Tuesday, 17 February 2015
The recommended retail price (RRP) of Penguin’s Black Classics series, as well as some titles in its Drop Cap and Classics Deluxe series, are set to increase.The RRP of more than 400 titles...

Monday, 16 February 2015
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has reached an out-of-court settlement with a Sydney print shop following allegations the store was selling photocopied textbooks to students. Sirius Printing, based in Sydney’s CBD,...

Friday, 13 February 2015
The State Library of WA (SLWA) has announced the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards are moving to a biennial format, with the next awards to be presented in 2016.Works published...

Thursday, 12 February 2015
Exisle Publishing has appointed Jennifer Prost to the new position of US publicist. Prost, who is based in New Jersey, will promote Exisle’s list of health, self-development and nutrition titles...

Thursday, 12 February 2015
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the program for its biennial youth literature conference Reading Matters, which runs from 29-31 May.International guests of the conference include US...

Wednesday, 11 February 2015
‘Any proposal to dismantle territorial copyright is in fact a radical instrument of cultural engineering,’ Text publisher Michael Heyward in his submission to the government’s Competition Policy Review draft report,...

Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Sales Nonfiction—Exisle Publishing has sold Korean and Polish rights to The Digestive Health Solutions (Benjamin Brown). Children’s—Hardie Grant Egmont and Little Hare have sold US and German rights to The Flywheel (Erin Gough); US rights to The Incredible...

Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Better Reading director Cheryl Akle will host a book review segment on Channel 9 TV program ‘Mornings’.The segment will run every second week, beginning on 12 February. Akle told Books+Publishing that the...

Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Sally Bateman has been appointed to the new role of digital, marketing and publicity director at Penguin Random House (PRH) Asia Pacific.Bateman was appointed Penguin marketing and publicity director in...

Monday, 9 February 2015
The government has released all the official public submissions to the Competition Policy Review draft report, released in September last year.The draft report recommended the review of regulations ‘restricting competition’...

Monday, 9 February 2015
Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) CEO Meg Vann is stepping down from the position to focus on writing opportunities.Vann has been at QWC since 2008 and CEO since August 2012. Vann...

Friday, 6 February 2015
Pages & Pages owner Jon Page says he’s ‘very happy’ with the results of the print and ebook bundling pilot program, run with HarperCollins from November 2014 to January 2015.Page...

Thursday, 5 February 2015
Literary journal Overland has announced changes to its editorial staff.Journalist and 3CR radio presenter Bec Zajac—who has also managed Overland’s publicity for the past two years—has been appointed associate editor.As...

Thursday, 5 February 2015
Australian fantasy author Mitchell Hogan has sold world English-language rights to two previously self-published novels and a third unreleased title in a six-figure deal with HarperVoyager.Hogan’s novel A Crucible of...

Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Allen & Unwin has acquired the Australian and New Zealand rights to the ‘Zeroes’ YA trilogy by Sydney-based authors Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti.The trilogy follows six Californian teens with...