Johnston, Genat to take up new roles on ABA Management Committee
Duncan Johnston and Patricia Genat have been appointed to the positions of first vice president and second vice president of the Australian Booksellers Association Management Committee. ABA President Jon Page...
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WSFA Small Press AwardWestern Australian publishing house Twelve Planet Press has accepted the Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) Small Press Award for Siren Beat on behalf of Tansy Rayner Roberts....
GST-free online purchases a growing concern for booksellers
Australian booksellers are among a growing number of Australian retailers who are calling on the federal government to reform the rules guiding the application of the GST to online purchases...
Retail sales show modest increase for August, but booksellers face ‘difficult time’
Retail Trade figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this week show an increase of 0.3% in seasonally adjusted retail sales for August, compared to an increase of 0.7%...
Sony digital forum canvasses industry opinions
Digital titles could make up between 20 and 30% of the trade book market within two to five years, according to attendees at a round table event on the future...
‘The Future is Now’ ABA ebook seminar
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) hosted a well-attended full-day seminar on ebooks yesterday in Sydney, titled ‘The Future is Now'. The day's keynote speaker was Len Vlahos, the COO of...
Dryden elected to International Booksellers Federation council
The International Booksellers Federation (IBF), based in Brussels, has elected Derek Dryden, owner of Sydney's Better Read Than Dead bookstore, to the IBF Council. Dryden joins the eight-member council, which...
ABA conference 2010: sales down but booksellers energised
The 86th annual Australian Booksellers Association conference was held over three days in Brisbane, starting last Sunday. ABA conference organiser Claire Pittman reports that attendance peaked at over 300 on...
New ABA committee announced, Page appointed president
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has appointed Jon Page of Pages & Pages in Mosman, Sydney, as its new president. Page takes over from Fiona Stager, owner of Brisbane's Avid...
ABIAs announced
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin last Wednesday night, the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced on Wednesday 30 June at a ceremony at the...
‘Jasper Jones’ wins 2010 Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award
Craig Silvey has won another award for his novel Jasper Jones (A&U), this time taking out the 2010 Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, for the book booksellers have most enjoyed...
ABA to launch local ‘IndieBound’ movement
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced it has reached an agreement with the American Booksellers Association to ‘bring the IndieBound movement to Australia'. Established by the American Booksellers Association...
2010 Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award shortlist announced
The shortlist titles for the 2010 Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, for the book booksellers have most enjoyed handselling in 2009, have been announced. The shortlisted titles, as voted from...
ABA announces conference author guests
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced further guests for the ABA national conference in July.'The conference will be the first place you can pick up a reading copy of...
ABA confirms additional conference speakers
Literary blogger and former Bookseller+Publisher acting editor Angela Meyer and ‘author, blogger and tweeter' John Birmingham will appear at this year's Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) annual conference. Meyer and Birmingham...
Becker appointed ABA CEO
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the appointment of Joel Becker as its new chief executive officer.Becker, currently director of the Victorian Writers' Centre, has worked as a bookseller,...
Becker appointed ABA CEO
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the appointment of Joel Becker as its new Chief Executive Officer.Becker, currently director of the Victorian Writers’ Centre, has worked as a bookseller,...
Becker appointed ABA CEO
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the appointment of Joel Becker as its new Chief Executive Officer.Becker, currently director of the Victorian Writers’ Centre, has previously worked as a...
Booksellers summit ‘a very constructive exercise’
A group of 15 bookselling and library supply representatives met in Sydney yesterday to 'discuss and come to agreement on the major issues facing booksellers'.The meeting included representatives from all...
Neil to join REDgroup
Current Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) CEO Malcolm Neil is to take up the role of group communications manager at REDgroup Retail. 'The [ABA] Board would like to congratulate Malcolm on...