Charts this week
Friday, 10 June 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Me Before You (Film Tie In) Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 2 The Emperor's Revenge Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison Michael Joseph 3...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold world audio rights to True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia (David Hunt) to Audible. Children—Hardie Grant Egmont has sold North American rights to Together...
Ashleigh Wilson’s ‘Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing’
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
‘A good subject is important, and Brett Whiteley was a genius who occupied a unique place in Australian culture. He was creative, selfish and, in the end, destructive, pushing boundaries...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
‘It’s a dire time for the arts in Australia. It’s not just the cuts in funding, it’s the way that artists are made, in an abundance of casual ways, to...
Small publisher spotlight: Inkerman & Blunt
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Established in 2013, Melbourne-based Inkerman & Blunt publishes poetry, prose and nonfiction of ‘originality, intelligence and beauty’. According to founder Donna Ward, ‘high-quality production values, dedication to extraordinary books, and...
Rethinking business: The market for business books
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Books on leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation are attracting new readers to the business books category, while a strong backlist remains essential to sales, writes Andrea Hanke. Read her article in...
Charts this week
Monday, 6 June 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Me Before You Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 2 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins Black Swan 3 The World's Worst Children...
Small publisher spotlight: Aulexic
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
WA-based publisher Aulexic specialises in books for children with language and literacy difficulties, launching its first titles in 2015. ‘Originally, we started as a simple home-school project to encourage my...
Unstuck in the middle: Middle-grade fiction in Australia
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
‘What happens when there aren’t enough middle-grade books to challenge children to move out of early readers? What if they’re never compelled to read YA literature, or else stop recreational...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
‘Somehow we have to try to find a solution to put this issue to bed’—Readings MD Mark Rubbo discusses parallel importation restrictions at the ABA conference
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Sales Fiction—Text has sold Italian rights to Our Tiny, Useless Hearts (Toni Jordan) to Marsilio; and world audio rights to A Few Days in the Country: And Other Stories (Elizabeth...
Tom Griffiths’ ‘The Art of Time Travel: Historians and Their Craft’
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
‘Griffiths sheds light on Australia’s historical tradition—the shifts of orthodoxy and vantage point, the upheavals of technology and societal change, the relevance and scope of its endeavour—and argues for its...
Charts this week
Monday, 30 May 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Last Mile David Baldacci Macmillan 2 Me Before You Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 3 My Life on the Road Gloria Steinem...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
‘It exemplifies how much stronger each year the children’s component of the festival is ... the book sales for kids were enormous’—Gleebooks’ David Gaunt reports on the bestsellers at this...
Retail rewards: An interview with Len Vlahos
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
US book-industry insider, bookseller and YA author Len Vlahos will deliver the keynote at the Australian Booksellers Association conference this weekend. He spoke to Andrea Hanke about the opportunities and...
Small publisher spotlight: Spinifex Press
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Melbourne-based feminist publisher Spinifex Press has been publishing since 1991. The biggest challenge, say co-founders Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein, has been ‘resisting being pigeon-holed’. ‘As a feminist press there...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. (Nero) has sold Russian rights to Forever Young: The Story of Troye Sivan (Alana Wulff) to AST Publishing Group. Acquisitions Fiction—Penguin has acquired ANZ rights to Loose...
Emily Gale’s ‘The Other Side of Summer’
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
‘A beautifully rendered portrayal of grief, family and leaving things behind, The Other Side of Summer is a welcome addition to the shelves of Australian middle fiction’ ... read Bec...
Charts this week
Monday, 23 May 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Last Mile David Baldacci Macmillan 2 The Hidden Oracle Rick Riordan Puffin 3 The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet Michael Mosley Simon...
Bruce Pascoe’s ‘Mrs Whitlam’
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
‘This new book by Bruce Pascoe (Fox a Dog, Sea Horse) has plenty to satisfy any horse lover, but also deftly handles issues of race and privilege’ ... read Angela...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Sales Fiction—UQP has sold Turkish rights to The Midnight Dress (Karen Foxlee) to Gunisigi Publishing via UQP Turkish sub-agent The Kayi Agency; film rights to Blood (Tony Birch) to Lavarch...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
‘The argument is regularly heard that the arts should pay for themselves. This misunderstands the reality of subsidy, because the fact is that there are very few areas of our...
Pricing our business: Terri-ann White on book prices
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
UWA Publishing director Terri-ann White calls for industry-wide resistance to lower book prices and greater efficiency in distribution, including a ‘modified returns policy that kicks in with a minimum order...
Small publisher spotlight: Aboriginal Studies Press
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
ACT-based Aboriginal Studies Press has been publishing titles since 1987, including The Little Red Yellow Black Book: An Introduction to Indigenous Australia, which has sold over 50,000 copies. ‘Like many...
Charts this week
Monday, 16 May 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Last Mile David Baldacci Macmillan 2 The Obsession Nora Roberts Hachette 3 The Apartment Danielle Steel Bantam 4 The Hidden Oracle...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
‘Removing PIRs will result in the swamping of the Australian market with overseas products where the economies of scale are vastly different’—Spinifex Press publisher Susan Hawthorne argues against the repeal...
Small publisher spotlight: Click-Cloud Publishing
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Established in 2014, Sydney-based Click-Cloud Publishing specialises in children’s fiction, adult nonfiction and Macedonian translations. ‘All of our books have a cultural theme, whether it’s Indigenous, Russian, Chinese or Macedonian,...
Melanie Joosten’s ‘A Long Time Coming: Essays on Ageing’
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
‘Combining memoir, research and interviews, Joosten sheds light on the crises facing the elderly, and interrogates the “invisible turning point where we begin to punish the old for existing rather...
Neighbourhood watch: Strengthening ties between Oz and NZ publishing
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Melbourne Writers Festival program manager Jo Case travelled to New Zealand earlier this year to explore the opportunities and challenges for closer ties between our neighbouring publishing industries. Read her...
Charts this week
Monday, 9 May 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Last Mile David Baldacci Macmillan 2 The Obsession Nora Roberts Hachette 3 The Apartment Danielle Steel Bantam 4 Life as I...
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