Griffiths and Denton top 2015 bestsellers chart
Monday, 11 January 2016
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s The 65-Storey Treehouse (Pan) was the highest selling title in Australia in 2015 with 312,000 copies sold, reports the Age. The sales topped those of...
The books: Kinney, Szubanski, Bryson
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Fewer booksellers are impressed by the books on offer this Christmas. Only 42% of respondents thought the Christmas range was strong, compared to 65% who said the same for Christmas...
Online sales and ebooks
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
While the majority of bricks-and-mortar booksellers (84%) have embraced ecommerce, either through their own website or through a chain website, 16% of those surveyed said they don’t sell print books...
Publishers’ perspectives
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Publishers are pretty pleased with the way Christmas is shaping up, with the majority reporting an increase in sales compared to last year and just a handful reporting a plateau...
Pre-Christmas survey 2015: Booksellers surprised by strong sales
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
The majority of booksellers are experiencing an increase in sales this Christmas after a more subdued lead-up to Christmas last year. Eighty percent of stores surveyed reported a rise in...
Supply, stock, staff and sales
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
This year there was much more frustration from booksellers over delays in supply and damaged goods, mostly directed at UBD, although Scholastic was also mentioned several times. ‘UBD are very...
High hopes for Christmas
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Optimism has returned to the industry, with a whopping 80% of booksellers expecting Christmas sales to be ‘excellent’, compared to 28% last year and 56% the year before. Nineteen percent...
Nielsen BookScan figures: Volume and value up; 23% growth in top 51-100
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Sales in the 10 weeks to 5 December are up 4.2% in value and 0.2% in volume this year compared to the same period in 2014, reports Nielsen BookScan. Interestingly,...
Government defunds Book Council of Australia, encourages industry-led council
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
The federal government has announced the cessation and defunding of the Book Council of Australia in its 2015-16 Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO). The Book Council’s previously allocated...
PM’s Literary Awards 2015 winners announced
Monday, 14 December 2015
The winners of 2015 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were announced on 14 December at Carriageworks in Sydney. The winners in each category are: Fiction The Golden Age (Joan London, Vintage) Nonfiction...
Final ‘B+P Daily’ for 2015
Friday, 11 December 2015
This issue of the Books+Publishing Daily will be the last for 2015. The Daily will return on Monday 11 January. The Books+Publishing team wishes our subscribers all the best for...
Australia Council September grants announced
Friday, 11 December 2015
Fifteen literary organisations and 31 writers have received Australia Council grants as part of its $10.4m September funding round. In total, the 15 literary organisations shared in $651,645 of funding...
PEN Literary Awards 2016 longlists announced
Friday, 11 December 2015
The longlists for the 2016 PEN Literary Awards have been announced. The awards are presented in a number of categories, including the US$25,000 (A$34,380) PEN/Robert W Bingham Prize for debut fiction, for...
IBBY NZ selects 2016 Honour Books
Friday, 11 December 2015
IBBY NZ has selected four titles for the 2016 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour Book List. They are: Writing: Singing Home the Whale (Mandy Hager, Random...
Indie Awards 2016 longlists announced
Friday, 11 December 2015
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2016 Indie Awards. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction A Guide to Berlin (Gail Jones, Vintage) Close Your Eyes...
Shaw sells first book as literary agent
Thursday, 10 December 2015
Former Readings books division manager Martin Shaw has sold his first book as a literary agent for Alex Adsett Publishing Services. Shaw, who now lives in Germany, sold the rights...
Wilson wins 2015 Johnno Award
Thursday, 10 December 2015
Riverbend Books owner and Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) founder Suzy Wilson has won the 2015 Johnno Award for outstanding contribution to writing in Queensland. The award, which was presented by the Queensland...
European Commission releases Digital Single Market Strategy
Thursday, 10 December 2015
The European Commission (EC) has released a Digital Single Market Strategy as part of its competition inquiry into the ecommerce sector in the European Union, reports the Bookseller. The strategy...
Milne to leave HarperCollins
Thursday, 10 December 2015
HarperCollins Australia’s marketing, digital and communications director Simon Milne will leave the company at the end of 2015. Milne’s departure follows the integration of the publisher’s fiction, nonfiction, ABC Books...
Penguin Random House ebooks available for loan at libraries
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Penguin Random House (PRH) ANZ’s catalogue of more than 4000 local ebooks have been made available for loan at Australian public libraries. The decision comes at the same time PRH...
Book vending machine launched at Rockhampton airport
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Rockhampton Regional library have introduced a mobile library unit at Rockhampton airport, reports the Morning Bulletin. The Anytime Library unit is the first to be introduced to an Australian airport....
Adelaide libraries offer free music streaming
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
City of Adelaide libraries have partnered with streaming provider Freegal to offer library users up to three hours of remote-access free music streaming, reports ABC News. Library members can access...
Final ‘Weekly Book Newsletter’ for 2015
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Today’s Weekly Book Newsletter will be the last for 2015. The first Weekly Book Newsletter for 2016 will be published on Wednesday 13 January. The last Daily Newsletter for 2015 will be published...
Please complete our pre-Christmas survey: Last chance
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete...
Bendigo secondary college library decentralised
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
In Victoria, Bendigo South East College will make books available across its school campus rather than have them centrally housed in a library reports ABC News. Under the new arrangement,...
Redgum Book Club launches children’s imprint
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Redgum Book Club has announced it will launch a children’s book imprint in 2016. The imprint, Redgum, is set to release its first title in the first quarter of 2016, with...
Inaugural NZ LGBTIQ literary festival to be held in February
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
New Zealand author and Auckland Writers Festival co-founder Peter Wells has announced the inaugural LGBTIQ writers festival samesame but different will run from 12-14 February 2016 as part of the...
Beaumont wins Asher Literary Award 2015
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Joan Beaumont has won this year’s Asher Literary Award for her book Broken Nation (A&U). Beaumont was announced as the winner of the $12,000 award at an event in Sydney...
UK Society of Authors calls for higher festival fees
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) has called on literary festivals to reconsider what they pay authors after survey results found most authors are being paid within the...
PwC report advises against changes to copyright law; inquiry submissions published
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
A PwC report, commissioned for the Productivity Commission’s intellectual property review, has advised against changing Australian copyright law to the US-style ‘fair use’ approach, reports the Australian Financial Review. The...
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