ABC Enterprises has announced it will close its audio book production department, citing a review that ‘clearly showed the business has not been profitable in... Read more |
The issue of how authors, agents and publishers negotiate contracts for digital rights is coming to the fore. In the most recent example, author and... Read more |
Editors will likely be able to sit an exam to receive accreditation by the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) in the first quarter of 2008,... Read more |
Random House Australia has announced it will publish the next two books by Kathy Lette, whose most recent novel How to Kill Your Husband (And... Read more |
Reader’s Feast Bookstore has partnered with on-demand publisher BookPOD to publish Emantiel’s Eye–a fantasy novel by Melbourne Year 11 student Aviva Kidd which won the... Read more |
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has rejected the recent proposal by the Federal Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, to change classification guidelines to include ‘works that... Read more |
@Source has announced that it will change its name to Ice Water Press, effective from 1 July. The move is designed ‘to reflect the focus... Read more |
The board of 67-year-old independent literary magazine Meanjin has recommended that Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) take over its administration and distribution. Meanjin was founded in... Read more |
Marcia Stenson’s Illustrated History of the South Pacific has been named Book of the Year in the 2007 New Zealand Post Book Awards. New Zealand’s... Read more |
A major revamp of the Google search engine unveiled last week will increase the likelihood of book information collected by Google Book Search being returned... Read more |
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog this week: Pearson to acquire eCollege Women’s publishing prize to Macmillan director ‘Stumbling on Happiness’... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Queensland Premier’s Book Awards application closing date on 25 May... Read more |
The Secret continues to dominate the bestsellers charts despite a rash of negative publicity. The p-word has reared its ugly head with reports that Aussie... Read more |
‘The book conveys an insidious hopelessness even in the midst of remarkable natural beauty […] People with nicknames like Fox and Bird and Darkie drink... Read more |
Rodney Martin from Era Publications writes: ‘On 10 May 2007, Hans Mincham, teacher, scientist, musician, conservationist and author, passed away peacefully, aged 95, in the... Read more |
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