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PRH US changes library ebook lending terms

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
In North America, Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced a change in its library ebook lending model, beginning 1 October 2018, reports Publishers Weekly. The change of model, from a...

RiP Peter Corris

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Sydney crime author Peter Corris has died, aged 76. Corris was the author of almost 90 books, including more than 40 in the Cliff Hardy series of crime novels. His...

Entries open for 2018 Deborah Cass Prize for Writing

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Submissions for the 2018 Deborah Cass Prize are now open, and will close on 2 October. The annual prize is open to emerging writers from migrant backgrounds. The winner receives $3000...

Entries open for 2018 Penguin Literary Prize

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Submissions are now open for the 2018 Penguin Literary Prize, which aims to find and develop new Australian authors of literary fiction and nonfiction. The prize winner receives $20,000, and...

For sale: Boomerang Books Online Business

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Well-known online bookstore with $1m+ revenue for sale. Modern, fully-integrated, automated website platform with over 5 million titles. Established consumer and school clientele. Low risk acquisition for an established book...

NewSouth to distribute Sydney University Press titles

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Sydney University Press is pleased to announce that from 1 September, our titles will be distributed in Australia and New Zealand by NewSouth Books. Please direct orders to TL Distribution....

Editors NSW: Word Styles workshop

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Editors NSW is running a workshop on Word Styles, a feature for defining the levels and elements of a manuscript, presented by trainer Denise Tsagaris. The workshop will give attendees the...

Change for Brolga Publishing

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: Brolga Publishing ISBN prefix: 9781922036 and 9781922175 and 97819215 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Change for ETT Imprint

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: ETT Imprint ISBN prefix: 9781875892; 9781925416 and 978192570 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Change for Collective Wisdom Publications

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: Collective Wisdom Publications ISBN prefix: 97809872770 and 97809803895 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Change for Tax & Super Australia

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: Tax & Super Australia ISBN prefix: 97809942275 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Change for Michael Hanrahan Publishing

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: Michael Hanrahan Publishing ISBN prefix: 97809954083 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Change for RedSok Publishing

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: RedSok Publishing ISBN prefix: 97809870766 and 97809803999 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Change for Susan Berran

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: Susan Berran ISBN prefix: 97809806036 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Change for Derek Pugh

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: Derek Pugh ISBN prefix: 97809923558 and 97806481421 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

NewSouth congratulates NSW Premier’s History Award winners

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
NewSouth is thrilled that Caroline Twomey’s The Battle Within: POWs in postwar Australia has received the Australian History Prize and Paul Irish’s Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal...

Change for Smudge Creative

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: Smudge Creative Old distributor: Dennis Jones New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.newsouthbooks.com.au

Change for Hyland House

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: Hyland House Old distributor: Dennis Jones New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.newsouthbooks.com.au

Change for Puncher & Wattman

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: Puncher & Wattman Old distributor: Dennis Jones New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.newsouthbooks.com.au

Change for John Leonard Press

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: John Leonard Press Old distributor: Dennis Jones New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.newsouthbooks.com.au

Change for Spineless Wonders

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Publisher: Spineless Wonders Old distributor: Dennis Jones New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.newsouthbooks.com.au

Ford’s ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ optioned for TV

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Clementine Ford's forthcoming Boys Will Be Boys: An Exploration of Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship (Allen & Unwin, October) has been optioned for television by Perth-based production company Metamorflix. Rights were...

The Valley

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
A murder in the remote bush in 1916 sparks a chain of events that will haunt a family for generations. Hidden in the refuge of a secret valley, their tiny...

US arts agency awards US$325,000 in translation grants

Tuesday, 4 September 2018
US federal arts-funding agency National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced the 25 recipients of its Literature Translation Fellowships worth US$325,000 (A$451,000) in total. The fellowships enable American and...

Ebook marketer ordered to pay Amazon US$75,000

Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Amazon has won US$75,000 (A$104,000) in an arbitration case against ebook marketer Thomas Glenn of the Dominican Republic, reports GeekWire. The case was one of five arbitration demands that the company...