You will soon be able to subscribe to THORPE-Bowker’s Weekly Book Newletter and Media Extra services–or renew your subscription–online, following the launch of a new subscription management... Read more |
Due to the volume of responses we’ve had to our post-Xmas survey, the number-crunching is taking a bit longer than expected. We will publish the... Read more |
Pan Macmillan’s decision not to publish Tom Cruise, An Unauthorised Biography (Andrew Morton) in Australia has made headlines both here and overseas in the past... Read more |
Cheryl Akle has been appointed project director of Books Alive, following the departure of Brett Osmond. ‘I’ve watched and admired this fabulous project from afar,’... Read more |
A new website quietly launched by Borders late last year has had a very successful first Christmas, ranking as the most-visited book retail website in... Read more |
Murdoch Books has announced that Amanda Roberts will move to a full-time role as international sales director, with ‘direct responsibility for the sales initiatives in... Read more |
Lonely Planet (LP) has announced the appointment of Alex Fenby as global publisher, following the departure of Simon Westcott in December. Fenby, who assumed the... Read more |
McGraw-Hill has announced a global restructure, with over 600 jobs cut worldwide, 300 of them in McGraw-Hill Education publishing businesses. Murray St Leger, MD of McGraw-Hill... Read more |
The Random House Group has announced the promotion of Michael Moynahan (pictured) to chairman of Random House New Zealand (RHNZ). In addition to his new... Read more |
The The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic) has won the American Library Association (ALA) 2008 Randolph Caldecott Medal–the first time that a... Read more |
Woolies named world-class retailerWoolworths has made it into the top 25 of a list of 250 ‘world-class’ retailers. The Deloitte 2008 Global Powers of Retailing... Read more |
Among the items added to our Around the World blog recently: Romantic novel award shortlist ‘W00t’ crowned ‘word of the year’ Fanfic writers call for... Read more |
The bestsellers have gone to the movies this week. Ian McEwan’s Atonement takes top spot, as the film takes off around the country amid all... Read more |
‘We looked at it on its own merits and we decided not to publish it for legal reasons’–Pan Mac’s Annie Coulthard explains why we’re not... Read more |
Louise Egerton from Allen & Unwin writes: Author and marine zoologist Isobel Bennett has died, aged 98. An honorary Master of Science, an Officer of the... Read more |
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