As the trade continues to wait for a Labor cabinet decision on the recommendations of the Productivity Commission, booksellers have continued their push for a compromise... Read more
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The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced plans for a new digital distribution system for local ebooks. The distribution system, which it expects to be... Read more
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Penguin Group has announced changes to its global management structure that will see Penguin Australia CEO Gabrielle Coyne taking on regional responsibility for Asia Pacific.... Read more
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Thorpe-Bowker has announced that Angela Meyer will be taking on the role of acting editor of Bookseller+Publisher magazine. Meyer, who has worked as editorial assistant... Read more
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The nominees for this year’s Walkley Awards were announced on Wednesday night, 14 October. The longlisted works in the best nonfiction book category were: Churchill... Read more
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A shortlist of 17 print, audio and film works in the running for the 2009 NSW Premier’s History Awards have been announced. The shortlists include:... Read more
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The 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest book industry event, closed on Sunday 18 October. After five days packed with meetings, seminars and other... Read more
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Australian authors Shaun Tan and Marcus Zusak have been announced as winners at the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis, Germany’s most prestigious awards for children’s and YA books.... Read more
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Lonely Planet has announced it will host an ‘open hack day’ at its Melbourne offices on the weekend of 7 and 8 November, offering 100... Read more
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Booksellers New Zealand has announced it plans to launch a new weekly newsletter and website on Thursday 22 October. The newsletter, to be called The... Read more
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Speech Pathology Australia has announced the winners of its annual ‘Book of the Year’ Awards. The awards, which began in 2003, are intended to highlight... Read more
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Ligare has announced the appointment of Wayne Bywater as general manager. ‘Wayne’s appointment is more like a homecoming, having worked for Ligare 15 years ago,... Read more
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Bruce Caddy joins Marbecks for new concept storeNew Zealand music retail chain Marbecks will open a new concept store in Dunedin in mid-November. ‘This store... Read more
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In international news from our Around the World blog: Google announces new ‘Google Editions’ ebook store Barnes & Noble launches ‘nook’ ereader Friedman launches new... Read more
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In rights news this week: SalesFiction–UWA Publishing has sold rights for The Seamstress (Geraldine Wooller) to Salento Books in Italy. Nonfiction–Murdoch Books has sold Great... Read more
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Authors on tour from October to March 2010: October Emily Maguire, Picador (Smoke in the Room)Monica Mayhem, Random House (Absolute Mayhem)Don Watson, Random House (Bendable... Read more
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‘Access matters a lot’–Bertelsmann Inc.’s Richard Sarnoff, one of the chief architects of the Google settlement, speaking at the ‘European and American Positions Towards the... Read more
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It’s a girlish week at the top of the charts–Stieg Larsson’s The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest is number one in the Bestsellers (overtaking... Read more
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If anyone’s been wondering what local author Mandy Sayer has been up to, wonder no longer. She’s been busy editing The Australian Long Story, which... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Annual Family Therapy Conference–presenting the Annual Family Therapists’ Award for... Read more
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American author Stuart M Kaminsky has died, aged 75. He wrote more than 70 novels including Bullet for a Star.
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American author and reporter Nan Robertson who wrote The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and the New York Times has died, aged 83.
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