While book publishing�so far has not been as affected by the advent of the web and digisation as other media industries, it was unrealistic to... Read more |
This year’s Australian Book Industry Awards will be held this coming Tuesday, 24 July, at the Sofitel Wentworth Hotel in Sydney. The night will see... Read more |
KPMG, sale advisors to the Borders bookselling chain, have reported ‘strong interest’ in the chain’s Australian and New Zealand operations from trade and private equity... Read more |
Sydney-based author Neal Drinnan is one of the recipients of the 2007 Lambda Awards, the world’s key gay and lesbian literary awards. Drinnan won the... Read more |
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The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has decided to end its annual bestseller survey, which it has conducted for almost 20 years.
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The Little Big Book Club, a not-for-profit arts organisation created in 2006 to ‘encourage parents and caregivers to read regularly to their children from an... Read more |
James Halliday’s Wine Atlas of Australia (Hardie Grant) has been shortlisted for the prestigious Louis Roederer International Book of the Year 2007 award. The Wine... Read more |
Hardie Grant Books managing director Julie Pinkham has announced that the publisher will establish a sales and marketing operation in New Zealand from 1 September.... Read more |
Ligare Book Printers, Australia’s third largest book printer, has announced the appointment of Cliff Brigstocke, formerly of international outsourcing business Bunzl Limited, as CEO. ‘Cliff... Read more |
A 75-year-old Tintin book has landed its publisher Egmont in hot water in the UK and US amid claims of racism. Tintin in the Congo,... Read more |
The US schools publishing businesses of Harcourt have been sold to competitor Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep for US$4 billion (A$4.4 billion). The purchase concludes the sale by... Read more |
Workplace watchdog warns small businessThe newly appointed Workplace Ombudsman, Nicholas Wilson, has issued a warning to small businesses to meet all their legal obligations regarding... Read more |
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week are: PW and PN combine for Frankfurt dailies Borders to offer... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Hong Kong Book Fair, which runs from 18 – 23... Read more |
No prizes for guessing what title will be sitting atop the charts when this weekend’s sales results eventually filter through to the BookScan charts, but... Read more |
The Australian Society of Authors writes: We note with respect the passing of Glenda Adams. Glenda, born in 1939, died on 11 July 2007 in... Read more |
Fiona Schultz, Managing Director of New Holland Publishers, writes: it was with great sadness to hear of the passing of Stan Zemanek. Stan was diagnosed... Read more |
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