Hachette Australia and New Zealand (Hachette ANZ) has announced that Louise Sherwin-Stark, current joint managing director, has been appointed CEO of the publisher’s ANZ arm. In her new role, effective... Read more
NewSouth Publishing has sold world English rights (ex ANZ) to Joy McCann’s Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean to the University of Chicago Press. NewSouth publisher Elspeth Menzies... Read more
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and the Small Press Network (SPN) have partnered to make a version of the ASA’s Model Trade Publishing Agreement available to all full members... Read more
Lynne Main has purchased Torquay Books in the Bayside area of Victoria from previous owner and manager Rosemary Featherston, who has decided to retire after running the business for 14... Read more
US retail chain Barnes & Noble (B&N) reported a total sales decline of six percent in the fiscal year ending 28 April 2018, with revenue falling to US$3.66 billion (A$4.95bn),... Read more
In the US, a new report by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) has found that audiobook sales experienced another consecutive year of double-digit growth, estimating that sales in 2017 were... Read more