As reported in today’s Weekly Book Newsletter, Simon & Schuster is the latest local publisher to announce a revision of its pricing schedules. In the... Read more
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Administrators Ferrier Hodgson has announced it is seeking expressions of interest for the Australian-based companies of REDgroup Retail. In an advertisement in yesterday’s Australian Financial Review, the administrators encouraged... Read more
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Australian author Kim Scott and New Zealand author Craig Cliff were announced as the South East Asia and Pacific regional winners of the Commonwealth Writers’... Read more
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Scribe Publications has announced that South Australian writer Lesley Jørgensen is the winner of the 2011 CAL Scribe Fiction Prize. Jørgensen will receive $15,000 and... Read more
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Further to the Weekly Book Newsletter article SWF visiting publishers announced, the Australia Council for the Arts has announced additional guests for this year’s Visiting... Read more
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International publishing house Harlequin has recorded a five percent decline in revenue for the 2010 financial year, with sales for the year’s fourth quarter down two percent... Read more
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Kobo has announced increased investment in the company in a funding round reportedly led by Fidelity Investments and which Kobo says includes further investment from... Read more
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The shortlist for the 2011 Barbara Jefferis Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Good Daughter (Honey Brown, Penguin) Like Being a Wife (Catherine... Read more
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Simon & Schuster is the latest publishing house to announce a revision of its Australian pricing schedules. Simon & Schuster managing director Lou Johnson told the Weekly... Read more
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The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has made more than 100 submissions to the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) available to the public... Read more
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Booksellers NZ providing updates on Christchurch bookstores Booksellers NZ is continuing to provide updates about member stores that were affected by the Christchurch earthquake in February on... Read more
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Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: US Supreme Court to hear fair use case... Read more
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On Fancy Goods this week, read Chris Harrington’s interview with Elizabeth Stead about her new novel The Sparrows of Edward Street (UQP), and reviews of... Read more
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In rights news this week: SalesChildren’s/YA–Hachette Australia has sold ‘Dragon Blood Pirates’ books 1 to 3 (Dan Jerris) and Embrace (Jessica Shirvington) to Turkey; and... Read more
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MarchNicole Alexander, Random House (A Changing Land) Sydney, Regional NSW and Regional QLD.Jeffrey Archer, Pan Macmillan (Clifton Chronicles: Only Time Will Tell) Melbourne, Perth and... Read more
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‘Around 2004 the Australian Bureau of Statistics ceased collecting and publishing comprehensive statistics on the Australian book publishing industry. The lack of data since this... Read more
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Afterlife (HarperCollins) by Claudia Gray, the fourth book in the paranormal ‘Evernight’ series, is top of the bestsellers chart as well as the highest new... Read more
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A snowstorm causes a train to crash high in the mountains of Norway, the survivors battle their way through the snow to a remote hotel.... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: NZ Book Month: 1-31 March The Bookworm International Literary Festival,... Read more
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