While out collecting bottle tops at the beach, a boy discovers an enormous, bizarre-looking and lonely creature that nobody else appears to notice… The Lost... Read more
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Administrators Ferrier Hodgson has confirmed that 75% of the money owed by REDgroup Retail to non-staff creditors is owed to the group’s owner Pacific Equity Partners (PEP).... Read more
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Following yesterday’s earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, Booksellers NZ is reporting updates from its members on the association’s website. Booksellers NZ reports that Children’s Book... Read more
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As reported by the Weekly Book Newsletter last week, Lonely Planet founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler have sold their remaining 25% stake in the guidebook... Read more
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PMP, the owner of book distribution business The Scribo Group, has recorded a net loss of $14.8 million for the first half of the 2010-2011... Read more
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Hardie Grant Egmont has announced the appointment of Natasha Besliev to the position of Australian and New Zealand managing director this week. The publisher said... Read more
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Further to the Weekly Book Newsletter report Penguin Australia to reduce sales team, Penguin Australia has confirmed that it has announced eight redundancies across its... Read more
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Allen & Unwin (A&U) has announced that it has entered into a new publishing partnership with Fairfax Media which will see the publisher take on responsibility... Read more
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Amazon’s UK-based website has expanded its free shipping offer to include Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa. Orders for books, DVDs and music CDs... Read more
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Lagardère Publishing, the French-based parent company of Hachette Australia, has recorded a 4.8% decline in total revenue for 2010. The publisher said in a financial... Read more
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International publisher Quarto Group, which has operations in Australia and New Zealand, has released preliminary financial results for 2010, recording a revenue increase of 7%... Read more
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Scribe has announced it has appointed David Golding to the newly created part-time position of digital editor. ‘We’re too small to have departments, so the... Read more
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The shortlisted titles for this year’s Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the ‘Best Designed Cover of... Read more
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Varuna, the Writers’ House, has announced the appointment of Elisabeth Bastian to the position of chief executive officer. Bastian, who began in her new position... Read more
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Publishing consultant Alex Adsett writes: The O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference was held in New York last week, and was an exciting meeting... Read more
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The finalists for the 2011 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture books: Baa Baa Smart... Read more
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The Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) announced last week that University of Queensland Press (UQP) has joined the organisation. UQP is the latest medium-size... Read more
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2011 NZ Maori Writer’s Residency announcedLyttelton author Ben Brown has been announced as the recipient of the 2011 Maori Writer’s Residency at the Michael King... Read more
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Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Nebula Award nominees announced US ebook sales grew... Read more
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On Fancy Goods this week, we have a round-up of stories on REDgroup entering voluntary administration and on the same issue we look at things... Read more
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In rights news this week: SalesAudio–Fremantle Press has sold audio rights in The Magic Fair (Sally Morgan) and Barlay (Cheryl Kickett-Tucker) to Vision Australia. Send... Read more
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February Daniel Akst, Scribe (We Have Met the Enemy) Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Sara Foster, Random House (Beneath the Shadows) Regional WA. Jacqueline Harvey, Random... Read more
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‘You can offer what you can offer, but it’s different to how it used to be. Not just since Amazon or Book Depository or whatever;... Read more
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127 Hours (S&S) is Aron Ralston’s true story of being trapped under a boulder while climbing through canyons in Utah. After the cinema release of... Read more
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The top four books on the most mentioned chart received an equal number of mentions this week. Yannick Haenel’s The Messenger (Text) is a biography... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: SPOKE Writers’ Festival 2011: 22-25 February Armageddon Expo, Sydney: 26-27... Read more
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Penguin editor Sarah Dawson has died. Family and friends write: ‘Family and friends sadly announce that Sarah died earlier this month after a short illness.... Read more
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