Following the shock announcement of a proposed review into Australia’s parallel importation legislation, as reported in a WBN special bulletin on Monday, the Australian Publishers... Read more
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John Campradt has resigned as managing director of Borders Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Campradt, who was appointed to the position in 2002 and has... Read more
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Australia is producing as many as 40% more local books each year than previous industry surveys have indicated, according to new analysis of 2007’s publishing... Read more
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Lonely Planet will open its first ‘concept store’ at Sydney airport next year, the travel publisher has announced. Part of the airport’s $500 million redevelopment,... Read more
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Minimum wage impact ‘negligible’: ABAMonday’s minimum wage rise–a boost of $21 a week for low income earners–is unlikely to affect the book industry, according to... Read more
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Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: new CEO at Baker & Taylor good year for the German book... Read more
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Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich stays atop the Bestseller chart this week, with 4 Ingredients coming in second. Clive Cussler is on the high seas... Read more
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‘What is "open" about Australian-published books not being able to be sold in the USA or the UK, but American, British or any other English-language... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Reed Gift Fairs Brisbane 12-15 July, Brisbane Bridging Communities Festival,... Read more
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Watson’s niece, Katherine Lyall-Watson, writes: ‘It is with great sadness that I tell you of Lyall Watson’s passing. He died in Gympie Hospital, Australia, on... Read more
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Science fiction author, critic and poet Thomas M. Disch has died, he was 68. On Wings of Song and 334 were two of his best... Read more
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