New technology to allow Bookshout users to import ebooks from any platform
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Social reading platform and retailer BookShout has announced it will introduce new technology that will ‘allow its users to legally import their previous and future ebook purchases into their BookShout...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), which ran from 3-7 October in the mountain village of Ubud in Bali, Indonesia, has reported its ‘largest and most ambitious program yet’, with the...
Akle and Mamamia launch new online book show
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Get Reading! project director Cheryl Akle has collaborated with website Mamamia to create a new online book show called The Book Circle. The monthly program, which can be viewed on...
Faber to change logo
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Faber has announced it will be changing its branding and ‘slimming down the iconic “ff” logo’, reports the Bookseller. Faber sales and marketing director Will Atkinson outlined some of the...
Amazon to introduce Kindle lending in Europe
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Amazon will launch its Kindle Owners’ Lending Library in the UK from the end of October, reports the Bookseller. As part of the service, Kindle owners who are Amazon Prime...
ILF: $515,000 raised this year; ASA auction raises more than $13,000
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has raised $515,000 this year to fund efforts to improve literacy levels and the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Australians living in remote areas. ILF...
HathiTrust case dismissed; Judge rules ‘fair use’
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
In the US, federal judge Harold Baer has dismissed the Authors Guild lawsuit against digital repository HathiTrust, ruling that HathiTrust’s book scanning project falls within ‘fair use’ exemptions of copyright...
Softlink, QBD to expand ‘Oliver Marketplace’ program nationally
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Library services provider Softlink and bookselling chain QBD have announced that their Oliver Marketplace purchasing system is now available to all libraries across Australia. The system, which allows school libraries...
Twyford-Moore appointed EWF director
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced that Sam Twyford-Moore will take over the role of festival director from Lisa Dempster, who announced in April that she would be stepping...
International Library News
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
IFLA Awards presented in Helsinki The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) presented a number of awards to individuals at the recent IFLA World Library and Information Congress...
In brief
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Judge dismisses Authors Guild lawsuit against HathiTrust In the US, federal judge Harold Baer has dismissed the Authors Guild lawsuit against digital repository HathiTrust, ruling that HathiTrust’s book scanning project...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
‘Anything with the word “quirky” in it, or implied in the pitch, and we struggled. We quickly had to change pitches on those titles’—Random House rights manager Nerrilee Weir on...
Australia Post to deliver on weekends this Christmas
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Australia Post has announced it will deliver parcels to households on weekends in November and December this year, as well as extending opening hours for parcel collections at its retail...
Oyster plans ‘Spotify’ for ebooks
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Oyster, the US ebook subscription service founded in July this year, ‘has secured [US]$3 million [(A$2.9)] dollars in venture funding that it will use to build a sort of Spotify for...
Amazon will not make money on latest Kindles
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has confirmed that the company will not make a profit from sales of its latest Kindle tablet and ereader devices, reports the BBC. ‘We sell...
Kobo acquires French software company Acquafadas
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Kobo has acquired the French digital software company Acquafadas for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller, which said it was a move ‘designed to bring ‘illustrated e-books and magazines and...
Depp gets imprint at HarperCollins
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Actor Johnny Depp has launched his own imprint with HarperCollins US, reports the Bookseller. The imprint Infinitum Nihil—which means ‘nothing is forever’ and is also the name of his production company—has...
German retailer plans ultra cheap ereader
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
German ebook retailer Txtr has announced plans to offer an eink ereading device ‘that can be ‘offered as an inexpensive premium through phone plans’, reports Publishers Weekly. ‘The new device,...
Amazon launches author ranking
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Amazon has launched an ‘author rank’ feature on its website, reports Publishers Weekly. ‘The new ranking is based on cumulative sales of all books by each author and like its...
2012 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards announced
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
The winners of the 2012 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Young Children Come Down, Cat!...
Beyond bookstores: Books in retail spaces
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Clothing stores, craft shops and even chocolatiers are all potential booksellers, writes Andrew Wrathall. Prominently displayed in Surfection, a clothing store in an inner-city Melbourne shopping centre, is a stack...
Tim White: Does the cookbook industry need a gastric bypass?
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Here at Books for Cooks, we are looking long and hard at the forthcoming publishers’ catalogues and book lists for Christmas. It’s with a mixture of equal parts excitement and...
Following the crowd?: Crowdfunding books
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Crowdfunding is flavor of the month, but is it a long-term answer to publisher and bookshop funding models? Lucy Stewart reports.A phenomenon that began as a way to fund band...
Out of the RED: Banafsheh Serov’s rebranded bookstores
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
When REDgroup collapsed in 2011, franchise co-owner Banafsheh Serov rebranded her family’s stores as Sydney independent Your Bookshop. She now runs four stores. This story does not begin in Sydney,...
Your store: Chapter Two’s pop-up stalls
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Shoppers in Adelaide’s CBD have been treated to a new kind of book-buying experience over the past couple of months, with book stalls popping up on the city’s busy street...
Your store: A royal display
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
To celebrate the launch of Philippa Gregory’s latest novel The Kingmaker’s Daughter in August, Simon & Schuster partnered with Dymocks George Street to create a window display with a difference....
Editor’s picks: October/November 2012
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
The end of the year brings collections aplenty and some excellent YA, writes Andrea Hanke. Of the many collections coming out in the next few months, the one I’m most...
Interview with Pamela Cook on ‘Blackwattle Lake’
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Pamela Cook has created a feisty new character in Eve, the heroine of Blackwattle Lake (Hachette, December). The author spoke to Sarina Gale. Read the review here. You capture the...
Shelf talk: Classic comics
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
At Christmas, it’s best to remember that the rarities in life make for the best gifts. Rarely does a Manga artist gain such success and popularity on his first try;...
Shelf talk: Strictly business
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
‘How do we fix this mess?’ asks Robert Peston in his book of the same name (Hodder, November). The financial crash of 2007/8 and the subsequent economic slump in much...
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