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Barnes & Noble buys back Microsoft’s share of Nook Media

Monday, 8 December 2014
Barnes & Noble (B&N) has bought back Microsoft’s share of Nook Media for US$125 million (A$150 million) with a combination of cash and stock, reports Publishers Weekly. Microsoft originally invested US$300...

ABIAs 2015 date and location announced

Monday, 8 December 2014
The 2015 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held on 21 May 2015. The awards will be held at Doltone House in Pyrmont during the Sydney Writers’ Festival, which runs...

Wattpad to add paid content

Friday, 5 December 2014
Online writing platform Wattpad has announced it is adding paid content to its website to make it ‘simpler for readers to financially support the writers they like’. ‘Where we introduce...

Hachette signs multi-book deal with FitzSimons

Friday, 5 December 2014
Hachette Australia has announced it has signed a ‘multi-book publishing deal’ with bestselling nonfiction author Peter FitzSimons.‘This signing reunites Peter with one of his very first publishers, Hachette’s Non-Fiction Publisher...

Arnott wins 2014 Scribe Nonfiction Prize

Friday, 5 December 2014
Tasmanian writer Robbie Arnott has won the 2014 Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers.Arnott, who was shortlisted for the prize in 2013, was announced as the winner at the Express...

‘Triumph and Demise’ wins 2014 Walkley Book Award

Friday, 5 December 2014
Paul Kelly has won this year’s Walkley Book Award for Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation (MUP).Kelly received the award during the Walkley Awards for Excellence...

Brooks awarded Australia Council literature fellowship

Friday, 5 December 2014
Poet, novelist and essayist David Brooks has been awarded an Australia Council Fellowship for literature.Brooks will use to the fellowship, worth $100,000 over two years, to ‘undertake research and development...

Bezos on book pricing, failed business ventures and Hachette

Thursday, 4 December 2014
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has spoken about book pricing, the company’s failed business ventures and its dispute with Hachette in an widely publicised ‘in conversation’ at Business Insider’s Ignition conference in New York. ‘Book...

Melbourne extends Christmas trading hours

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Melbourne retailers are allowed to trade for extended hours in the lead-up to Christmas, reports Inside Retail.The Strand Melbourne, Melbourne Central, Emporium Melbourne, QV Melbourne, H&M at Melbourne’s GPO, and department...

Goodreads Choice Awards 2014 winners announced

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
The winners of the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Books of 2014 have been announced. The winners include Landline by Rainbow Rowell (Orion) in the Best Fiction category and The Opposite...

Penguin Hotline to offer gift book recommendations

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
In the UK, Penguin has created a Penguin Hotline to offer gift book recommendations, reports Shelf Awareness. The hotline, staffed by more than 300 Penguin employees, was inspired by the Butterball Turkey...

Ruffino appointed MD of S&S

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Dan Ruffino has been appointed managing director of Simon & Schuster Australia, replacing Lou Johnson, who announced her resignation in September.Ruffino has worked in the publishing industry in Australia and...

Meyer joins Five Mile Press

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Author, editor and Literary Minded blogger Angela Meyer has been appointed commissioning editor at the Five Mile Press.Meyer will be working on the publisher’s adult list, focussing on nonfiction and...

Please complete our pre-Christmas survey

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers.Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online.BooksellersIf you are a bookseller, please complete the survey here.Publishers/distributorsIf...

Final ‘Weekly Book Newsletter’ for 2014 next week

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Next week’s Weekly Book Newsletter on 10 December will be the last for 2014.The first Weekly Book Newsletter for 2015 will be published on 7 January.Any news or advertisements for...

Christmas closing list 2014 

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Last day of business in 2014 First day of business in 2015 Alliance Distribution Services Closed public holidays only Andrew McMeel Publishing Friday 19 December Monday 5 January Australian Booksellers...

Sydney’s first beach library launches in Coogee

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
More than 1000 books and magazines are available to beachgoers in Coogee through Sydney’s first free beach library, reports the Daily Telegraph.The Coogee Beach Library, which launched on 1 December,...

 

 

 

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