John Flanagan voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia poll
Friday, 23 January 2015
Children’s book author John Flanagan has been voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia’s annual poll.Booktopia announced the top 10 finalists on its website on 23 January. They were (from one to 10): John...
Nielsen BookScan Christmas figures: value and volume up
Friday, 23 January 2015
Local booksellers have recorded a boost in sales over the Christmas period. According to Nielsen BookScan, sales were up 1.5% in volume and 0.7% in value over the 13 weeks to 27 December...
Publishers’ perspectives
Friday, 23 January 2015
Close to 60% of publishers reported that their Christmas sales were ‘better than expected’, and the remainder were ‘close to expectations’. No publisher reported worse-than-expected sales. Over 70% reported that...
Post-Christmas survey: sales up for 50% of booksellers
Friday, 23 January 2015
Half of booksellers have reported an increase in sales in Christmas 2014 compared to the previous year, according to the results of Books+Publishing’s annual post-Christmas survey.Books+Publishing received feedback from representatives...
NZ guest of honour program announced for Taipei
Thursday, 22 January 2015
The program for New Zealand’s guest of honour pavilion at the Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) has been announced.Eighty-five delegates will represent New Zealand at TIBE, which runs from 11-16 February. The...
New report argues GST exemption should stay
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Extending the GST to internationally purchased online goods worth less than $1000 is unlikely to improve Australian retailing, according to a report by free-market think-tank the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA).Citing a...
New app lets travelling parents share picture books with kids
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
A new Australian-made app that lets parents read books with their children when they’re away from home launched on the Apple iTunes store in late December.The Quality Time app, which is available for iPad, with...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
‘With e-books and e-readers, there was a crazy, massive spike in the past few years and it was scaring retailers. Now the e-book has 20 per cent of the market...
Last chance: Please complete our post-Christmas survey
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual post-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. BooksellersIf you are a bookseller, please complete the...
Digital Writers’ Festival announces events
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
The Digital Writers’ Festival has announced a number of events in the 2015 program ahead of the full launch on 4 February.The online-only festival, which is hosted by the Emerging Writers’...
RiP Jim Thorburn
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
James Alexander (Jim) Thorburn, former bookseller at Pocket Bookshops in Sydney, has died, aged 90. His daughter, Rosemary Thorburn, writes:‘Jim ran the Pocket Bookshops from 1959 to 1979 with his wife, Hilda....
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Fiction—Giramondo has sold Indian rights to Carpentaria (Alexis Wright) to Navayana. Fremantle Press has sold US audio rights to Whisky Charlie Foxtrot (Annabel Smith). HarperCollins has sold French rights to The...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Please note that, due to the Australia Day public holiday on Monday, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 29 January.The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements is therefore 12 noon...
Adelaide Writers’ Week 2015 program launched
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
The 2015 Adelaide Writers’ Week program has been launched.The event will run from Saturday 28 February to Thursday 5 March at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden in Adelaide. As previously reported...
Australian self-published author heads ‘Women Writing Women’ project
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Australian self-published author Jessica Bell is organising an international publishing project called ‘Outside the Box: Women Writing Women’, which showcases women writers who are ‘self-publishing as a mark of independence and integrity,...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 19 January 2015
Fiction titles are dominating this week’s bestsellers chart. The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan, Vintage) reclaimed the overall top spot from Jeff Kinney’s The Long Haul (Puffin),...
Case appointed program manager at MWF
Monday, 19 January 2015
Writer, editor and bookseller Jo Case has joined the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) as its new program manager.Case, who joins the team in February, will replace program manager and schools’...
NZ booksellers up 10.5% over Christmas
Friday, 16 January 2015
New Zealand booksellers have increased their Christmas sales by 10.5% in value and 8.6% in volume in 2014, reports Booksellers NZ.Booksellers NZ CEO Lincoln Gould said: ‘Figures from Nielsen show a...
Arthur launches arts agency JAM PR
Friday, 16 January 2015
Former Hachette campaign manager Jaki Arthur is launching a new Sydney-based arts agency.Arthur told Books+Publishing that Jaki Arthur Management + PR (JAM PR) will offer services such as books and arts publicity;...
The Wheeler Centre celebrates fifth birthday
Friday, 16 January 2015
The Wheeler Centre is turning five in February.Melbourne’s centre for books, writing and ideas will mark its five-year anniversary with a series of gala events throughout the month. The first is...
Local book sales up over Christmas
Friday, 16 January 2015
Local booksellers have recorded a boost in sales over the Christmas period compared to the previous year.According to Nielsen BookScan, sales were up 1.5% in volume and 0.7% in value over the 13...
New writers’ festival planned for Canberra
Thursday, 15 January 2015
A new writers’ festival will be held in Canberra in 2015.Noted, an offshoot of Canberra’s experimental arts festival You Are Here, is being pitched as ‘Canberra’s first ever experimental festival...
Australian crowdfunded publishing projects raise $1.2m in 2014
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Crowdfunding websites raised more than $1.2m for successful publishing and writing projects in Australia in 2014. At Kickstarter, $609,182 was pledged to 56 successful Australian publishing projects, from a total of...
Perth Writers Festival 2015 program launched
Thursday, 15 January 2015
The 2015 Perth Writers Festival program has been launched and tickets are now on sale.As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the line-up of international guests includes UK author Hilary Mantel (via...
Indie bookstore Diabolik opens in Perth
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
A new independent bookstore opened in the Perth suburb of Mt Hawthorn in November.Diabolik Books and Records owner Scott Jones told Books+Publishing that books account for around 70% of the...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
‘Comments like “isn’t everyone buying ebooks” and “isn’t everyone buying books from the internet” are virtually non-existent’—Collins Booksellers Wagga owner Peter Halicki responds to the Books+Publishing post-Christmas survey. Booksellers can complete the...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
SalesFiction—Literary agent Alex Adsett has sold world rights to the two-book series ‘Who’s Afraid’ (Maria Lewis) to Piatkus in the UK. Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Japanese rights to Gazing at...
Brisbane bookstore Black Cat Books to close
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Brisbane bookstore Black Cat Books has announced that it will close on 30 January.The Paddington store, which specialises in children’s books, has been the site of a bookshop for more than 30...
Dymocks exits Hong Kong
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Dymocks is withdrawing from the Hong Kong market, beginning with the closure of its flagship store and Hong Kong office.A further five independently owned and operated Dymocks stores will continue...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 12 January 2015
While The Long Haul (Jeff Kinney, Puffin) is once again at the top of the bestsellers chart this week, healthy-eating cookbooks are also making their moves up the chart. TV presenter Pete Evans’...
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