In the September issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine, Andrea Hanke rounds up the best of the Christmas titles on offer from Australian and New Zealand publishers.... Read more |
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it will not oppose the acquisition of REDgroup Online by Pearson Australia Group. In its... Read more |
Collins Booksellers has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that 18 former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores and two former A&R company-owned stores have... Read more |
ReadCloud has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that it now has more than 200 Australian and New Zealand bookstores signed to use its ebook... Read more |
Murdoch Books has announced that Tracy Lines will join the company in the role of lifestyle publisher in October. Lines replaces former lifestyle publisher Lynn... Read more |
Books for Cooks, the Melbourne-based bookshop that was named the state specialist bookshop of the year at this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards, has signed with... Read more |
REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson has called for creditors of the group’s Australian companies to submit claims against the companies if they have not yet... Read more |
The literary journal Meanjin has confirmed it will be publishing all content free online. Deputy editor Zora Sanders told the Weekly Book Newsletter that ‘the... Read more |
The shortlist for this year’s Asher Literary Award, presented to a female writer whose work carries an anti-war theme, has been announced. The shortlisted titles... Read more |
The winners of this year’s Romantic Book of the Year Awards, known as the R*BY Awards, were announced on 13 August at the annual Romance... Read more |
The finalists for the 2011 Copyright Licensing Limited (CLL) Writers’ Awards have been announced in New Zealand. The awards, which celebrate their 10th anniversary this year, are... Read more |
Random House Australia is the latest local publisher to offer electronic advance reading copies (ARC) to booksellers and reviewers. Random House Australia marketing and publicity... Read more |
The Masters of Publishing course at the University of Sydney has received accreditation from the Australian Publishers Association (APA), making it the third tertiary publishing... Read more |
Scholastic has reported sales growth for its international divisions for the fiscal year ending 31 May 2011. In its latest financial results, released in July,... Read more |
WA regional writers’ festivalsAuthors Alan Carter and Judy Nunn were among the special guests at the 2011 Kimberley Writers Festival, which took place between 29... Read more |
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Evanovich and Stockett join the ‘Kindle million club’... Read more |
‘In "streamlining" entry arrangements for low-value imports, Australia Post is playing a key facilitative role in the growth of foreign online retailers at the expense... Read more |
On Bookseller+Publisher’s Fancy Goods blog this week, Jarrah Moore reviews RPM (Noel Mengel, UQP); Margaret Hamilton reviews For All Creatures (Glenda Millard, illus by Rebecca... Read more |
In rights news this week: SalesChildren’s—Scholastic Australia has sold German translation rights to You (Stephen Michael King) and Chinese translation rights to The Pocket Dogs... Read more |
August Robert Adamson, UQP (Surface to Air) Sydney and Melbourne. Joseph Braude, Scribe (The Honoured Dead) Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Paul Daley and Mike Bowers,... Read more |
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James Patterson’s action thriller Now You See Her (Century) has made its way to the top of both the bestsellers chart and fastest movers chart this... Read more |
Sophie Cunningham’s Melbourne (NewSouth) appears on the most mentioned chart for a second week. Cunningham delves into Melbourne’s culture in her analysis of the city,... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Edinburgh International Book Festival: 13-29 Aug National Bookshop day: 20... Read more |
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