Charts this week
Monday, 29 May 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 No Middle Name Lee Child Bantam 2 Into the Water Paula Hawkins Doubleday 3 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 4 The...
Felicity Castagna’s ‘No More Boats’
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
‘In a beautifully observed study of migrants who are acceptable (the Italians, the Greeks), tolerated (the Vietnamese) and deplored (the asylum seeker “flood” of the 21st century: Muslim terrorists!), Castagna...
Under the influence: Reaching online influencers
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
As ‘old media’ books coverage shrinks, the influence of voices in ‘new media’ is becoming increasingly important. But how do publishers reach online influencers—and how are traditional influencers growing their...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
‘Whenever we are honest about sales results, authors despair and readers are puzzled, imagining that the myth of instant success and quitting the day job is real’—UWA Publishing’s Terri-ann White...
Book blogger spotlight: Readers in Wonderland
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Australian blogger Rebecca Daly collaborates with US-based Alise McGriffin on YA blog Readers in Wonderland, where they post 'reviews, pretty pictures and fangirling'. Daly’s blogging style incorporates GIFs and images...
Charts this week
Monday, 22 May 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Into the Water Paula Hawkins Doubleday 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 3 The Fix David Baldacci Macmillan 4 Against All...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
‘With less mid-market clutter, when a book like Hera Lindsay Bird or Can You Tolerate This? or My Father’s Island catches on it gets more attention and better sales than...
Book-to-film adaptations coming in 2017
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
The second half of 2017 promises a wide selection of book-to-film adaptations, with remakes of popular classics, adaptions of new sci-fi novels and much in between. Christina Copeland rounds up...
Book blogger spotlight: Books for a Delicate Eternity
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Chiara Sullivan blogs about YA books, with a particular focus on diversity and LGBTQIA+ representation, in her blog Books for a Delicate Eternity. ‘Books need to represent the people who...
Marlee Jane Ward’s ‘Psynode’
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
‘Both the original novella and its sequel are powerful, gripping and fresh. Ward effortlessly plays around with language. Her dialogue feels authentically young and edgy, and she captures the diversity...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold Spanish rights in Latin America to Silver Wattle (Belinda Alexandra) to Ediciones B Mexico SA de CV. Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold UK and Commonwealth audio rights...
Charts this week
Monday, 15 May 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Into the Water Paula Hawkins Doubleday 2 A Court of Wings and Ruin Sarah J Maas Bloomsbury 3 The Fix David Baldacci...
Book blogger spotlight: Reading Matters
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
UK-based Australian blogger Kim Forrester started Reading Matters in 2004 to help her remember what she was reading. Now she likes to focus on ‘books that may have slipped under...
Margaret Hamilton: A life in children’s books
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Former children’s book publisher Margaret Hamilton AM recently retired from the national board of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) after 57 years with the organisation. In her retirement...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
‘In Australia we are all, increasingly, being denied participation in, and exposure to, art and arts criticism’—Anwen Crawford on ‘the crisis in Australian arts coverage’ in the Monthly.
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold world German-language rights to Bonkers (Michelle Holman) to Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur. Scribe has sold UK & Commonwealth audio rights to The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy...
Inga Simpson’s ‘Understory: A Life with Trees’
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
‘While each of Simpson’s novels has shown a strong connection to land and nature, this book allows her to expand her observations and concerns, and to preserve and celebrate her...
Charts this week
Monday, 8 May 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 The Fix David Baldacci Macmillan 3 Against All Odds Danielle Steel Macmillan 4 Work Strife...
‘Books+Publishing’s guide to the Miles Franklin longlist
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Nine titles are vying for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award, including four from multinational publishers and five from small, independent publishers. Read Books+Publishing’s reviews of all nine titles here.
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
‘This year’s longlist, unusually, is nearly all contemporary and urban’—State Library of NSW Mitchell librarian Richard Neville on the Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist
Anna Spargo-Ryan’s ‘The Gulf’
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
‘Just a year after her debut novel The Paper House was released to enthusiastic reviews, Anna Spargo-Ryan returns with another impressive novel that will have readers feeling every emotion experienced...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Sales Fiction—Text has sold Catalan and Lithuanian rights to Fear (Dirk Kurbjuweit) to Ara Llibres and Baltos Lankos, respectively; Dutch rights to The Spare Room (Helen Garner) to Colibri; and...
Charts this week
Monday, 1 May 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 The Thirst Jo Nesbo Harvill Secker 3 The CSIRO Low-Carb Diet Grant Brinkworth & Pennie...
Children’s Institute 2017: STEM, mindfulness books contributing to growth
Thursday, 27 April 2017
STEM, mindfulness, graphic novels, pre-digital nostalgia and diversity were among the trends discussed at this year’s Children’s Institute in the US, reports Readings Kids manager Angela Crocombe.
Quote of the week
Thursday, 27 April 2017
‘Although we will remain very fond of the print magazine, for a small publisher with the ambitions to continue publishing more writers, to better remunerate them, and to create new...
Danielle Binks’ ‘Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology’
Thursday, 27 April 2017
‘With pieces that range from the fantastical to those grounded firmly in reality, this collection has a lot to offer its young-adult readership’ … read Bec Kavanagh’s full review here.
Book blogger spotlight: Book Thingo
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Kat Mayo runs the romance-focused blog Book Thingo, which started in 2008 as a spin-off from her personal blog. ‘At the time, it was difficult to find information on release dates...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Sales Fiction—Black Inc. has sold UK rights to She’s Having Her Baby and Crazy Busy Guilty (both Lauren Sams) to Legend Press; and North American rights to The Last Man...
Charts this week
Monday, 24 April 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Really Weird!: WeirDo Anh Do Scholastic 3 War Cry Wilbur Smith HarperCollins 4 Good Night...
Question time: Alexandra Payne on the role of the publisher
Thursday, 20 April 2017
‘To innovate and plan for the future, we need to truly understand what it is that we do, what services we offer—to authors, readers, booksellers and more—and how those services...
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