ALIA releases benchmarking calculator for public libraries
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has created a performance calculator for public libraries, which is designed to help library managers measure their library’s performance against national standards and...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 18 February 2013
Big Nate’s sloppiness is getting out of control and has gotten his best friend into trouble. Will Big Nate clean up his act or flip out? Young readers are clearly enjoying Big...
ASA to hold ‘One Word, One Day’ events again in 2013
Monday, 18 February 2013
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced that it will hold its ‘One Word, One Day’ events again this year to raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF)....
Riverbend participates in flash fiction napkin project
Monday, 18 February 2013
Napkins bearing 300-word micro stories are currently available at Riverbend Books & Teahouse, along with several other bookstores and cafes around Brisbane, as part of a flash fiction napkin project....
World Book Day titles to be stocked in supermarkets
Monday, 18 February 2013
In the UK, World Book Day titles will be stocked in supermarkets for the first time this year, reports the Bookseller. As part of a drive to raise the initiative’s...
Bowker offers ebook creation and distribution via Vook
Monday, 18 February 2013
In the US, Bowker has partnered with Vook to offer ebook creation and distribution services on its My Identifers platform. In addition to accessing ISBN and metadata services on MyIdentifiers.com,...
2013 Tasmanian Literary Prizes finalists announced
Monday, 18 February 2013
The finalists for the 2013 Tasmanian Literary Prizes have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Tasmania Book Prize ($25,000) for the best book with Tasmanian...
Ice Water Press placed into receivership
Monday, 18 February 2013
Australian children’s publisher Ice Water Press has been placed into receivership and is no longer trading. Insolvency recovery firm Grant Thornton was appointed as the receiver for the company on...
On tour: Meet the author Tom Holland
Monday, 18 February 2013
British novelist and historian Tom Holland is travelling to the Perth Writers Festival, Adelaide Writers’ Week, Canberra and Sydney in February and March. His latest book is In the Shadow of...
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlists announced
Friday, 15 February 2013
UK bookseller Waterstones has announced the shortlists for its Children’s Book Prize. You can view the shortlisted titles in each of the categories—picture books, fiction for ages 5-12, and teen...
Gollancz UK invites pre-publication feedback from readers through ‘Gollancz Geeks’ program
Friday, 15 February 2013
Gollancz UK has launched the Gollancz Geeks program, giving genre fans the opportunity to read and provide feedback on pre-publication books. Under the slogan ‘Protecting Genre Fiction for the Future!’, the...
Simon & Schuster launches online women’s fiction community
Friday, 15 February 2013
Simon & Schuster Australia has launched a new online community for readers of commercial women’s fiction, called The Sweet Escape. The website, which officially launched on 14 February to coincide...
ASA launches ebook conversion and sales platform
Friday, 15 February 2013
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has launched a new service offering ebook conversions and direct sales through its website. ASA executive director Angelo Loukakis told Books+Publishing that the Authors...
Penguin Random House merger approved in US; Australian, NZ reviews findings expected in March
Friday, 15 February 2013
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has completed its review of the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House, clearing the merger of the two publishers ‘unconditionally’. Thomas Rabe,...
Oldfield, Noble appointed SWF publicists; Nahlous joins SWF board
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Publicist and literary agent Benython Oldfield from Zeitgeist Media Group has been appointed as festival publicist for the 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF). SWF said in a statement that Oldfield...
‘Reading Time’ unlikely to be printed in 2014; electronic journal and POD options explored
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Reading Time, the quarterly journal produced by the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA), is unlikely to continue in its printed form in 2014, the organisation has confirmed. The decision...
Hatchet Job of the Year Award winner announced
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Camilla Long has won the Hatchet Job of the Year Award for her Sunday Times review of Rachel Cusk’s memoir of marital disharmony and divorce Aftermath (Faber). Now in its second year, the award...
Tamblyn appointed chief content officer at Kobo
Thursday, 14 February 2013
In Canada, Michael Tamblyn has been appointed as chief content officer at ebook provider Kobo. The company said in a statement that Tamblyn’s promotion will make him responsible for ‘content acquisition...
IPG Independent Publishing Awards shortlists announced
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2013 Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) Independent Publishing Awards have been announced. Alma Books, John Blake Publishing and last year’s winner Constable & Robinson...
Macmillan Education expands presence in United Arab Emirates
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Macmillan Education UK is expanding its presence in the United Arab Emirates and the wider Gulf region, appointing Matthew Hayes to manage the publisher’s operations in the region, reports the...
Australian children’s laureates to attend Bologna summit
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Australia’s inaugural children’s laureates Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor will attend the first international children’s laureate summit at this year's Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The event, to be held on...
Bowker launches ebook conversion service through My Identifiers
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Self-publishers who are signed up to Bowker’s My Identifers platform in the US are now being offered an ebook conversion service through Data Conversion Laboratory’s (DCL) EPUB on Demand, reports...
ANZSI Conference to be held in Wellington, NZ
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) Conference will this year be held in Wellington, New Zealand from 12-15 March. This is the first time the biennial conference...
RIP Margaret Dunkle
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Margaret Dunkle, children’s librarian, bookseller, author, reviewer and life member of the Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA), has died in Ubud, Bali, aged 91. Virginia...
New libraries open in NSW, WA; construction underway for libraries in Albury, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
A number of new libraries in Australia have recently opened, while others are under construction or awaiting construction. In Byron Bay, NSW, a new $3.75 million library has now opened. As previously reported by...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold German translation rights to Amber (Deborah Challinor); Spanish translation rights to Destined to Feel and Destined to Fly (Indigo Bloome); Polish translation rights to Destined to...
Ebooks grow to 18% of sales at Hachette Australia; Lagardere sales up 1.9%
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Ebooks sales accounted for 18% of overall sales at Hachette Australia in 2012, compared to 12% in 2011. Hachette Australia managing director Matt Richell told Books+Publishing that ‘as with many...
Nagelkerke wins 2013 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Christchurch writer, book judge and former librarian Bill Nagelkerke has won the 2013 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award. The award recognises Nagelkerke’s contribution to New Zealand writing for...
International Library News
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Patterson remains most borrowed author at UK public libraries James Patterson has topped the most borrowed author list at UK public libraries for the sixth year running, according to the...
In brief
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
SLNSW artefacts to travel to regional NSW Artefacts relating to British settlement of Australia will travel to primary schools in regional New South Wales this year as part of the...
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