Publishers support agreement to reduce PIR timeframe
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Most major Australian publishers have said that they support the Book Industry Speed to Market Initiative, developed by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), which...
Cunningham appointed Literature Board chair
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Author and former Meanjin editor Sophie Cunningham has been appointed to the position of chair of the Australia Council Literature Board. Cunningham, who started in the role on 16 May,...
Byrne appointed to VIP Program committee
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
The Australia Council has announced Wenona Byrne has joined the Visiting International Publishers (VIP) Program committee. Byrne, who is rights and international sales manager at Allen & Unwin, joins existing...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
‘We expect, conservatively, that just under a quarter of the Australian population will purchase an ebook in the next six months, and there’s a real possibility of much steeper growth....
International library news
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Two new libraries for South African school children A fundraising program run by the library team from Monash South Africa, a campus of Monash University, will see two new libraries...
In Brief
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Spotify launches in Australia Swedish music-streaming service Spotify launched on 22 May in Australia and New Zealand. Spotify provides free access to over 16 million tracks from computers, smartphones, tablets,...
SLV makes nonfiction ebooks available
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
SLV makes nonfiction ebooks available The State Library of Victoria is making thousands of Australian nonfiction books available through the Electronic Book Library (EBL). Victorian registered library users can borrow...
Hachette offers new ebooks to some US libraries
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Major US trade publisher Hachette Book Group (HBG), which has not made new ebooks available to libraries since April 2010, has created a pilot program to bring a selection of their...
Global support for Harvard’s open access model
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Supporters around the world have joined the ‘open access movement’, following Harvard’s call to its academics to publish all scholarly material in open access journals. As previously reported by Bookseller+Publisher,...
Libraries and the 2012/13 Victorian State Budget
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Libraries and the 2012/13 Victorian State Budget The 2012/13 State Budget released on 1 May included $12.7 million over four years for the public libraries funding program – 3.4 million...
Year of Reading Public Library Membership Drive launched
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
On 21 May Arts Minister Simon Crean launched the National Year of Reading Public Library Membership Drive at Queanbeyan City Library. 'Almost half of all Australians are members of public...
Harry Potter ebooks available via Kobo
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Kobo has announced it is now licensed to sell Harry Potter ebooks. Like all booksellers licensed to sell the ebooks, Kobo can offer the titles on its platform but they...
Holman awarded 2012 Creative New Zealand Iowa residency
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
New Zealand poet Jeffrey Paparoa Holman has been awarded Creative New Zealand’s 2012 University of Iowa residency. Holman, the author of Best of Both Worlds: The Story of Elsdon Best...
Cornelius awarded 2012 Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellowship
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Patricia Cornelius has been awarded the 2012 Patrick White Playwrights' Fellowship. Cornelius, whose play Do Not Go Gentle (Currency Press) won the 2011 Victorian Premier’s Award for drama, was announced...
Kobo owner leads US$100 million investment in Pinterest
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Rakuten, the Japanese owner of Kobo, has led a US$100 million (A$102 million) investment round in the image-based social network site Pinterest, reports the Financial Times. ‘They use beautiful graphics very...
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...
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