won the 2019 Food Award at the André Simon Food and Drink Awards. According to the Bookseller,...
China issues guidelines banning foreign teaching materials in schools Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
China’s Ministry of Education published guidelines earlier this month that ban the use of foreign teaching materials in primary, middle and high schools, reports the Bookseller. Private schools and high...
Christmas survey: deadline extended Archive
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. We're accepting submissions until midnight (AEST), Monday 26 January....
Black Inc sells world rights to ‘Solved!’ Archive
Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Black Inc. has sold world rights (ex ANZ) to Andrew Wear’s book Solved!: How other countries have cracked the world's biggest problems and we can too to Oneworld UK. Black...
#AuthorsForFireys raises $486,600 for bushfire relief Archive
Tuesday, 21 January 2020
The #AuthorsForFireys campaign has confirmed $486,600 in donations for bushfire relief across Australia. Campaign co-organiser and author Emily Gale said the campaign registered an additional $43,400 in pledged donations that...
Gannon’s ‘The Mothers’ sold to US, optioned for TV Archive
Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Jeanne Ryckmans from Cameron’s Management has sold North American rights to journalist Genevieve Gannon’s novel The Mothers (A&U) to William Morrow. The novel has also been optioned for television by...
Booktopia launches $5k Favourite Australian Book award Archive
Monday, 20 January 2020
Booktopia has launched the Favourite Australian Book (FAB) award, replacing its annual Australia’s Favourite Author poll. The author of the winning book, as determined by an online poll open to...
Chinese book market up 14.4% in 2019; online retailers capture 70% of sales Archive
Monday, 20 January 2020
China’s retail book market in 2019 grew at a rate of 14.4% on the previous year, reports Publishing Perspectives. According to data from Chinese industry-data research firm OpenBook, the total...
Full program announced for 2020 Perth Festival Literature & Ideas Weekend Archive
Monday, 20 January 2020
The full program has been announced for the 2020 Perth Festival Literature & Ideas weekend, which runs from 21–23 February. International guests attending the festival include English children’s author Julia...
Johnson wins 2020 Peter Porter Poetry Prize Archive
Monday, 20 January 2020
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced A Frances Johnson as the winner of the 2020 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, for her poem ‘My Father’s Thesaurus’. Johnson receives $7000. The...
Amitabha Bagchi wins 2019 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for ‘Half the Night is Gone’ Archive
Friday, 17 January 2020
Indian writer Amitabha Bagchi has won the US$25,000 (A$36,250) DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for his English-language novel Half the Night is Gone (Juggernaut). Bagchi was announced as the...
‘Future Fit’ shortlisted for UK Business Book Award Archive
Friday, 17 January 2020
In the UK, Andrea Clarke's book Future Fit (Major Street) has been shortlisted in the 2020 Business Book Awards. Shortlisted in the International Book category, Future Fit looks at disruption and...
Writers awarded OzCo international residencies for 2020–21 Archive
Thursday, 16 January 2020
The Australia Council has announced eight writers as recipients of international development residencies as part of its latest grants round. Lisa Gorton, Robert Lukins, Fiona McGregor and Sandra Thibodeaux will...
German book market revenue up 1.4% in 2019 Archive
Thursday, 16 January 2020
German trade publication Börsenblatt has reported that revenue in the German book market in 2019 grew by 1.4% on the previous year. According to an English-language report in Publishing Perspectives,...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2019 finalists announced Archive
Thursday, 16 January 2020
The finalists for the 2019 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Six authors have been shortlisted for the favourite Australian romance author category. They are: Alissa Callen Kelly Hunter...
CBCA, Little Bookroom organise book drives for bushfire-affected children Archive
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) in November announced a partnership with the not-for-profit Givit to raise money to buy books for children and young adults affected by the bushfire...
The decline in new-title publishing Archive
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
'New-title publishing has become much riskier and more expensive for all publishers. They naturally react to that by publishing fewer new titles, and that describes the tactics of just about...
Save 25% on individual annual subscriptions Archive
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
If you’re not a Books+Publishing subscriber, we’d like to take the opportunity to invite you to sign up with a 25% discount on individual annual subscriptions until the end of January...
Changes for TL Distribution Archive
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
New distributor: TL Distribution Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press ISBN prefix: 97808061; 978087062 Old distributor: East-West Export Books (EWEB) Changeover date: 1 January 2020 Publisher: Center for Environmental Structure ISBN...
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