Bestsellers this week
Monday, 29 July 2013
The Cuckoo’s Calling (Hachette) by Robert Galbraith, which was revealed to be an alias of J K Rowling, is at the top of the fastest movers chart this week. Following...
Pages & Pages takes over fulfilment for Boomerang Books
Monday, 29 July 2013
Sydney bookstore Pages & Pages Booksellers will supply all print books for online bookseller Boomerang Books as part of a new partnership between the two businesses. Pages & Pages has...
Comparative study of Australian and German publishers underway
Monday, 29 July 2013
Academics from Australia and Germany are currently working on a comparative study of publishing companies operating in the two countries. The German Australian Publishing Project (GAPP), which is estimated to...
Inaugural Editia Prize winner announced
Monday, 29 July 2013
The inaugural Editia Prize has been awarded to Minyma by former social worker and freelance writer Carly Lorente. Lorente will receive a $2500 advance on royalties, with Minyma to be...
Google to launch textbook purchase and rental service
Friday, 26 July 2013
Google is launching a new service in August that allows students to purchase and rent textbooks from the Google Play store to read on Android devices, iOS devices and the...
Warren wins Shirley Jackson Award
Friday, 26 July 2013
Australian author Kaaron Warren has won in the novella category of the Shirley Jackson Awards, presented annually for ‘outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark...
BWF 2013 program launched
Friday, 26 July 2013
A ‘Great Debate’ with former politicians and a day dedicated to comics and graphic novels are among the highlights of this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which has launched its full...
Majority of ex-Booki.sh stores unlikely to sell ebooks before Christmas
Friday, 26 July 2013
Independent booksellers Readings, Avid Reader, Gleebooks, Fullers, Imprints, Mary Ryan’s and Books for Cooks have confirmed to Books+Publishing that they are no longer selling ebooks following the closure of the...
Hachette to close New Zealand publishing program
Friday, 26 July 2013
Hachette has announced a major restructure of its New Zealand operations, which will involve the relocation of its finance, administration and IT divisions to Australia and the closure of its New...
RIP Marg Dennithorne
Friday, 26 July 2013
Ian McCarthy from Penguin Australia writes: Marg (Margaret) Dennithorne passed away on Friday 12 July. Her funeral was held in Castlemaine one week later, on Friday 19 July. It was...
Pearson to close SA, WA, QLD offices
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Pearson Australia has confirmed to Books+Publishing that it will close its offices in Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane as part of a major restructure of its educational publishing business, announced earlier...
Goodreads reaches 20 million members
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Social reading and reviewing service Goodreads has announced that it has reached 20 million members, doubling its membership since August last year. Since Goodreads launched in 2007, more than 620...
Digital Virgo acquires online retailer VirginMega
Thursday, 25 July 2013
In France, mobile and interactive media group Digital Virgo has acquired VirginMega, the online retail subsidiary of the defunct Virgin Megastore group, reports the Bookseller. Founded in France in 1988 by Richard...
Book Expo Australia announced
Thursday, 25 July 2013
A book expo to promote the Australian book industry and encourage readers to buy from Australian booksellers will be held at the Sydney Showground on the weekend of 30-31 August...
The essence of adventure: Tim Cope on ‘On the Trail of Genghis Khan’
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Adventurer, author and filmmaker Tim Cope gives ‘an awe-inspiring account of his three-year trek on horseback from Karakorum, the ancient capital of Mongolia, to the Danube River in Hungary’ in...
Austen to appear on £10 note
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Novelist Jane Austen will be the next person to appear on the UK’s £10 banknote, reports the BBC. A portrait of Austen, along with a quote from Pride and Prejudice (‘I...
NZ Post Book Awards 2013 finalists announced
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
The finalists for this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Fiction In the Absence of Heroes (Anthony McCarten, Vintage) The Big...
Books editors pick ‘100 books to read before you die’
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
The Courier Mail and Herald and Weekly Times books editors, Fran Metcalf and Blanche Clark, have selected a list of ‘100 books to read before you die’. It’s a ‘kind...
One third of US higher ed students admit to downloading course material illegally
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
In the US, the percentage of higher education students reporting that they had downloaded course material illegally has risen from 20% in 2010 to 34% in 2013, according to the...
Penguin to relaunch Book Country, open online bookstore
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Penguin will relaunch Book Country, an online community for genre fiction writers, in July, reports the Bookseller. The revamped website, which was first established in 2011, will include a broader range...
Keiran Rogers: Robert Galbraith didn’t sell. Why is anyone surprised?
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
‘The Cuckoo’s Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place’—Val McDermid ‘One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in...
Book Grocer Williamstown to close
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
The Book Grocer will close its Williamstown store in August due to the planned redevelopment of the building in which the store is housed. ‘We’ve absolutely loved being a part...
Wright wins Sri Lankan writing fellowship
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Short story-writer Michelle Wright has won the first Templeberg Residential Writing Fellowship. The Fellowship, which is offered by Writers Victoria and Templeberg Villa, will send Wright on a 30 day...
National Library of NZ produces its first ebooks
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
The National Library of New Zealand’s book digitisation pilot program has produced its first ebooks, the library has announced on its website. Thirty-six titles have been converted into PDF and EPUB files,...
International Library News
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
British Council to reopen Pakistan library In Pakistan, the British Council will reopen its library in Lahore in mid-2014, 12 years after it was closed, reports the Express Tribune. The...
Kibble, Dobbie 2013 winners announced
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
The winners of this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced. The winner of the $30,000 Nita B Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
‘For debut authors, independent book retailers are the best—and sometimes only—chance at getting into readers’ hands, because that bookseller will often physically put a book there along with a personal...
Moorhouse wins Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Frank Moorhouse has been awarded this year’s Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writers’ Festival in Victoria. The award, which is named after the Australian poet and co-founder of...
Readings creates a ‘Book Nook’ for Classic Cinema patrons
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Melbourne bookseller Readings has created a mini library with one of its partners, the Classic Cinema in Elsternwick. Launched last week, the Readings Book Nook is located in the foyer of the Classic Cinema and...
Fifteen redundancies confirmed at Lonely Planet in London
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Fifteen positions will be made redundant at Lonely Planet’s London office as part of the company-wide restructure announced last week, reports the Bookseller. A Lonely Planet spokesperson told the Bookseller...
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