Australian, NZ McGraw Hill operations included in private equity acquisition
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
The sale of McGraw-Hill Education to US private equity group Apollo Global Management will include the publisher’s Australian and New Zealand operations. A spokesperson for McGraw-Hill Education in the US...
‘Island’ secures funding for 2013
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Island magazine has secured $60,000 funding for 2013 from Arts Tasmania. Editor Dale Campisi told Bookseller+Publisher that the publication ‘will survive to see another year as we have secured funding...
Cookbook thief targets Melbourne bookstores
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
A cookbook thief posing as a restaurant worker has targeted several Melbourne bookstores in the past week, and has been spotted at the Avenue Bookstore in Elsternwick and Readings stores...
Pennicott wins second Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
The short story ‘Shadows’ by Josephine Pennicott has won the 2012 HarperCollins First Prize in this year’s Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Awards. Pennicott’s story ‘about obsession, grief and the...
2012 NSW Marketing Awards for Public Libraries winners announced
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
The winners of the 2012 New South Wales Marketing Awards for Public Libraries have been announced. The winning libraries and their programs are: Shoalhaven Libraries for ‘Branching Out’ Walcha Library for...
In brief
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Brisbane libraries to waive fees for food this Christmas City libraries in Brisbane will waive overdue fees in exchange for canned food this Christmas. The initiative last year resulted in...
International Library News
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Bilbary to launch e-lending service in December Ebook provider Bilbary has announced plans to launch an e-lending service in December, reports the Bookseller. Bilbary founder Tim Coates said that the...
Specialist bookshop for sale
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Specialist online and bricks-and-mortar bookseller Pitstop is for sale. The bookseller, which specialises in motoring books and media, is currently based in Perth. However, owner and general manager Peter Lyster...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
‘Not to have a new Bryce Courtenay novel to work on will leave a hole in my publishing life. Not to have Bryce Courtenay in my life will be to...
2012 KROC Awards winners announced
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
The winners of this year’s Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards, the children’s choice book awards for the Northern Territory, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Very...
NZ PM’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2012 winners announced
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
The New Zealand Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement were announced on 26 November in Wellington. Albert Wendt was awarded the prize for fiction, Sam Hunt was awarded the prize for poetry,...
HarperCollins launches digital YA imprint in US
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
HarperCollins is launching a new digital imprint for YA short stories and novellas in a range of genres, reports the New York Times. To be called HarperTeen Impulse, the imprint...
Lonely Planet Melbourne headquarters for sale
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
The owners of the Melbourne property that houses Lonely Planet are advertising to sell the property. Colliers International, on behalf of Trilogy Capital Group, is currently seeking expressions of interest for...
Amazon to release previously unpublished Vonnegut stories as Kindle Serials
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Amazon is releasing a collection of six previously unpublished short stories, an unfinished science-fiction story and an unpublished nonfiction essay by Kurt Vonnegut as Kindle Serials, to sell for US$2.99...
‘The Opium War’ first nonfiction title to win Jan Michalski Prize for Literature
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China by Julia Lovell (Picador) has won the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, which ‘recognises work which contributes to political and cultural...
Mcgraw Hill education to be acquired by private equity group in US
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
McGraw-Hill Cos. (MHC) has agreed to sell McGraw-Hill Education to the private equity group Apollo Global Management for US$2.5 billion (A$1.96 billion), reports Publishers Weekly (PW). ‘MHC hopes to complete...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
The seventh book in Jeff Kinney’s ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series The Third Wheel (Puffin) has gone straight to the top of the Nielsen bestsellers chart and highest new entries...
Almost 2000 publishers expected to attend Guadalajara book fair
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
The 2012 Guadalajara International Book Fair in Mexico is expected to attract close to 1900 publishers from 40 countries and 600,000 visitors, reports Publishers Weekly. The fair kicked off on...
McGee awarded 2013 NZ$75,000 Menton Fellowship
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Playwright and author Greg McGee has been awarded the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship for 2013. The Fellowship provides the winner with a residency of at least six months in Menton,...
Greens propose amendments to Fair Work Act for casual workers
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Australian Greens deputy leader Adam Bandt has introduced a private member’s bill calling for an amendment to the Fair Work Act to protect casual workers, reports Inside Retailing. However, small...
Hager wins 2013 NZ Beatson Fellowship
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) has announced that Mandy Hager is the winner of the 2013 Beatson Fellowship. The fellowship, worth NZ$7000 (A$5500), also gives the recipient the...
Carmody appointed NZ arts festival’s writers week program manager
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Kathryn Carmody has been appointed as program manager of the 2014 New Zealand International Arts Festival Writers and Readers Week. Carmody is a publicist and former bookseller at Capital Books...
Hachette US to launch EPUB3 pilot program
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
In the US, Hachette has announced plans to launch an EPUB3 publishing program, starting with 16 titles between November 2012 and March 2013, reports Publishers Weekly. The EPUB3 standard, developed by...
Routledge to publish ALIA journals from 2013
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced that Taylor & Francis will publish ALIA’s scholarly journals Australian Library Journal and Australian Academic and Research Libraries from 2013. ALIA...
Brands responsible for moderating Facebook comments
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
The Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) has said that brands will be responsible for comments by the public on their Facebook pages. The AANA has released guidelines on best practice for...
Christmas closing list: submissions close this Friday 30 November
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Publishers and distributors are asked to advise the Weekly Book Newsletter of their Christmas closing dates by 5pm this Friday 30 November. A full list will appear in the Weekly Book...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to The China Choice: Why America Should Share Power (Hugh White) to Oxford University Press. Fiction—Text has sold rights...
ABA NSW Rep of the Year Awards announced
Monday, 26 November 2012
The winners of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) NSW Rep of the Year Awards were announced in Sydney on 23 November. Stephanie Hoy from Random House won the metro and the...
SPN to launch national roadshow in 2013
Monday, 26 November 2012
The Small Press Network (SPN) plans to launch a year-long roadshow in 2013 that will involve events in each state. SPN general manager Zoe Dattner told Bookseller+Publisher that the network...
UK booksellers report strong demand for new ereaders
Monday, 26 November 2012
UK retailers are reporting strong demand for new ereading devices in the lead-up to Christmas, reports the Bookseller. Blackwell’s and Foyles, which both sell Barnes & Noble’s Nook devices, have...
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