Reprint of ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’ underway following J K Rowling revelation
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Hachette Australia is reprinting The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (Little, Brown) following the revelation this week that Harry Potter author J K Rowling is the author of the crime...
Le on judging panel for Folio Prize
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Australian author Nam Le has been selected as a judge for the inaugural Folio Prize. Le joins fellow judges Lavinia Greenlaw (chair), Michael Chabon, Sarah Hall and Pankaj Mishra, who...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Sales Nonfiction—Austlit has sold rights to Mary Poppins She Wrote (Valerie Lawson) to Simon & Schuster in New York and to Wydawnictwo Marginesy in Poland. Children’s—Scholastic has licensed Chinese simple...
Baker & Taylor to combine James Bennett, YBP academic services for ANZ libraries
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Library supplier Baker & Taylor has announced that it will combine its academic library services from James Bennett and Yankee Book Peddler (YBP) in the Australian and New Zealand markets....
Council to end funding of Mount Gambier library
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
The Grant District Council in South Australia will cease funding the Mount Gambier Public Library, reports the ABC. The district council announced last week that its current funding provision of $130,000...
In brief
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
New location for Lavington Library in NSW Albury City Libraries has opened a new library in the city’s suburb of Lavington, reports the Border Mail. The new Lavington Library, which...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
‘We are seeing indications that textbooks are not playing the central role in underpinning learning that they once did’—Pearson Australia CEO David Barnett explains the reasons behind the company’s restructure, which...
International Library News
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
UK PLR extension for ebooks, audiobooks confirmed The UK government will extend its Public Lending Rights (PLR) scheme to include ebooks and audiobooks borrowed onsite at public libraries, reports the...
Robotham longlisted for CWA Gold Dagger
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Say You’re Sorry by Australian author Michael Robotham (Sphere) has been longlisted for the 2013 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger in the UK. Say You’re Sorry is one of eight...
Hachette signs three-book deal with Vic Prem’s Unpublished Manuscript winner
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Hachette Australia has signed a three-book deal with the winner of the 2013 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, Maxine Beneba Clarke. Hachette will publish Clarke’s award-winning short...
Wheeler Centre announces new ‘hot desk’ fellowships
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
The Wheeler Centre has announced its third round of ‘hot desk’ fellowships, including a number of applicants with publishing contracts. Musician and writer Justin Heazlewood, also known as The Bedroom...
‘75 positions potentially redundant’ after Pearson Australia restructure
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Pearson Australia has announced a major restructure of its educational publishing activities, which could result in as many as 75 redundancies in the organisation. The publisher said in a statement...
Collins store in Karratha to close
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Collins Booksellers in Karratha, WA, is set to close, reports the Pilbara Echoe. The bookshop, which is located in the Centro Karratha shopping centre on Welcome Road, will close at the...
On tour: Meet the author Abbi Glines
Monday, 15 July 2013
US new adult author Abbi Glines visited Australia in June. Glines has three books coming out in 2013: one in the ‘Sea Breeze’ series and two in the ‘Fallen Too...
In your dreams: James Phelan on ‘The Last Thirteen’
Monday, 15 July 2013
James Phelan’s The Last Thirteen: Book One: 13 (Scholastic, September) is the first book in a new series for younger readers about a battle to control the dream world. The...
Business smarts: Bill Liddelow of Boffins Bookshop
Monday, 15 July 2013
Boffins Bookshop in Perth has won Specialist Bookseller of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards for six years running. Owner Bill Liddelow shares his bookselling wisdom—with a nod...
Apple, Amazon end legal dispute over ‘app store’ name
Monday, 15 July 2013
In the US, Apple and Amazon have ended their legal dispute over the rights to use the name ‘app store’, leaving both companies free to use the title, reports CNET....
Screen Australia funds book-to-film adaptations
Monday, 15 July 2013
Feature film adaptations of Australian novels Bereft (Chris Womersley, Scribe), The Burial (Courtney Collins, A&U), Jasper Jones (Craig Silvey, A&U) and YA novel On the Jellicoe Road (Melina Marchetta, Penguin) are...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 15 July 2013
The Stalking of Julia Gillard: How the Media and Team Rudd Contrived to Bring Down the Prime Minister (Kerry-Anne Walsh, A&U) is at the top of the highest new entries...
Publishing insider launches Australian website for writers
Monday, 15 July 2013
A new Australian website for writers who want to learn more about the publishing industry has been launched. The Book Salon is the brainchild of writer and book publicist Steph Little, who...
Rowling’s crime novel alias revealed
Monday, 15 July 2013
Harry Potter author J K Rowling has been unmasked as the writer of crime novel The Cuckoo’s Calling (Little, Brown), written under the alias of Robert Galbraith and published in April this...
NZ govt working party to consider reducing tax-free threshold on overseas purchases
Monday, 15 July 2013
The New Zealand Government has established a ‘working party’ to consider reducing the country’s current tax-free threshold on overseas purchases, reports Business Day. The working party has been established by...
On tour: Meet the author Kathy Reichs
Monday, 15 July 2013
Forensic anthropologist and author Kathy Reichs is visiting Australia in September. Her new book Bones of the Lost (William Heinemann) is the latest instalment in Reichs’ bestselling Temperance Brennan series,...
ABA conference 2013: The hot topics
Monday, 15 July 2013
Around 260 members of the local industry attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Adelaide on 16-17 June and followed the Leading Edge Books conference...
New faces: Mary Masters and Patricia Genat
Monday, 15 July 2013
This year there are two new faces at the Small Press Network and the Australian Booksellers Association. Andrea Hanke spoke to SPN general manager Mary Masters and ABA president Patricia...
Eating, breathing & talking books: Profile on Robert Watkins
Monday, 15 July 2013
Robert Watkins’ CV includes bookseller, account manager, publicity manager, marketing manager and Dame Edna impersonator. In January he was appointed commissioning editor of adult books at Hachette Australia. He shares...
Away in a bookshop: A round-up of Christmas titles
Monday, 15 July 2013
With new novels from Tim Winton and Margaret Atwood, bios of Ricky Ponting and Nelson Mandela, and gift books from Maggie Beer and Beci Orpin, this Christmas brings books to...
Top of the pops: A round-up of Father’s Day titles
Monday, 15 July 2013
There is an element of nostalgia to this year’s Father’s Day titles, from new books to mark anniversaries for Wisden and Bathurst, to reflections of boyhood adventures. Andrea Hanke rounds...
Editor’s picks
Monday, 15 July 2013
Andrea Hanke’s ears are ringing with buzz books Recently, someone in publishing tried to explain to me the difference between book buzz and book hype. Buzz, he said, is organic,...
Your store: Retailing news, tips and titbits
Monday, 15 July 2013
Preparing for National Bookshop Day The third annual National Bookshop Day is scheduled for Saturday 10 August. As well as hosting their own events, booksellers can take part in a...
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