Ebooks in Oz: new survey reveals consumer trends
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
In January 2012, Bowker Market Research conducted a survey into the emerging ebook market in Australia and nine other countries, including the US, UK, India, Brazil and Japan. We share...
The social network: technology and bookselling
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
From social media ‘evangelists’ to technophobes, booksellers are a mixed lot—but social media is a learning process for everyone, writes Matthia Dempsey. Using social media to drive community engagement with...
Judging the winners: APA Annual Book Design Awards 2012
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
‘Publishers and designers need to take more chances’ was the message from the judges at this year’s APA Book Design Awards, held at the Powerhouse Museum on 17 May as...
‘My Life in a Pea Soup’ wins Finch Memoir Prize
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
The 2012 Finch Memoir Prize was awarded to Lisa Nops for her manuscript My Life in a Pea Soup. The prize, presented on 19 May at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, is...
SMH Best Young Australian Novelists announced
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
The winners of the 2012 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists were announced at the Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) on 20 May. The winners are: Melanie Joosten (Berlin Syndrome,...
WH Smith to open two new Oz stores in July; international stores report ‘record profit performance’
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
UK bookselling chain WH Smith will open two new stores in Australia this year, bringing the number of WH Smith outlets across the country to eight. A spokesperson for WH...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Sales Nonfiction—Rockpool has sold translation rights to Spain for Doulas and translation rights to Italy for 2013 Lunar & Seasonal Diary. Children’s/YA—Scholastic Australia has finalised the licences for Chinese Simplified...
Milne appointed nonfiction publisher at HarperCollins
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
HarperCollins Australia has announced Catherine Milne will join the company as an associate publisher for nonfiction. Milne, who will take up the position on 25 June, has held the role...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
The fifth book in the YA fantasy ‘Mortal Instruments’ series, City of Lost Souls (Cassandra Clare, Walker Books), tops the highest new entries chart and is in second place on...
RiP Jean Craighead George
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Jean Craighead George, children’s book author, has died aged 92. George is best known for the novels Julie of the Wolves (1972) and My Side of the Mountain (1959). She...
New Greek writers festival announced
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
A new Greek writers festival will be convened by Helen Nickas and Konstandina Dounis. The Antipodes Writers Festival, to be held from 15 to 17 June at the Wheeler Centre,...
TMA revealed as mystery PMP bidder
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Australian label and ticketing printer TMA has been revealed as the company behind the mystery takeover bid for PMP, parent company of book printer Griffin Press, reports Print21. According to...
Franco among authors to feature in The Big Issue Fiction Edition
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
The Big Issue is accepting submissions for its 2012 fiction edition until 31 May. Academy Award-nominated actor James Franco has written a story that will feature in the magazine's annual...
Bradley wins 2012 Pascall Prize
Monday, 21 May 2012
The 2012 Pascall Prize has been awarded to author and newspaper and magazine writer James Bradley. Bradley was awarded the $15,000 prize, which was judged by previous winners Geordie Williamson (2011) and Alison Croggon...
2012 ABIA winners announced
Sunday, 20 May 2012
The winners of this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced on Friday 18 May at a special event in Sydney. Hosted by the ABC’s Paul Barclay, this year’s...
APA Book Design Awards 2012 winners announced
Friday, 18 May 2012
The winners of this year's Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards were announced on Thursday 17 May in Sydney as part of the Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF). The winning...
2012 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards winners announced
Thursday, 17 May 2012
The winners of the 2012 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards were announced at a ceremony on Wednesday 16 May in Wellington. The winners are: New Zealand Post Children’s Book of the Year Nice...
Screen Australia funds book-to-film adaptations
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Telemovie The Broken Shore, based on the novel by Peter Temple (Text), will receive part of a $5.6 million investment from Screen Australia that is spread among three adult and...
APA, ABA agree to work towards 14/14 day PIR timeframe
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
As reported in a Bookseller+Publisher Special Bulletin on Tuesday 15 May, the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) have reached an agreement to work towards reducing...
SPUNC to hold independent publishers conference in November; new prize for small publishers announced
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
The Small Press Network (SPUNC) has announced that it will hold a new conference for independent publishers in Melbourne in November. The Independent Publishers’ Conference, which has received some financial...
Gordon and Gotch sells Brumby Books to Sunstate Books
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
PMP subsidiary Gordon and Gotch Australia (GGA) has announced that it has sold Brumby Books and Music to Brisbane-based books and stationery wholesaler Sunstate Books. Brumby Books said in a...
Dymocks Tauranga goes independent, rebrands as Chapter 2
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
The Dymocks store in Tauranga, New Zealand, is now trading as an independent bookstore under the name Chapter 2. Els Jones, who owns the store with her partner Phil, told...
BBWF announces international authors
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
The Byron Bay Writers' Festival has announced international guests Katherine Boo and Mohammed Hanif will be part of the 2012 program. Boo is a staff writer for the New Yorker...
Newly located Darwin Wordstorm ‘a great success’
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
This year’s Wordstorm festival, held in Darwin from 10 to 13 May, ‘seems to have been a great success’, according to director Hamish McDonald. McDonald told Bookseller+Publisher that the majority of...
Australia Council review recommends increased funding and flexible ‘advisory panels’ to replace artform boards
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
A review of the Australia Council by Gabrielle Trainor and Angus James has recommended the council receive $21.25 million in additional funding per year. The review also recommends that the...
Australian Historical Association awards shortlists announced
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
The Australian Historical Association (AHA) has announced the 2012 shortlists for the Magarey Medal for Biography Award and the Kay Daniels Award. The Magarey Medal Award shortlist is: My Blood's...
‘Northern Voyagers’ wins NT Chief Minister’s Book of the Year award
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
The winners of this year’s Territory Read awards were announced on 10 May during the Darwin Wordstorm writers festival. The winner of this year’s $5000 Northern Territory Chief Minister’s Book...
US BISG research finds growing preference for tablets over dedicated ereaders
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
In the US, new consumer research has found that ebook consumers’ preference for tablets instead of dedicated ereaders is accelerating. The second installment in Volume Three of the Book Industry...
Book Street in Toorak to close by August
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Independent Melbourne bookstore Book Street will close by August. Owner David Marlow told Bookseller+Publisher that the current lease on the Toorak store ends in early August, however, the store may...
Co-op relaunches at University of Canberra
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
The Co-op Bookshop has re-launched its store at the University of Canberra. The new store is more than double the size of the bookselling chain’s previous store on the campus...
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