Borders’ Australian, New Zealand and Singapore stores may be under new ownership by January 2009 regardless of the outcome of negotiations with potential local purchasers.... Read more |
Random House Australia’sÿparent company Bertelsmann has reported a decline in profit for 2007, but the publisher’s results in Australia ‘wereÿstrong in 2007 andÿin line withÿexpectations,’... Read more |
The media group Bertelsmann, parent company of Random House Australia, is exploring the sale of its book club unit, Direct Group. Chief Executive Hartmut Ostrowski said... Read more |
Following an announcement in February that they would be merging, Brumby Books & Music, Bookwise, Gary Allen and Tower Books have announced a name for... Read more |
The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Lothian) has been nominated for yet another award, this time in the United States. The Arrival has been nominated for... Read more |
Harry Potter is still Australian children’s favourite read, according to an Angus & Robertson poll of more than 15,000 readers. J K Rowling’s indefatigable boy... Read more |
Australia’s Workplace Ombudsman, Nicholas Wilson, has warned retailers to abandon attempts to ‘get around’ workplace laws. The warning came after a Melbourne retailer was fined... Read more |
Registration is now open for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association conference, to be held in Melbourne on 15-17 June. All ABA members, bookshop owners, franchisees,... Read more |
Coming in at number one this week in the Highest New Entries chart is children’s book Columbia Sneezes! Not about Columbians with hay fever problems... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Victorian Community History Awards entries close, 28 March Contemporary Australian... Read more |
Stories posted to our Around the World blog this week include: UK publishers don’t realise how much Aussies resent them, says Rosenbloom Buy a book,... Read more |
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