Alex Adsett on applying ethics to ebooks
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
What ethics should readers be aware of when shopping for ebooks? Alex Adsett lays out some of the options and their consequences for authors, publishers, booksellers and the broader industry. Read...
Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner’s ‘These Broken Stars’
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Society princess Lilac LaRoux and war hero from the wrong side of the tracks Tarver Merendsen lock eyes across the room during yet another party aboard the luxury space liner Icarus....
Kaz Delaney’s ‘Almost Dead’
Thursday, 30 January 2014
What do you do if you wake up in the dead of night to see a spirit standing by your bed … and he’s really, really hot? Such is the...
Where can you buy ebooks in Australia?
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Last year ended with a flurry of new ebookstore announcements, including the launch of an Australian Kindle store, an Australian Nook ebookstore and an Optus ebookstore. Andrea Hanke looks back...
Julietta Jameson on the royalty payment cycle
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Why should authors have to wait up to nine months to be paid royalties? Julietta Jameson spoke to Text publisher Michael Heyward, literary agents Selwa Anthony and Lyn Tranter, and...
Michele Lee’s ‘Banana Girl’
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
When it comes to memoir in Australian publishing, it seems that 30 is the new 40, with many writers mining their rollercoaster 20s for outrageously funny and poignant stories and...
Alan Gold & Mike Jones’ ‘Bloodline’
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
A Palestinian youth is shot while trying to bomb the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, and his Israeli doctor discovers that they share a common bloodline. A Jewish operative plots...
Key findings from Kelly Fagan’s Unwin Trust Fellowship report
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
‘I went to the UK expecting to find examples of highly experimental or revolutionary marketing campaigns, and was surprised to find that most campaigns were very much centred around what...
Miriam Cosic on the decline of book launches
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
‘We don’t really launch books any more,’ says Allen & Unwin publicity director Andy Palmer in Miriam Cosic’s article on the decline of book launches in the latest issue of...
N J Gemmell’s ‘The Kensington Reptilarium’
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
December, 1945. When their father goes missing in mysterious circumstances, the four Caddy children are uprooted from their lives in outback Australia and taken to London to live with an...
Charlotte Harper on the transition from digital to print
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
‘One thing I am absolutely sure about after this year is that the world is not yet ready for digital-only publishing,’ writes Charlotte Harper, founder of digital-first publisher Editia, in...
Garry Disher’s ‘Bitter Wash Road’
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Garry Disher’s new novel is a rewarding mix of small-town policing and corruption, parish politics, vested interests and the closing of ranks against an outsider. The outsider in question is...
Under cover: Amanda Wildsmith on book cover design
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
‘Every day I sell to bookstores I realise how much emphasis is placed on the cover,’ writes Hardie Grant sales rep Amanda Wildsmith. She shares some of her observations on...
Greg McLean, Aaron Sterns & Brett McBean’s ‘Wolf Creek: Origin’ and ‘Wolf Creek: Desolation Game’
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Pre-empting the release of Wolf Creek 2 in cinemas in February come two prequel books about the villain of both films, Mick Taylor. Origin offers an insight into Mick’s childhood...
What’s selling after Christmas?
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
While booksellers are currently focussed on those all-important Christmas sales, it’s worth taking a look at some of the titles that sell well in the post-Christmas period. Nielsen BookScan and...
Colleen McCullough’s ‘Bittersweet’
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Pitched as a return to form for Colleen McCullough, Bittersweet is a family saga (although to describe it as ‘sweeping’ might be pushing it) set in depression-era rural New South Wales....
The intern experience: Starting out in the book industry
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Internships are a common way of breaking into the book industry and an opportunity to try out different roles. But there are pros and cons to the experience. Read Eloise Florence’s report...
Christos Tsiolkas’ ‘Barracuda’
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
After the success of 2008’s The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas could be excused for feeling he had nothing more to prove. Perhaps though it was that completely unexpected good fortune that planted...
Annabel Smith on (not) making a living from writing
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
What kind of income can ‘mid-list’ authors expect to earn from their books? Annabel Smith, whose second novel Whisky Charlie Foxtrot was published by Fremantle Press in November 2012, received...
Chris Harrison’s ‘Happy Eva After’
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Sebastian Pink, perennial underachiever and ESL teacher at The Future Perfect, bites off more than he can chew with a new arrival at the school. Struggling to conceive with work-obsessed...
Drawing disability: Peter Whitfield on a cerebral palsy edition of ‘Jessica’s Box’
Thursday, 7 November 2013
This month, New Frontier is publishing a ‘cerebral palsy edition’ of Peter Carnavas’ picture book Jessica’s Box, which will be used as part of the CP Alliance’s disability awareness program...
Kim Kane & Sara Acton’s ‘Esther’s Rainbow’
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
There is something about a rainbow that appeals to kids of all ages (and no doubt, to adults too): its large arc across the sky, the way it appears almost...
‘Books+Publishing’ salary survey results
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
In the latest issue of Books+Publishing, Andrea Hanke and Andrew Wrathall report on the results of the 2013 Books+Publishing salary survey. The survey canvassed over 300 members of the Australian book...
Tim Cope’s ‘On the Trail of Genghis Khan’
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
What a tale this is! Adventurer, author and filmmaker Tim Cope gives us an awe-inspiring account of his three-year trek on horseback from Karakorum, the ancient capital of Mongolia, to...
Alice Grundy and Clare Drysdale: dispatches from the Frankfurt Book Fair
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
‘Imagine the busiest place you’ve ever been and then times it by 10. This was the device suggested to me by a friend as preparation for my first Frankfurt Book...
Richard Flanagan’s ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
In Tasmania, a new book by Richard Flanagan is a much-anticipated event. He is, after all, a local hero. But he is much more than that, and with each book...
Bob Sessions bids farewell to the book trade
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
‘I count myself very fortunate that my publishing career coincided with a stable, but nevertheless transitional, period in the Australian book trade.’ Read former Penguin publishing director Bob Sessions’ parting...
Catherine Titasey’s ‘My Island Homicide’
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Catherine Titasey’s debut novel My Island Homicide, which won the 2012 Queensland Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript by an emerging author, is part murder mystery, part family drama and part...
Found in translation
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
The 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair kicks off this week. In Junior Term 3, Kate Blackwood spoke to two children’s publishers who visit overseas book fairs to choose titles and translate them for a...
Jennifer McBride & Lynda Nixon’s ‘Shimmer’
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
When I was asked if I wanted to review Shimmer, it was pitched to me as ‘a teenage genie from another planet is sent to earth …’ and I didn’t hear...
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