Tuesday, 8 December 2009
In rights news this week: SalesFiction--Random House Australia has sold The Cleaner and Cemetery Lake (Paul Cleave) to Turkey.Nonfiction--Random House Australia has sold Grown up and Gorgeous in your 40s,...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Collins Booksellers has announced it is rolling out a new store design. A new Collins Booksellers store which opened in Berwick, Victoria, in October, was the first to feature the...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Aduki Press has been acquired by Chris Chinchilla. Chinchilla, who has a background a a musician, writer, and 'tech-geek', said the opportunity to buy the four-year-old independent Melbourne publisher was...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Magabala Books is among 10 'outstanding Indigenous arts and cultural organisations' that will receive substantial long-term funding under the National Indigenous Arts Infrastructure Program. Magabala Books will receive $200,000 annually...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Harlequin Enterprises has announced that its distribution will move from TL Distribution to Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS) from March next year. 'From 1 March 2010, HEDS will commence distribution...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Andrew Easton has announced he will leave the Scribo Group at the end of 2009. Easton has spent 10 years at Bookwise which became part of the Scribo Group in...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Baker & Taylor has announced its acquisition of Australia-based library supplier James Bennett. The acquisition is part of a larger deal with James Bennett's parent company Blackwell that will see...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Windy Hollow Books has announced the creation of a new picture book imprint to be produced by Helen Chamberlin and Tina Denham. Chamberlin, the recipient of the 2009 Pixie O'Harris...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
The finalists in this year's Aurealis Awards for science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing have been announced. Wonders of a Godless World (Andrew McGahan, A&U) and Astropolis Book Three: The Grand...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
New Zealand poet and short story writer Bub Bridger has died, aged 85. Her works included Up Here On The Hill and Wild Daisies: The Best of Bub Bridger.

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
It’s the last WBN of the year--who comes out on top of the Bestsellers chart? None other than that perennial bestseller Bryce Courtenay with The Story of Danny Dunn. Courtenay makes...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Closing date of the Favourite Australian Novel (FAN) poll, 15 DecemberTo view these and more...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
The festive fever has finally hit the book media--reviewers and readers put their Christmas book choices forward in a national effort to inspire book lovers in their Christmas purchases this...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Authors on tour from December to March 2010: December Matthew Reilly, Macmillan (The Five Greatest Warriors) Ray Martin, Random House (Ray: Stories of My Life) Daniel J Siegel, Scribe (Mindsight:...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
In addition to last week's Christmas closing list the following organisations have advised us of their closing dates: Nielsen BookScanLast day: 23/12/09First day: 04/01/10All data processing will continue as usual...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Thanks to Madman Entertainment WBN is giving away five copies of Balibo on DVD. Balibo was based on the book by Jill Jolliffe, published by Scribe. It’s a political thriller...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Next week's WBN (9 December) will be the last for 2009. The first WBN for 2010 will be 6 January 2010. Any news or advertisements for the final WBN of...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
‘We are currently working with a number of publishers to try to get more Australian content into the site, as we really want to make this store uniquely Australian,'--Shlomo Di...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
New online bookseller www.totallybooks.com.au officially launched on 1 December. The store, founded by managing director Rachael McKinney, is based in Sydney and will have an initial focus on ‘Australian new...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
In rights news this week: SalesFiction--Allen & Uwnin has sold Lovesong (Alex Miller) in a pre-empt at Frankfurt Book Fair to HarperCollins Canada; Bulgarian-language rights to Conditions of Faith (Alex...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Confusion as Borders UK enters administrationLittell wins Bad S-x AwardKindle a bestseller for AmazonBorders...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Dymocks Brisbane has reopened in new premises in the Q&A Building on the corner of Albert and Elizabeth Streets. The store, which opened to the public on 30 November, replaces...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
‘The Darwin Poems' wins 2009 Wesley Michael Wright PrizeEmily Ballou has won the 2009 University of Melbourne/Wesley Michel Wright Prize for Poetry for The Darwin Poems (UWA Publishing). Ballou's work was...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) has announced the appointment of Hardie Grant Publishing chief executive Sandy Grant as chair of its board. Grant, who has been on the CAL board since...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Bestselling author Bryce Courtenay has made it to the top of both the Bestsellers and Highest New Entries charts this week with his new novel The Story of Danny Dunn....

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Internet Marketing of Books and Ebooks workshop, Auckland, 2 DecemberGuadalajara Book Fair, Mexico, 28 November-6...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Peter Timms' new book In Search of Hobart is being well-received and widely read on both sides of Bass Strait. The book looks at Hobart's convict history as well as...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Central Book Services will make ‘significant Australian content' available to its ECO e-reader customers, through a new website at www.readwithoutpaper.com. In a special Christmas promotion, CBS will offer the ECO...

Monday, 30 November 2009
Pearson Australia Group has announced the appointment of Jenny Beresford as chief information officer (CIO) for the region. Beresford, who joins Pearson from the National Australia Bank where she was...

Monday, 30 November 2009
Authors on tour from December to March 2010: December Matthew Reilly, Macmillan (The Five Greatest Warriors) Ray Martin, Random House (Ray: Stories of My Life) Daniel J Siegel, Scribe (Mindsight:...