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30 October 2024

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Due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria, Books+Publishing will not publish a newsletter on Tuesday, 5 November. However, the deadline for classifieds and... Read more
 
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Hughes to leave Affirm, Blake and Besliev appointed publishing directors x

Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has announced Affirm Press publishing director Martin Hughes will step away from the role at the end of the year.... Read more
 

 

Australians on Frankfurt 2024: Busy and upbeat, with no clear 'book of the fair' x

Australian literary managers and rights agents were among 115,000 trade visitors from 153 countries at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, which ran from 16 to... Read more
 
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Left Bank Literary to dissolve x

Left Bank Literary has announced that the agency will dissolve as of 1 December. ‘After five wonderful years, Gaby Naher and Grace Heifetz have decided... Read more
 

 

QBD 2024 Book of the Year winners announced

QBD has announced the winners of the chain’s 2024 Book of the Year. The winning titles are: Fiction The Ledge (Christian White, Affirm) Nonfiction The... Read more
 
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HG Explore acquires Wilson’s new book x

Hardie Grant has acquired world rights to Sarah Wilson’s new book, Walk the World Bigger, under its Hardie Grant Explore imprint. In Walk the World... Read more
 

TT. O. wins Patrick White Literary Award, Hughes to leave Affirm, Pan Mac to move distribution to TDLC

In local news this week, Martin Hughes will leave Affirm Press, amid other staff changes; Left Bank Literary will dissolve in December; the Australia Institute is launching its own publishing imprint, to be overseen by managing editor Alice Grundy; and Pan Macmillan ANZ is moving its Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand distribution from Alliance Distribution Services to The Distribution and Logistics Company.

In other news, a study on consumer behaviour by the European and International Booksellers Federation has included Australia among several territories surveyed for the report, suggesting a slightly lower than average percentage of Australians buy and read books, compared to the average across the 19 territories included in the study.

In awards news, Victoria-based poet, publisher and editor π.ο. (Pi-O) won the 2024 Patrick White Literary Award; Bronwyn Bancroft won the 2024 Lady Cutler Award; Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes won the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award for his manuscript የተስፋ ፈተና / Trials of Hope; Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity by local author Ellen van Neerven (UQP) is among the titles longlisted for the American Library Association’s Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction; the Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for Walkley Book Award; the winners of the 2024 YABBAs (Young Australians Best Book Awards) have been announced; and QBD has announced its 2024 Book of the Year winners.

In news from the UK, Bloomsbury has reported revenue growth for the six months to the end of August, amid soaring sales for Sarah J Maas; A City on Mars (Kelly & Zach Weinersmith, Particular Books) won the 2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize; and a coalition of trade bodies have signed a statement on AI training, alongside thousands of creators worldwide.

And in acquisitions this week: UQP acquired world rights to Dead Ends, a ‘darkly funny and sexy’ mystery novel by Samantha Byres, via literary agent Jane Novak; and Hardie Grant acquired world rights to Sarah Wilson’s new book, Walk the World Bigger, under its Hardie Grant Explore imprint.

And in industry-related news, Campaign Brief reported on Booktopia’s new national advertising campaign.

 

 

Ali Gripper on 'Saltwater Cure' x

Sydney-based, award-winning journalist Ali Gripper has contributed features to some of Australia’s leading newspapers and magazines. Her first biography, The Barefoot Surgeon (A&U, 2018), told... Read more
 

 

Ali Gripper recommends x

I am completely enthralled by Nadia Wheatley’s The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift. It’s a true labour of love, brilliantly written and researched, and... Read more
 

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Rights round-up x

Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold UK/Commonwealth (ex ANZ, Canada, Indian Subcontinent) rights to The Shortest History of Scandinavia (Mart Kuldkepp) to Old Street; and Serbian... Read more
 

 

Maehashi’s latest ‘RecipeTin Eats’ debuts at number one, breaks sales record x

With sales of over 78,000 copies in its first week, Nagi Maehashi’s RecipeTin Eats: Tonight (Macmillan) has broken the record for the highest first week of... Read more
 

 

One Dark Night (Hannah Richell, S&S, January) x

One Dark Night is Hannah Richell’s sixth novel. Like its predecessor, The Search Party, the story is a gripping, tangled web of mystery and intrigue... Read more
 

