Quote of the week
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
‘Today’s exchange rate, plus 10%, plus GST, then round up or down to the nearest 95 or 99 cents’—Peter Donoughue’s ‘golden rule in import pricing’. You can see how Donoughue’s...
Ernest Scott Prize 2014 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
The shortlist for the 2014 Ernest Scott Prize for history, presented by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts, has been announced.The shortlisted titles are: Nature’s Line: George Goyder—Surveyor, Environmentalist,...
Norwegian publishers refuse Google ebook deal
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Norway’s three biggest publishers, Aschehoug, Gyldendal and Cappelen Damm, will not allow Google to sell their ebooks, reports the Bookseller. The Google Play store launched in Norway on 4 June with five...
Lonely Planet to relaunch children’s list
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Lonely Planet will relaunch its children’s list, Not for Parents, as Lonely Planet Kids, reports the Bookseller. ‘We now feel the time is right to establish Lonely Planet Kids as...
McInnes national ambassador for the Reading Hour
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
The Reading Hour has announced Australian actor and writer William McInnes is the national ambassador for the initiative in 2014.First held during the National Year of Reading in 2012, the...
‘The Bookseller’ announces its ‘rising stars list’
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
UK book trade publication the Bookseller has announced its ‘annual run-down of the best and brightest’ book industry professionals. The list features a number of people with ‘completely new jobs...
Robert Harris wins Walter Scott Prize
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
British author Robert Harris has won the £25,000 (A$45,167) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for An Officer and a Spy (Arrow), reports the Bookseller. The judges described An Officer...
Apple reaches settlement with states and consumers over ebook price-fixing
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Apple has reached a settlement with US states and consumers seeking damages over its ebook price-fixing, reports Joel Rosenblatt on Bloomberg. The settlement means the company will avoid a trial...
Wakefield appoints ‘geek in residence’
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Wakefield Press has appointed Simon Collinson as the publisher’s ‘geek in residence’ until September. The role, which is part-funded by the Australia Council, will involve Collinson ‘developing ways to enhance Wakefield’s...
Writers Vic launches ‘Writers Book Club’
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Writers Victoria has launched a new ‘professional development and networking opportunity’ for published writers, who will ‘use a newly released Australian novel as a starting point for facilitated conversation and...
Exisle acquires Rennie’s ‘Art in Nature’
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Exisle has acquired Art in Nature, the first book by photographer David Rennie. Rennie was the 2013 winner of the Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year competition. His...
Almost all public libraries can lend ebooks but over half ‘less than satisfied’ with content
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
The Australian Public Library Alliance (APLA) has released a report on ebook lending in Australian libraries that finds 97% of all Australian public libraries can now lend ebooks. This is...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
SalesFiction—HarperCollins has sold world English-language audio rights to Cleanskin Cowgirls (Rachael Treasure). Nonfiction—HarperCollins has sold Polish rights to Fast, Fresh, Simple (Donna Hay); and Dutch rights to The New Classics...
RiP Pat Rosier
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
New Zealand author Pat Rosier has died, aged 72.Spinifex Press publishers Renate Klein and Susan Hawthorne write:‘New Zealand author Pat Rosier died on Friday. A well known figure in New...
RiP David Ell
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Australian publisher David Ell has died, aged 74. Bridging the Gap publisher Kathryn Lamberton writes: ‘David founded David Ell Press in the late 1970s and was an influential small publisher...
Makumbi wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Monday, 16 June 2014
Ugandan author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi has won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for ‘Let’s Tell This Story Properly’. The £5000 (A$9030) prize is presented annually to the best piece of...
If:book and Editia announce Twitter comp to unearth new writers
Monday, 16 June 2014
If:book Australia and publishing company Editia have announced they will run a Twitter competition to find new writers to appear in the forthcoming print title The N00bz: New Adventures in...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 16 June 2014
John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars (Penguin) is on top of this week’s bestsellers chart, up from second spot last week. The film tie-in edition of the same title is...
Self-publishing sales increase by 79% in UK
Monday, 16 June 2014
In the UK, the market share for self-published books grew by 79% in 2013, according to Nielsen statistics, reports the Guardian. UK consumers bought 18 million self-published books last year...
‘Books are my Bag’ campaign to send an author to every UK bookshop
Monday, 16 June 2014
In the UK, organisers of the trade-wide ‘books are my bag’ (BAMB) campaign are aiming to send an author to every bookshop in the UK for the campaign’s launch, reports...
Stanley and Harrison win 2014 black&write! fellowships
Monday, 16 June 2014
Adrian Stanley and Jane Harrison are the winners of the 2014 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships. Each of the fellowships are worth $10,000 and include publication by Magabala Books. Stanley’s novel...
Robinsons Bookshop unveils Melbourne Emporium store
Friday, 13 June 2014
Robinsons Bookshop has unveiled its new store in Melbourne’s Emporium shopping complex.The Emporium store, which began trading on 11 June, is ‘designed as a library in an old mansion—similar to...
Juan Gabriel Vásquez wins IMPAC Dublin award
Friday, 13 June 2014
Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vásquez has won 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel The Sound of Things Falling (Bloomsbury), translated from the original Spanish. The €100,000 (A$144,000) award,...
Charles Wright named US Poet Laureate
Friday, 13 June 2014
In the US, the Library of Congress has named Charles Wright as the country’s next Poet Laureate, reports The New York Times. Wright, a retired professor at the University of...
Canberra bookstore Gaslight Books to close
Friday, 13 June 2014
Canberra bookstore Gaslight Books will close on 2 August after 25 years of operation. The Fyshwick store, which specialises in crime and detective fiction, science fiction, fantasy and horror, was...
Amazon has 78% share of ebooks at Hachette UK, 60% at Hachette US
Friday, 13 June 2014
Amazon has a 78% market share of Hachette’s ebooks list in the UK and a 60% share of its ebooks list in the US, an Investor Day presentation by Hachette...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2014 shortlists announced
Friday, 13 June 2014
The shortlists for the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards, including the PANZ Young Designer of the Year Award, have been announced.The titles shortlisted in the best...
Writers Victoria to run inaugural Manuscript Assessor Conference
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Writers Victoria will run its inaugural Manuscript Assessor Conference from 2-3 September 2014 at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. Manuscript assessors and editors are invited to the two-day event for a...
Digital press ideePOP launched
Thursday, 12 June 2014
A new digital press specialising in longform nonfiction has launched.ideePOP is the brainchild of Simon Clews, director of Melbourne University’s Writing Centre for Scholars and Researchers, director of Reader’s Feast...
Australian Book Design Awards adds indie category
Thursday, 12 June 2014
The Australian Book Design Awards has added a new category to this year’s awards. ‘Affectionately dubbed the “Indie 1000”’, the new category is ‘designed for independent publishers and self-published books...
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