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Collins Booksellers acquires 20 former A&R stores 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Collins Booksellers has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that 18 former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores and two former A&R company-owned stores have joined the Collins network. Collins...

Quote of the week 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
'In "streamlining" entry arrangements for low-value imports, Australia Post is playing a key facilitative role in the growth of foreign online retailers at the expense of Australian online and Australian...

Inside the current issue: Christmas preview 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
In the September issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine, Andrea Hanke rounds up the best of the Christmas titles on offer from Australian and New Zealand publishers. From When Parents Text: So...

Rights round-up 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
In rights news this week: SalesChildren's--Scholastic Australia has sold German translation rights to You (Stephen Michael King) and Chinese translation rights to The Pocket Dogs (Margaret Wild).Send your rights news...

APA accreditation for Uni of Sydney publishing course 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
The Masters of Publishing course at the University of Sydney has received accreditation from the Australian Publishers Association (APA), making it the third tertiary publishing program in the country to...

Bestsellers this week 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
James Patterson's action thriller Now You See Her (Century) has made its way to the top of both the bestsellers chart and fastest movers chart this week. A Clash of Kings...

Around the world 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Evanovich and Stockett join the 'Kindle million club'Quarto buys Frances LincolnAmazon bypasses Apple rules...

Lines joins Murdoch Books 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Murdoch Books has announced that Tracy Lines will join the company in the role of lifestyle publisher in October. Lines replaces former lifestyle publisher Lynn Lewis, who recently left Murdoch...

On Fancy Goods 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
On Bookseller+Publisher's Fancy Goods blog this week, Jarrah Moore reviews RPM (Noel Mengel, UQP); Margaret Hamilton reviews For All Creatures (Glenda Millard, illus by Rebecca Cool, Walker Books); and Kate...

Forthcoming events 

Monday, 15 August 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Edinburgh International Book Festival: 13-29 AugNational Bookshop day: 20 AugAustralian Children's Book Week: 20-26 AugMelbourne...

Most mentioned: this week in Media Extra 

Monday, 15 August 2011
Sophie Cunningham's Melbourne (NewSouth) appears on the most mentioned chart for a second week. Cunningham delves into Melbourne's culture in her analysis of the city, and along the way she...

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Monday, 15 August 2011
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Got news? 

Monday, 15 August 2011
If you've got news you think would be of interest to Weekly Book Newsletter readers, let us know by emailing bookseller.publisher@thorpe.com.au.

On tour 

Monday, 15 August 2011
AugustRobert Adamson, UQP (Surface to Air) Sydney and Melbourne.Joseph Braude, Scribe (The Honoured Dead) Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Paul Daley and Mike Bowers, MUP (Armageddon) Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.Aleesah...

In Brief 

Monday, 15 August 2011
WA regional writers' festivalsAuthors Alan Carter and Judy Nunn were among the special guests at the 2011 Kimberley Writers Festival, which took place between 29 and 31 July. The festival,...

Books for Cooks signs with Booki.sh to sell ebooks 

Sunday, 14 August 2011
Books for Cooks, the Melbourne-based bookshop that was named the state specialist bookshop of the year at this year's Australian Book Industry Awards, has signed with Inventive Labs to sell ebooks...

In brief 

Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Crumb pulls out of Australia visitCartoonist Robert Crumb, who was due to visit Australia as part of the Graphic 2011 festival at the Sydney Opera House, has pulled out, reportedly...

National Bookshop Day materials available 

Tuesday, 9 August 2011
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has made a number of documents and files available to booksellers in the lead up to the first National Bookshop Day on 20 August. The materials,...

2011 LIANZA Children’s Book Awards winners announced 

Tuesday, 9 August 2011
The winners of this year's Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Children's Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles are:Esther Glen Award for junior fictionShadow of...

Forthcoming events 

Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Trade events coming up, as shown on our events calendar, include:The Friends of the University Book Fair : 6-13 AugustRomance Writers of Australia 20th national conference: 11-14 AugustKSP Speculative Fiction...

Most mentioned: this week in Media Extra 

Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Since 1989 the Australian wool industry has been cut to only a third of its size. Charles Massy explains the decline of the wool industry in Breaking the Sheep's Back...

Stay in touch with us 

Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Sign up for The Bookseller+Publisher Newsletter--delivered free to your inbox once a fortnight. You can also follow Bookseller+Publisher online on Twitter, become a Facebook fan or subscribe to our RSS feed.

Got news? 

Tuesday, 9 August 2011
If you've got news you think would be of interest to Weekly Book Newsletter readers, let us know by emailing bookseller.publisher@thorpe.com.au

On tour 

Tuesday, 9 August 2011
August Robert Adamson, UQP (Surface to Air) Sydney and Melbourne.Joseph Braude, Scribe (The Honoured Dead) Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Paul Daley and Mike Bowers, MUP (Armageddon) Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and...