 

Saltwater Cure: True Stories of the Transformative Power of the Ocean (Ali Gripper, Murdoch, December) x

In Saltwater Cure: True Stories of the Transformative Power of the Ocean, journalist Ali Gripper (The Barefoot Surgeon) explores the profound connections people forge with... Read more
 

 

Every Rock Has a Story: An A to Z of Australian Geology (Kitty van Cuylenburg, illus Cher Hart, CSIRO Publishing, January) x

In Every Rock Has a Story: An A to Z of Australian Geology, Kitty van Cuylenburg invites readers to experience the magnitude of planet Earth... Read more
 

 

Revenge of the Toxic Space Potato (First Dog on the Moon, A&U Children's, December) x

Finding a fresh angle on superheroes in 2024 is no easy task—unless you’re the Indefatigable EnviroTeens, who effortlessly revitalise a tired genre with humour, action... Read more
 

 

Read the latest Publishers Weekly x

Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine.... Read more
 

Neil appointed Informit director x

Malcolm Neil has been appointed director of Informit. Neil was previously interim director of Monash University Publishing.
 

Penguin Random House Distribution commits to next-day shipping

Last Christmas, we were thrilled to achieve a 96% success rate in shipping all orders received by 2pm by the end of the next business day. As we approach the all-important final two months of the year, we are pleased to be able to commit to maintaining this high level of service again in 2024.

During this incredibly busy period, if you need any help or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our fantastic customer service team on 1800 338 836.

We are here to support you in any way you need.

Wishing you all the best for a hugely successful few months ahead!

The Team at PRH Distribution

 

Thames & Hudson February new release procedures for PRHD (UBD) move

Thames & Hudson would like to inform our customers about the procedure for placing February new release orders, given the change of distribution to PRHD (UBD) from 1 February 2025.

February new release orders will be supplied by PRHD.

All new release orders and backorders (both EDI and non-EDI) placed with ADS will be transferred to PRHD. ADS orders must be received by COB Tuesday 28 January 2025.

From 7am on 31 January, all new release orders and backorders (both EDI and non-EDI) can be placed with PRHD, and retailers can switch over EDI ordering from ADS to PRHD. Please liaise with your EDI provider.

The PRHD SAN is 9000011.

Returns
Additionally, we would like to remind our customers that ADS will accept valid return authorisation requests until 28 February 2025. Valid requests must be received no later than COB 27 February.

All stock with valid RAs must be physically returned to ADS by 31 March 2025; otherwise, they will be rejected. In accordance with ADS policy, any rejected returns will be pulped unless the retailer accepts the costs of returning the stock within two days of being notified of a rejected return.

PRHD will accept returns for stock (within agreed sale-or-return parameters—3 to 12 months from invoice date) invoiced by ADS from 1 March 2025.

Please contact your Thames & Hudson account manager should you have any questions or concerns.

 

Pan Macmillan ANZ to move distribution to TDLC

Pan Macmillan ANZ will move its Australian and New Zealand distribution from Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) to The Distribution and Logistics Company (TDLC) in July 2025.

Pan Macmillan ANZ managing director Praveen Naidoo said, ‘The company is looking forward to working with the TDLC general manager Emmanuel Bohlock and his team, who we are confident will be able to provide the systems, enthusiasm and efficiencies to support Pan Macmillan in ensuring that we remain the publishing home of choice for Australia’s leading authors.’

Emmanuel Bohlock said, ‘The team and I are very excited to have Pan Macmillan come onboard as we further expand our services into the book publishing industry in Australia and New Zealand. We are looking forward to working with Pan Macmillan to ensure a smooth transition and to deliver the best possible service levels for them and their customers.’

Everybody at Pan Macmillan Australia and New Zealand would like to thank firstly Phill Knight, who led ADS when we first moved in 2013, and latterly, Riikka Dunn and the entire team at ADS, who have helped us over the last eleven years to achieve our aims and ambitions.

Before this change takes effect, we are looking forward to a hugely successful Christmas period and positive start to 2025 with ADS.

More details will be announced closer to the transition.

 
 
 
 

 

 

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