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HarperCollins alters indent pricing structure 

Tuesday, 19 July 2011
HarperCollins Australia has announced this week that it will be altering its 'indent pricing structure'. HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand CEO Michael Moynahan said in a statement that 'from now...

Bestsellers this week 

Tuesday, 19 July 2011
4 Ingredients Kids (Kim McCosker & Rachael Bermingham, 4 Ingredients), the latest cookbook in the series, containing 270 ‘child-friendly' recipes, tops the fastest movers chart and appears in fourth place on...

2011 Deadly Awards shortlists announced 

Monday, 18 July 2011
The shortlists for this year's Deadly Awards, presented to Indigenous Australians for excellence in the areas of music, sport, entertainment and community, have been announced. The nominees for the Outstanding...

2011 Text prize shortlist announced 

Monday, 18 July 2011
Text Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2011 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing, presented to an unpublished manuscript by an Australian or New Zealand writer. The...

Most mentioned: this week in Media Extra 

Monday, 18 July 2011
James Boyce's 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia (Black Inc.) considers the illegal squatter camp that was established on the banks of the Yarra River. In...

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Monday, 18 July 2011
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Monday, 18 July 2011
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On tour 

Monday, 18 July 2011
JulyTristan Bancks, Random House (My Life and Other Stories I Made Up) Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.Peter Bernhard, Footprint Books (Rose's Kiss) Melbourne.      James Boyce, Black Inc. (1835: The...

RiP Dame Katerina Mataira 

Monday, 18 July 2011
Dame Katerina Mataira, an influential figure in the revival of the Maori language, has died in New Zealand at the age of 79. Made Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order...

Media Extra: What’s hot? 

Sunday, 17 July 2011
James Boyce's 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia (Black Inc.) considers the illegal squatter camp that was established on the banks of the Yarra River. In...

Gleebooks and Fullers sign with Booki.sh 

Thursday, 14 July 2011
Independent bookselling chains Gleebooks and Fullers are set to sell ebooks via the Booki.sh platform from ‘as early as next month’, reports ebookish.com.au.The New South Wales-based Gleebooks and Tasmania-based Fullers...

Close to 30 bookstores signed with ReadCloud 

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
ReadCloud has announced that it has 27 independent Australian bookstores signed to use its ebook platform. ReadCloud co-founder and CEO Jeremy LeBard told the Weekly Book Newsletter that this number...

Independent bookstores in NT, VIC to close 

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Absolutely Books in Darwin and Seagulls Bookshop in Melbourne will close within the next three months. Absolutely Books, which is located in Larrakeyah in Darwin's west, will close its doors in October....

2011 PM’s Lit Awards winners announced 

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin, the winners of this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards were announced at the National Library in Canberra on Friday 8 July. The fiction...

Assange memoir in doubt 

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
The publication of Julian Assange's memoirs is now in doubt following indications from the WikiLeaks founder that he no longer wishes to write the kind of book that was envisaged...

Rights round-up 

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
In rights news this week: SalesChildren's--Fremantle Press has sold simplified Chinese language rights in a four-book deal to 21st Century Publishing House, through Andrew Nurnberg Associates. The books are Crow...

Inside the current issue: Father’s Day picks 

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Brush up on your knowledge of the Father's Day titles on offer this year.From page 20 of the August issue, Andrew Wrathall rounds up the highlights from publishers' Father's Day...

On Fancy Goods 

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
On Fancy Goods this week, we take a look inside the August issue of Bookseller+Publisher, Max Oliver reviews Rome: A Personal, Visual and Cultural History (Robert Hughes, Weidenfeld & Nicolson),...

Quote of the week 

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
 ‘We're certainly hoping the parallel importation restrictions will be removed and removed quickly so we can bring cheaper prices to books in this country and ... compete with online retail,...

Around the world 

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Hachette acquires 25% stake in Russian publishershould India allow parallel imports?UK Booksellers and Publishers...

Bestsellers this week 

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Lauren Kate's Passion (Doubleday) retains first place on the bestsellers chart for the third week in a row, while Jamie's 30-minute Meals (Jamie Oliver, Michael Joseph) is back in second...

NewSouth Books announces new distribution division 

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
NewSouth Books has announced the formation of a new division of its distribution business this week. The new division, which will be called TowerToo, will be managed by Dale Druckman...

In Brief 

Monday, 11 July 2011
CAL celebrates 20,000 membersCopyright Agency Limited (CAL) has celebrated a new membership record this week, with 20,000 authors, publishers, photographers and visual artists now members of the organisation. This milestone...

Collins Booksellers to acquire ‘group of’ A&R franchises 

Monday, 11 July 2011
Collins Booksellers has announced that it has secured agreement with REDgroup administrators Ferrier Hodgson to acquire an undisclosed number of the surviving Angus & Robertson (A&R)�franchise stores.Collins Booksellers CEO Daniel...