Twenty library services to participate in eSmart Libraries pilot program
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Twenty library services across Australia will participate in a pilot program for eSmart Libraries, a cyber-bullying and internet safety program developed by the Alannah and Madeline Foundation and the Telstra...
Wiley sales rep charged with stealing US$2.8 million in textbooks in US
Monday, 24 June 2013
In the US, a sales rep has been charged with stealing US$2.8 million (A$2.58 million) worth of textbooks from his former employer, the US arm of John Wiley & Sons,...
Booksellers NZ Industry Awards winners announced; Lifetime Achievement Award for Beattie
Monday, 24 June 2013
The winners of the 2013 Booksellers New Zealand Industry Awards have been announced, with Random House New Zealand dominating the publishing categories for the second year in a row. Random House...
Vic Prem’s Awards to be presented in January 2014
Monday, 24 June 2013
The 2013 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards will be presented in early 2014 instead of September this year. In previous years, the awards have been presented in the second half of the year,...
UK publishers top global publishing ranking
Monday, 24 June 2013
UK-based publishers have topped the 2012 ‘Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry’, an annual survey of publisher revenues, compiled on behalf of Livres Hebdo, Buchreport , the Bookseller and Publishers...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 24 June 2013
In The Devil Wears Prada (HarperCollins), Lauren Weisberger wrote what was speculated to be a semi-autobiographical account of her experience as an assistant to the editor-in-chief of Vogue. The book...
Booksellers NZ elects new board
Monday, 24 June 2013
Booksellers New Zealand has elected a new board during the association’s annual general meeting, held during the 2013 Booksellers NZ conference. The members elected to the 2013/14 board are: Stella Chrysostomou of Page & Blackmore...
Fremantle Press and Curtin Uni partner on book trailer project
Friday, 21 June 2013
Fremantle Press has partnered with Curtin University to produce book trailers for a number of its new titles. The partnership involved students from the university’s department of film, television and...
Judge says issues ‘have shifted’ as DOJ ebook pricing trial draws to a close
Friday, 21 June 2013
Testimonies have concluded in the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ebook pricing trial against Apple, which began on 3 June, with Judge Denise Cote commenting that the issues over the...
S&S partners with New York’s Algonquin Hotel
Friday, 21 June 2013
In the US, Simon & Schuster has formed a new partnership with New York’s Algonquin Hotel, which will offer guests the opportunity to stay in the hotel’s Simon & Schuster Suite, reports...
Local book promotions recognised at Cannes Lions advertising awards
Friday, 21 June 2013
Sydney creative agency Droga5 has won a Gold Medal in this year’s Cannes Lions Awards for advertising for its ‘Stories for Every Journey’ collection of in-flight books, which was developed...
Booku ebookstore to close
Friday, 21 June 2013
Online bookseller Boomerang Books has announced that its ebookstore Booku will close on 30 June. In a letter sent to customers this week, Booku said that customers who have purchased...
French Virgin Megastore chain enters liquidation
Thursday, 20 June 2013
In France, the Paris Commercial Court has ordered the Virgin Megastore retail chain into liquidation, reports the Bookseller. The order comes a week after the court rejected two final partial...
Gardner, Pinfold win Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Thursday, 20 June 2013
In the UK, Sally Gardner has won the Carnegie Medal for Maggot Moon (Hot Key Books) and Levi Pinfold has won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Black Dog (Templar Publishing)....
Keneally, Gray, Espeseth nominated for 2013 Warwick Prize
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Books by Australian authors Tom Keneally, Robert Gray and Amy Espeseth have been nominated for the 2013 Warwick Prize for Writing. Keneally’s The Daughters of Mars (Vintage), Gray’s Cumulus (John...
Hardie Grant sales and marketing team restructured; redundancies in NZ and Australia
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Hardie Grant has announced a restructure of its sales and marketing team, which has led to the closure of its Auckland office, affecting three staff, and a further redundancy in...
No funding increase for SWF in NSW budget
Thursday, 20 June 2013
The NSW Government has announced that the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), the Sydney Festival and the Biennale of Sydney will share in $6.2 million of funding as part of 2013-14 Budget. However, the announcement represents no...
NT History Book Award 2013 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
The shortlist for this year’s Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Tiwi: Arts, History, Culture (Jennifer Isaacs, Miegunyah) A Wild History: Life and...
Changes to ABA management committee announced
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
A number of changes to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) management committee were announced at this year’s annual conference, which was held in Adelaide from 16-17 June. Former treasurer Patricia...
NZ GST research to be considered by parliamentary committee
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
A study into New Zealand’s goods and services tax (GST) arrangements that was commissioned by Booksellers New Zealand will be considered by the New Zealand Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee,...
2013 BILBY Awards winners announced
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
The winners for this year’s Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards, the children’s choice book awards for Queensland, have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories...
Penguin US launches First to Read book discovery platform
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
In the US, Penguin has launched a new book discoverability platform called First to Read, reports Publishers Weekly. The platform allows users to access digital proofs of forthcoming books, months before the...
Lanagan nominated for British Fantasy Awards
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Australian author Margo Lanagan has been nominated for the 2013 British Fantasy Awards. Lanagan is shortlisted in the Best Fantasy Novel category for her book Sea Hearts (A&U), published in...
New ebook DRM aims to stop piracy by changing text
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute is working on a new digital rights management (DRM) system called SiDiM, which aims to prevent ebook piracy by altering the text of an ebook, reports PaidContent. Using SiDiM,...
APA appoints Michael Gordon-Smith as interim CEO
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the appointment of Michael Gordon-Smith as interim CEO following the resignation of long-time CEO Maree McCaskill last week. Gordon-Smith will begin in the...
‘Questions of Travel’ wins 2013 Miles Franklin
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Michelle de Kretser’s Questions of Travel (A&U) has won this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award. De Kretser’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of five, which included: Floundering (Romy Ash,...
Booktopia shortlisted in Telstra Business Awards
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named as a finalist in the New South Wales Telstra Business Awards in the medium-sized category for the third year running. Booktopia is one of six...
ABA Conference round-up
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
The 2013 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Conference was held at the Hilton Adelaide from 16-17 June. Approximately 260 members of the industry attended the first day of the conference, which included...
Leading Edge Books Conference 2013
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Eighty booksellers from around 50 bookshops attended this year’s Leading Edge Books Conference, which was held at the Hilton Adelaide from 14-16 June. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, LEB shared its...
In brief
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Softlink to launch Scout platform for primary schools Australian library supplier Softlink is preparing to launch Scout, a library management software platform that gives primary schools access to digital resources. Softlink...
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