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SLNSW collection valued at $3.5bn  Archive

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
The State Library of NSW’s collection has recently been valued at $3.15 billion, an increase of nearly $1 billion since 2010.The collection is the most valuable library collection in Australia....

CSIRO launches children’s publishing program  Archive

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
CSIRO Publishing has launched a children’s book publishing program and will release its first title in September.The press, which has been publishing science and technology books for more than 20 years, is...

Black to leave Aboriginal Studies Press  Archive

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Rhonda Black has retired as publisher at Aboriginal Studies Press (ASP) after 12 years in the role. Black was instrumental in developing many resources at ASP, including the publisher’s information...

Quote of the week  Archive

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
‘While total NZ-published sales increased, NZ Fiction decreased by just over 50% in both volume and value—no titles have replaced the impact that The Luminaries had on NZ Fiction sales’—Nielsen...

Rights round-up  Archive

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
SalesFiction—A&U has sold US and UK & Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to To Name Those Lost (Rohan Wilson) to Europa Editions US and UK, respectively; Norwegian and Swedish rights to...

New websites for A&U, Murdoch Books  Archive

Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Allen & Unwin (A&U) and Murdoch Books have recently launched new websites.A&U’s website has been redeveloped with a responsive design, and similar websites have been created for A&U New Zealand...

Lonely Planet launches cookbook series  Archive

Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Lonely Planet has launched a series of ‘destination’ cookbooks called ‘From the Source’.The publisher will release the first two cookbooks in August—From the Source: Italy and From the Source: Thailand—and...

Bestsellers this week  Archive

Monday, 29 June 2015
Following reports of its record-breaking sales overseas, E L James’ Grey (Arrow), a retelling of Fifty Shades of Grey (Arrow) from the character Christian Grey’s perspective, has debuted at number...

PRH launches first local digital serial  Archive

Monday, 29 June 2015
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia will launch its first local digital serial in July.Lethal in Love, a six-part serialised suspense romance by Australian author Michelle Somers, is ‘the first of...

Locus Awards 2015 winners announced  Archive

Monday, 29 June 2015
The winners of the 2015 Locus Awards for science-fiction and fantasy writing have been announced. Winners include: Ancillary Sword (Ann Leckie, Orbit) in the Science-fiction Novel category; The Goblin Emperor...

NZ book sales up in 2015  Archive

Monday, 29 June 2015
New Zealand’s book sales are up in volume and value in the first half of 2015, according to new figures released by Nielsen Book. New Zealand’s total market for the...

New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now  Archive

Friday, 26 June 2015
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 13 reviews of books publishing in August and September.Included is a five-star review of Fever of Animals by Miles Allinson (Scribe, September), winner of the...

French publishers’ income down 1.3% in 2014  Archive

Friday, 26 June 2015
French publishers’ net income fell by 1.3% to €2652m ($A3842m) in 2014—the fourth year running that French publishers have recorded a decline, reports the Bookseller. Book sales dropped by 1.7% to...

S&S UK signs debut Australian author  Archive

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Simon & Schuster UK has purchased UK, Commonwealth and ANZ rights for a novel by Australian author Aoife Clifford.All These Perfect Strangers is the first novel from Clifford, who was...

Laville-Moore elected PANZ president  Archive

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Allen & Unwin NZ director Melanie Laville-Moore has been elected president of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) at the organisation’s recent AGM.Laville-Moore, who was previously vice-president, replaces Auckland...

Tuffield joins Black Inc.  Archive

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Aviva Tuffield has been appointed publisher at Black Inc.Tuffield will specialise in fiction but will also acquire nonfiction titles. She will work part-time, continuing her role as executive director of...

On tour: Meet the author Patricia McLinn  Archive

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Patricia McLinn is the US author of more than 25 romance and mystery novels. Her latest book is Jack’s Heart (Craig's Place Books US), book four in her ‘Wyoming Wildflowers’...

On Tour: Meet the author Chigozie Obioma  Archive

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma’s debut novel The Fisherman (Scribe) is the story of four brothers whose encounter with a madman and a prophecy threatens the stability of their lives and...