Bookseller entrepreneur: Mitchell Kaplan
Monday, 31 March 2014
Mitchell Kaplan, former president of the American Booksellers Association, co-founder of the Miami Book Fair and owner of four Books & Books stores in Florida, will deliver the keynote address...
A touch of magic: Laura Nardo at Enchanted By Books
Monday, 31 March 2014
Tucked away in the western suburbs of Melbourne is children’s bookshop Enchanted By Books. Owner Laura Nardo shares her bookseller’s diary. Unlike other booksellers, I don’t have a background in sales,...
Comments from abroad: The overseas children’s and YA book market
Monday, 31 March 2014
How does the children’s and YA book market in Australia compare with those overseas? Three children’s books experts currently based in the UK and the US share their observations. Marisa PintadoMarisa...
Talkback: Book extracts in the media
Monday, 31 March 2014
How useful is it to run extracts of new books in newspapers and magazines? Books+Publishing asked three publishers.Aviva Tuffield, publisher, Affirm Press:Extracts can be both a blessing and a curse. They...
Picture perfect: Meet four picture book illustrators
Monday, 31 March 2014
A desire to create something beautiful, and to experiment with different methods and materials, have informed the careers of Australian picture book illustrators Dub Leffler, Andrew Plant, Marc Martin and...
On tour: Meet the author Eimear McBride
Monday, 31 March 2014
Irish-British author Eimear McBride’s debut novel is A Girl is a Half-formed Thing (Text). She is visiting Australia and New Zealand in May.What would you put on a shelf-talker for...
Shelf talk: Good sports
Monday, 31 March 2014
Once every four years the country gets excited about soccer, so there will be a glut of World Cup books on the shelves in the lead-up to the 2014 tournament...
Shelf talk: Quirky tales
Monday, 31 March 2014
Sometimes you come across a customer who wants something ‘a bit different’. Not your usual crime fiction, no rom-coms please. I’m happy to report that there are some absolute crackers...
Shelf talk: Fantastic fiction
Monday, 31 March 2014
While there are the usual blockbusters due out in May (Jim Butcher anyone?) there are also some titles you can slip onto your shelves to show your spec-fic readers that...
Editor’s picks
Monday, 31 March 2014
New books by Dunham, Rakoff, Cunningham and Murakami are in hot demand among the Books+Publishing editorial team. Eloise Keating, Kate Blackwood, Andrew Wrathall and Brad Jefferies share their editor’s picks.Eloise...
‘EJ12 Girl Hero’ to be adapted for television
Friday, 28 March 2014
Susannah McFarlane’s young readers series ‘EJ12 Girl Hero’ (Lemonfizz Media) is to be adapted into a children’s television series. The series, which is expected to screen in Australia in late...
Verso to offer print book, ebook bundles from own website
Friday, 28 March 2014
UK publisher Verso will offer DRM-free print book and ebook bundles from its own website, reports the Bookseller. Launching on 8 April, the bundling offer will allow customers to download...
Lonely Planet partners with Scribd
Friday, 28 March 2014
Lonely Planet has partnered with ebook subscription service Scribd to make all of its travel guides available to subscribers.The announcement marks the launch of Scribd’s travel category, as well as...
Australian ebook company among retailers suing Apple and publishers over agency pricing
Friday, 28 March 2014
Australian ebook company DNAML is one of three retailers that have filed legal action against Apple and the five major publishers that were involved in the Department of Justice’s agency...
‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ wins Indie Book of the Year 2014
Thursday, 27 March 2014
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (Vintage) has been named Indie Book of the Year at the 2014 Indie Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books in Sydney...
Oz, NZ romance authors nominated for 2014 RITA Awards
Thursday, 27 March 2014
A number of Australian and New Zealand authors have been nominated for the Romance Writers of America (RWA) 2014 RITA Awards.The RITA Awards, which recognise excellence in romance novels and...
Tesco launches ebookstore
Thursday, 27 March 2014
UK supermarket chain Tesco has begun selling ebooks via its blinkbox digital entertainment platform, reports the Bookseller. The blinkbox books store, which can be accessed online and via a free...
Staff changes at ‘Books+Publishing’
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
The editorial team that produces the Weekly Book Newsletter, Books+Publishing Daily newsletter and Books+Publishing magazine is undergoing some changes. News editor Eloise Keating is leaving the team to take up...
Hodder to purchase Quercus
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Hodder, a division of Hachette UK, has announced plans to purchase UK independent publisher Quercus several months after the company was put up for sale, reports the Bookseller. The deal...
Barbro Lindgren wins 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Swedish author and illustrator Barbro Lindgren is the recipient of the 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s richest prize for children’s and young adult literature. Lindgren is the author...
Walker Books Australia wins Bologna Prize for children’s publishing
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Walker Books Australia has won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category.The publisher was chosen from a shortlist of four, which included Allen...
Ebooks account for 25% of sales at Harlequin Asia Pacific in 2013
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Digital sales grew by more than 50% at Harlequin Asia Pacific in 2013 and now account for 25% of the publisher’s total sales, reports regional vice president Michelle Laforest. Commenting...
Penguin, McGrath Foundation to launch second series of Pink Popular Penguins
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Penguin Books Australia will publish a second series of Pink Popular Penguins to raise money for the McGrath Foundation.Penguin will publish eight new Pink Popular Penguins on 23 April, following...
NSW library association launches funding campaign
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
The New South Wales Public Library Association has launched a campaign calling for increased state government funding of public libraries in NSW, which it says are ‘at crisis point’.The association—a...
In brief
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
NSLA develops new position statement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander library servicesThe Indigenous project group of National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) has released a new position statement for...
New online library for architecture and construction industries announced
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
A new online library for resources relating to Building Information Modelling (BIM) will be developed by the Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF) and the Australian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC),...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
‘In today’s highly competitive and technological world, Quercus’ board believes that publishers will best fulfil their potential by being part of a larger and more diverse group’—Quercus chairman David Potter...
Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2014 winners announced
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
The 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards, presented by the International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY), have been awarded to author Nahoko Uehashi from Japan and illustrator Roger Mello...
Newcastle Writers Festival program announced
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
The program for the second annual Newcastle Writers Festival is now available online. The festival, which will be held on 4-6 April, will be opened by author Wendy Harmer, who...
Dunedin submits UNESCO City of Literature bid
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand has applied to become a UNESCO City of Literature.Dunedin mayor Dave Cull submitted the city’s application to UNESCO on 19 March. Cull...
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