Monday, 21 January 2013
Three Australian books have been included in the 2013 Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities list produced by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). The Australian...

Monday, 21 January 2013
After 21 years of bookselling, Brisbane’s Coaldrake’s Bookshop has closed its doors, with its final day of trading on Sunday 20 January. The bookstore, which is located at The Barracks...

Monday, 21 January 2013
When Robert Jordan died in 2007 before finishing the final book in his epic fantasy series ‘The Wheel of Time’, Brandon Sanderson was chosen to finish the series. Sanderson expanded Jordan’s final...

Friday, 18 January 2013
Zora Sanders will take over the role of editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin in March. Current editor Sally Heath, who joined Meanjin at the start of 2011, is stepping...

Friday, 18 January 2013
A Lonely Planet Hub has opened in the Dymocks bookstore in George St, Sydney. Situated on the mezzanine level of the store, the Hub is a ‘shop-in-shop’ that carries Lonely Planet...

Thursday, 17 January 2013
The independent New Zealand bookstores that sell Kobo ebooks and devices have received strong support from their customers since introducing the products to their stores, according the Booksellers New Zealand...

Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Random House Australia has announced that a new Dan Brown thriller will be published on 14 May. Inferno, which will be published in hardcover at $45 and will also be...

Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Bookseller+Publisher is currently conducting its annual post-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete...

Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Hachette Australia has announced that Robert Watkins, previously marketing manager for Hachette imprints Hodder and Headline, has been appointed to the newly created role of commissioning editor for adult books. Watkins,...

Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Chapter Two Books, a secondhand bookstore located in Stirling in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, is up for sale. Owner Nick Patrick told Bookseller+Publisher that he and his partner Kate Treloar have run...

Wednesday, 16 January 2013
‘So the list price for Dan in Oz is $45, but only A$28.40 in the US ... “Global pricing” has a way to go, clearly’—Readings’ head book buyer Martin Shaw...

Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Sales Fiction—Text has sold Czech, Portugese and Slovakian rights to The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion); and Mexican rights to A Love Letter From a Stray Moon (Jay Griffiths). Children’s—Hardie Grant...

Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Penguin Books Australia’s Lantern imprint has a new look, thanks to a relaunched website and a new quarterly emagazine, Lantern Quarterly. The Lantern website was relaunched in November 2012. ‘It’s...

Tuesday, 15 January 2013
New Zealand educational publisher Wendy Pye was made a Dame Companion in the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 New Year Honours earlier this month. Pye, who founded Wendy...

Monday, 14 January 2013
Topping the bestsellers chart this week are Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals (Jamie Oliver, Michael Joseph) in first place and The Third Wheel (Jeff Kinney, Puffin) in second. Readers continue to be drawn...

Wednesday, 9 January 2013
The Independent Booksellers Network (IBN) in Victoria officially closed at the end of 2012, more than 30 years after the cooperative of independent booksellers was first established. The IBN, which...

Wednesday, 9 January 2013
The Readings Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2013 round of grants. The charitable organisation, which is funded by Readings Bookshop, aims to support projects ‘that specifically target literacy outcomes...

Wednesday, 9 January 2013
The Australian Book Group (ABG) has moved its distribution to Woodslane and its sales representation will make the same move in March. ABG said in a statement that it has...