Australian and New Zealand publishers are among those affected by Amazon’s decision not to sell Kindle editions distributed by US book distributor Independent Publishers Group... Read more |
The Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) has announced that it has signed an agreement with InfoGrid Pacific to launch an industry-based ebook distribution platform... Read more |
Scholastic Australia, as the trustee of Dromkeen, has announced that the collection of children’s picture book artwork and illustrations at the Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book... Read more |
S J Finch writes: This year’s Perth Writers Festival was a phenomenal success, attracting an estimated crowd of around 30, 000 people, Danielle Benda told... Read more |
The finalists for the 2012 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture books The Cat’s... Read more |
Australia-based audiobook publisher Bolinda Publishing has established an office in Auckland, New Zealand. Bolinda co-CEO Rebecca Hermann told the Weekly Book Newsletter that two full-time... Read more |
Penguin’s parent company Pearson expects revenues from its digital and services businesses ‘to exceed revenues from traditional publishing businesses in 2012’, according to the company’s... Read more |
Booksellers New Zealand and the New Zealand Listener have announced they will launch the Listener Book Club on Friday 2 March 2012. Run by Listener arts and... Read more |
Comedian Magda Szubanski will host this year’s Celebrating Bookselling gala dinner, to take place during the 2012 annual Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) national conference. The... Read more |
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) and the Centre for Youth Literature (CYL) celebrated significant birthdays this month. HGE celebrated its 10th birthday with a ‘Summer Party’... Read more |
Federal Small Business Minister Mark Arbib has resigned from the ministry and from the Senate. Arbib, who was also Assistant Treasurer and Sports Minister, said... Read more |
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has expressed concerns about recent changes at Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), which mean that there is no longer a... Read more |
Australian writers and publishers are heading to China for the fifth annual Australian Writers’ Week (AWW) during 12-19 March, presented by the Australian Embassy Beijing. The... Read more |
‘Meanjin’ to be available as ebookMeanjin has announced that the literary journal will be available to purchase as an ebook ‘in coming weeks’. The announcement... Read more |
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Google stops accepting new affiliates for ebook program... Read more |
‘It is really about making supply a lot more efficient, providing good-quality conversions, and helping publishers cope with change and get the most out of... Read more |
On Fancy Goods this week, we meet author on tour Jo Nesbø (language warning), Bookseller+Publisher intern Sanna Nyblad looks at adaptations at the 84th Acadamy... Read more |
In rights news this week: SalesFiction–Black Inc. has sold North American and Canadian rights in The Weight of the Human Heart (Ryan O’Neill) to St... Read more |
March Rosalind Appleby, Fremantle Press (Women of Note) Sydney. Merlinda Bobis, Spinifex Press (Fish-Hair Woman) Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Wollongong, NSW. Stanley and Kaisa Breeden,... Read more |
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Cooking sensation Jamie Oliver will be touring part of the country as of Saturday 3 March 2012, catching up with his Ministry of Food mobile... Read more |
Susan Orlean explores the idea of heroism in Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend of the World’s Most Famous Dog (Atlantic Books). Carrie Tiffany’s... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival, Wellington: 24 February to... Read more |
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William Gay, author of Long Home and The Lost Country, has died aged 68. William Gay, born in Tennessee, has been described by some as... Read more |
Jan Berenstain, co-creator of the Berenstain Bears series, has died aged 88. Brenstain, together with her husband Stan, wrote and illustrated hundreds of stories featuring... Read more |
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