ABA conference round-up
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The 2011 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) national conference was held on 24 and 25 July in Melbourne, attracting around 300 attendees each day, with a trade exhibition drawing 53 exhibitors....
Galley Club Awards 2011
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The 2011 Galley Club Awards for excellence in book and magazine production were announced by the Galley Club of Sydney on 22 July.The winner of the Book of the Year...
Prosecutors serve Hicks order to restrain memoir funds
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions served David Hicks with a notice of application for an order to restrain funds from the sale of Hicks's memoirs Guantanamo: My Journey (William...
McGlade wins 2011 Stanner Award
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Hannah McGlade, a human rights lawyer and social justice activist has won the 2011 Stanner Award. McGlade won the award, which is sponsored by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and...
Inside the current issue: Selling online now
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
A new report from Price Waterhouse Coopers and Frost and Sullivan suggests that 95% of consumers search the web for product information before making a purchase online and over 65%...
Man Booker 2011 longlist announced
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The titles longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize have been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes, Jonathan Cape)On Canaan's Side (Sebastian Barry, Faber)Jamrach's Menagerie (Carol Birch,...
Around the world
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Bulwer-Lytton award for bad writingBooks-a-Million abandons Borders US bid Amazon set to open in...
Indigenous Literary Foundation update
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
In a session on the Indigenous Literary Foundation (ILF) at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Sunday afternoon, program manager Debra Dank told the audience that in 2009-2010 the foundation...
Quote of the week
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Trying to get stock numbers right is ‘technically a buggery bollocks'--Michael Moynahan, CEO HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand, during the industry Q&A session at the Australian Booksellers Association national conference....
ABIAs announced
Monday, 25 July 2011
The 2011 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced on Monday 25 July at a ceremony in Melbourne.Hosted by comedian Alan Brough, the awards celebrate the best Australian books, authors,...
2011 Victorian Premier?s Literary Awards shortlists announced
Monday, 25 July 2011
The shortlists for this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were announced in Melbourne on 26 July. This year's shortlist has been branded as 'the Premier's 21', reflecting the idea that...
Media Extra: What’s hot?
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Bella Vendramini, author of Biting the Big Apple, is back with a new tale of her adventures called Naked in Public: A True Story of Surviving Mr Right Through Love,...
For the chance to win one of 20 Madman DVD packs, complete our survey!
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
For the chance to win one of 20 DVD packs from Madman Entertainment, simply take a few minutes to complete our Readers' Survey, online here.
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
In rights news this week: SalesChildren's--Random House has licensed the first six titles in the 'Alice-Miranda' series (Jacqueline Harvey) to Random House London (previous rights sales to North America, Turkey...
NZ book industry awards winners announced
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
The winners of this year's New Zealand book industry awards, sponsored by Thorpe-Bowker, were announced on 17 July at the 2011 Booksellers New Zealand Conference in Wellington. Benny's Bookshop in...
Forthcoming events
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Whitsunday Writers Festival: 22-24 July87th ABA Conference & Trade Exhibition: 24-25 JulyNew Voices Festival, Eltham, Victoria:...
Gleebooks and Fullers sign with Booki.sh
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Independent bookselling chains Gleebooks and Fullers could begin selling ebooks as early as next month, following the news last week that the two stores have signed with the Booki.sh platform....
Dymocks Elsternwick, World Square close; Castle Hill to open next week
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Dymocks has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that its stores in Elsternwick, Victoria, and the World Square shopping complex in Sydney, have closed down. Steve Cox, general manger for buying,...
Local operations contribute to strong financial results for Wiley
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
International publisher John Wiley & Sons has recorded a three percent increase in total revenues and a 20% increase in net income for the fiscal year ending 30 April 2011. In the...
Demetriou to join A&U
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Allen & Unwin has announced that former HarperCollins chief operating officer Jim Demetriou will join the publisher in the role of sales and marketing director at the beginning of next month. ...
On Fancy Goods
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
On Fancy Goods this week, we check out who to follow on Twitter during the ABA Conference, Dave Martus reviews 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia...
Faber Academy to launch Melbourne program
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
The Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin has announced that it will offer creative writing courses in Melbourne this year. The Academy, which launched in Australia with a Sydney program...
Australia Post making ‘a substantial loss’ delivering overseas parcels
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Australia Post has confirmed that it 'incurs a substantial loss' on the processing of inbound international parcels. In a submission to the Productivity Commission Retail Inquiry, Australia Post estimated that...
Quote of the week
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
‘Australia Post estimates that it will make a loss of A$1.06 per inbound international airmail packet (parcels less than 2 kilograms) on a volume of approximately 39.7 million articles'--Australia Post...
Giveaway! Double Movie Pass to ‘The Illusionist’
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
In the late 1950s an out-dated and aging magician travels the globe in search of work, forced to accept increasingly obscure engagements to get by. Travelling to Scotland, his gloom...
Around the world
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Borders US to be liquidated: 400 stores to close the Bookseller joins opposition to...
In Brief
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Google Books status conference rescheduled for SeptemberIn the US, Judge Denny Chin has rescheduled a status conference for the Google Books Settlement for a third time. The parties in the...
ACCC to undertake ‘informal review’ of Pearson’s REDgroup online acquisition
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced last week that it will undertake an 'informal review' of the proposed acquisition of the REDgroup online business by Pearson. The ACCC...
Milne retires from Abbey’s Bookshop
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Sydney bookseller Peter Milne has announced his retirement this week. Milne has 50 years' experience in the Australian book trade, beginning his career with Golden Press in Perth before moving...
Inside the current issue: reviewers’ top picks
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Among the top picks from the August issue of Bookseller+Publisher are Anna Funder's debut novel All That I Am (Hamish Hamilton, September), Empire Day (Diane Armstrong, Fourth Estate, September), House...
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