First NonfictioNow conference held in Melbourne; ‘Reality Hunger’ tops bestseller list
Thursday, 6 December 2012
NonfictioNow, a new conference on nonfiction writing, was held at RMIT University in Melbourne between 21-24 November. Alison Barker, project manager for NonfictioNow, told Bookseller+Publisher that about 400 people attended the conference,...
Eddington appointed Literature Board director
Thursday, 6 December 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that Jill Eddington has been appointed as director of the Literature Board. The Australia Council said in a statement that Eddington will...
Wehner joins ABA management committee
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Clayton Wehner, co-owner of online bookstore Boomerang Books and ebookstore Booku, has joined the management committee of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA). The ABA said in a statement that it...
Curtis wins 2012 Johnno Award
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Bundaberg-based author and festival convener Sandy Curtis has won the 2012 Johnno Award, presented by the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) for outstanding contributions to writing in Queensland. Curtis has written six...
Best books of 2012: a round-up
Thursday, 6 December 2012
The 'best books of the year' lists have become a book industry tradition in the lead-up to Christmas, and this year is no exception. Below we round-up some of the local and...
Huston wins 2012 Bad S-x in Fiction Award for ‘Infrared’
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Canadian author Nancy Huston has won this year’s UK Literary Review Bad S-x in Fiction Award for her book Infrared (Text), reports the Independent. Huston’s novel was selected for the...
Johnson joins BICC
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Simon & Schuster Australia managing director Lou Johnson has joined the Federal Government’s Book Industry Collaboration Council (BICC). Johnson replaces Penguin Australia CEO Gabrielle Coyne on the council and as...
Tenfold increase in sales of Most Underrated Book finalists at Readings in November
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Readings has seen a tenfold increase in sales of the books shortlisted for the inaugural Small Press Network (SPN) Most Underrated Book Award in November, according to books division manager Martin Shaw....
‘Cloudstreet’ tops 10 Aussie Books to Read before You Die
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Tim Winton’s novel Cloudstreet (Penguin) has been voted by readers as the number one Australian book to read before you die, in a competition held by the ABC’s First Tuesday...
HarperCollins Worldwide acquires full ownership of HarperCollins India
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
HarperCollins Worldwide has announced that it has acquired full ownership of HarperCollins India, the joint venture it established with Living Media India in 2003. The publisher said in a statement...
Mary Ryan’s Toowoomba reverts to company ownership
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
The Mary Ryan’s bookstore in Toowoomba, Queensland, has reverted to company ownership after operating as a franchise for five years. Mary Ryan’s CEO Bill Concannon told Bookseller+Publisher that Mary Ryan’s...
Please complete our pre-Christmas survey
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Bookseller+Publisher is currently conducting its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete the survey...
‘King Brown Country’ wins George Munster Award
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
King Brown Country by Russell Skelton (A&U) has won the 2011 George Munster Award for Independent Journalism, presented by the University of Technology Sydney’s Australian Centre for Independent Journalism. The award...
Kobo Mini, Glo available from Bookworld
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Online booksellers Bookworld and Angus & Robertson are now selling two of Kobo’s new ereading devices—the Kobo Mini and the Kobo Glo. The online stores are selling the five-inch Kobo...
Murdoch Books distribution to move to UBD
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Murdoch Books has announced that distribution of its titles will move from Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS) to United Book Distributors (UBD) in January. The move follows the acquisition of...
Co-op Bookshop announces store awards
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
The Co-op Store Awards were announced at the bookselling chain’s Store Managers Conference in November. The following awards were presented for outstanding achievements in 2012: RESET award for excellence in...
Final ‘Weekly Book Newsletter’ for 2012 next week
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Next week’s Weekly Book Newsletter (12 December) will be the last for 2012. The first Weekly Book Newsletter for 2013 will be 9 January 2013. Any news or advertisements for...
Random House Australia to launch digital romance imprint
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Random House Australia has announced that it will launch a digital-first imprint for Australian romance titles called Random Romance. The publisher said in a statement that the imprint will launch...
Virginia Lloyd on what Australian publishers want
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
US-based Australian literary agent Virginia Lloyd recently travelled to Australia to meet with some of the major trade publishers. Below she summarises what Australian publishers are looking for, based on...
International Library News
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
CILIP survey finds over 1000 UK library jobs in danger next year A new survey by the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (CILIP) in the UK has found...
Quote of the Week
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
‘Without a doubt, we are in a dogfight. Make no mistake, publishing juggernauts like Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple are demolishing the Australian writing and publishing industry’—Copyright Agency chair and...
Government gives ‘in principle’ support to lowering GST threshold but rules out immediate change
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
The Federal Government has released an interim response to the recommendations made by its Low Value Parcel Processing Taskforce earlier this year, giving ‘in principle’ support for the recommendation to lower...
Curtis Brown launches self-publishing program with Kindle Direct Publishing
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
In the UK, literary agency Curtis Brown has partnered with Kindle Direct Publishing and Amazon-owned CreateSpace to launch a digital self-publishing program, reports the Bookseller. The program, which launched some...
Platt wins US$75,000 Cundill Prize in History
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
US author Stephen Platt has won the 2012 Cundill Prize in History at McGill University in Canada for his book Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the...
New office for Affirm Press
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Affirm Press is moving to a new office this month. The Melbourne-based publisher, currently located at 1 Jacksons Road in Mulgrave, will relocate to a converted warehouse at 28 Thistlethwaite...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Notorious Nineteen (Hachette), Janet Evanovich’s latest mystery featuring New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, is at the top of this week’s highest new entries chart. The top four titles on...
Authors and publishers make ‘Top 100’ people lists in Melbourne, Sydney magazines
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Fairfax newspapers featured a number of publishing industry professionals in its ‘Top 100’ influential and inspirational people lists in its Sydney and Melbourne magazines published in December. In the Age...
Melbourne’s Westgarth Books closes
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Westgarth Books in Northcote, Melbourne, has closed, and its retail space is available for lease. The bookstore closed soon after holding a large ‘garage sale’ in September. Situated close to Westgarth Cinema, the...
Christmas closing times 2012
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Last day of business First day of business Allen & Unwin Australia Friday 21 December Wednesday 2 January Allen & Unwin New Zealand Friday 21 December Thursday 3 January Alliance...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Sales Fiction—Random House Australia has sold rights to Settler’s Creek (Carl Nixon) to Germany. Pan Macmillan has sold rights to Poet’s Cottage and Currawong Manor (Josephine Pennicott) to Ulstein Publishers...
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