RiP Ali Gunn
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
UK literary agent Ali Gunn has died, aged 45. Gunn worked as a literary agent for Curtis Brown for a number of years before establishing her own agency, Gunn Media....
Ebooks account for 20% of sales at S&S Australia; Australian team to take over NZ marketing and sales in April
Monday, 24 February 2014
Ebook sales grew strongly for Simon & Schuster Australia in 2013 and now account for approximately 20% of the publisher’s total sales, reports managing director Lou Johnson. This compares to...
Diagram Prize 2014 shortlist announced
Monday, 24 February 2014
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2014 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, presented by the Bookseller, has been announced. The six titles shortlisted for the...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 24 February 2014
Influenced by film adaptations screening in cinemas and trailers of adaptations to come, the top three bestsellers remain the same this week. The film tie-in edition of The Book Thief...
UK has fewer than 1000 indie bookshops
Monday, 24 February 2014
The UK has fewer than 1000 independent bookshops for the first time since records began, reports the Bookseller. According to figures from the UK Booksellers Association (BA), there are now 987...
Copyright Agency concerned about Law Reform Commission’s ‘fair use’ recommendation
Monday, 24 February 2014
The Copyright Agency has joined other members of the book industry in raising concerns about the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) recommendation that the Australian Government introduce a broad ‘fair...
Sayer, Nowra appointed 2014 CAL Nonfiction Writers-in-Residence at UTS
Friday, 21 February 2014
Mandy Sayer and Louis Nowra have been appointed as the 2014 Copyright Agency Nonfiction Writers-in Residence at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). As part of the joint residency, which...
2014 ABA Conference: guest speakers announced; registrations now open
Friday, 21 February 2014
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the guest speakers for this year’s conference, to be held at the Langham Hotel in Melbourne on 18-19 May. Early-bird registrations for the...
International publishers to visit Wellington in March
Friday, 21 February 2014
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) and Creative New Zealand have announced the guests that will participate in this year’s visiting international publisher program, Te Manu Ka Tau: Flying...
Patterson distributes US$267,000 to independent bookstores
Friday, 21 February 2014
Months after pledging to give US$1 million (A$1.11 million) to US independent bookstores, bestselling author James Patterson has begun distributing the funds. Publishers Weekly reports that Patterson has sent out...
Headline UK launches website for book bloggers
Friday, 21 February 2014
In the UK, Hachette imprint Headline has launched a dedicated website for book bloggers to request books, author interviews and promotional content directly from the publisher, reports the Bookseller. The...
Marra, Finkel win inaugural Carla Furstenberg Cohen Literary Prize
Thursday, 20 February 2014
In the US, a new literary prize to honour the memory of Washington DC bookstore Politics & Prose co-founder Carla Cohen has been announced by her friends and family, reports...
Israel regulates book sales
Thursday, 20 February 2014
In Israel, a law has come into effect that attempts to lower book prices, increase competition and break the duopoly of bookstore chains Steimatzky and Tzomet Sfarim, reports the Jerusalem...
McFarlane shortlisted for ‘LA Times’ debut fiction award
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Australian author Fiona McFarlane has been shortlisted for the LA Times Book Awards in the US for her debut novel The Night Guest (Hamish Hamilton). McFarlane’s book, which is published in...
‘Overland’ poetry prize 2013 shortlist announced
Thursday, 20 February 2014
The shortlist for the 2013 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets has been announced. The 12 shortlisted poems are: ‘Solstice’ (Carolyn Burns) ‘Of the Moment’ (Zenobia...
Bolinda audiobook announced as finalist in Audie Awards
Thursday, 20 February 2014
The audiobook Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein, narrated by Sasha Pick and produced by Australian audiobook company Bolinda, is a finalist in the Teen category of the Audie Awards,...
Bonnier launches adult nonfiction imprint for digitally enhanced titles
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
In the UK, Bonnier has launched an adult nonfiction imprint for official or endorsed titles with digital enhancements, reports the Bookseller. Blink Publishing, which plans to release 10 books this...
‘These Broken Stars’ to be adapted for television
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
These Broken Stars, the first title of the YA science-fiction ‘Starbound’ trilogy by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (A&U), will be adapted for a television series in the US, reports...
‘Reader’s Digest’ UK sold for £1
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
In the UK, Reader’s Digest magazine has been sold for just £1 (A$1.85), reports the Guardian. Private equity company Better Capital sold the business to venture capitalist Mike Luckwell for a...
OUP Australia titles to be sold internationally
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Books published by Oxford University Press Australia are now being licensed in international territories by the rights team at OUP UK, reports the Bookseller. Anne-Marie Hansen, head of rights at OUP UK,...
New website dedicated to NZ books launched
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
A new website designed to showcase New Zealand books was launched earlier this month. NZ Booklovers features reviews of New Zealand and international books, as well as author interviews and...
Random House recalls Malouf’s ‘A First Place’
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Random House has recalled all copies of A First Place by David Malouf (Knopf) due to a printing error. The publisher said in a statement this week that a reprint...
SLNSW state librarian responds to Mitchell Library petition
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
The state librarian at the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW), Alex Byrne, has responded to a petition protesting changes to the Mitchell Library. As previously reported by Books+Publishing,...
Victorian library receives Pierre Gorman Award for autism project
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Campaspe Regional Library in Echuca, Victoria, has been awarded the $24,480 Pierre Gorman Award for its ‘Being Connected—Libraries and Autism’ project. First awarded in 1997, the prize is named in honour...
Australian, NZ libraries and schools to participate in third Big Library Read project
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Australian and New Zealand libraries and schools are again participating in the Big Library Read project run by ebook provider OverDrive. The latest version of the project is the third...
In brief
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
SLV wins multiple categories in 2013 Arts Portfolio Leadership AwardsThe State Library of Victoria (SLV) has won multiple awards in the 2013 Arts Portfolio Leadership Awards, which were presented on 4 February. The...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
‘Development of indigenous content in a small market such as Australia poses enough risks without weakening publishers’ confidence by eroding the current laws that protect that investment. Creation of high...
International Library News
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
OCLC Introduces WorldCat Discovery ServicesLibrary bibliographic provider the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) has announced that WorldCat Discovery Services (WDS) will be launched in March, reports the Digital Shift. WDS provides...
APA, IPA speak out against Law Reform Commission’s ‘fair use’ copyright recommendation
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the International Publishers Association (IPA) have spoken out against the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) recommendation that the Australian Government introduce a broad ‘fair...
Sheridan Morley Prize 2014 finalists announced
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
In the UK, the finalists for this year’s Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography have been announced, reports the Bookseller. The three finalists are: Stage Blood by Michael Blakemore (Faber);...
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