Malcolm Neil to leave ABA
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the resignation of CEO Malcolm Neil, effective 1 May 2010. ABA president Fiona Stager said in a statement: ‘Malcolm has very ably led...
Senator Carr: Retailers a critical part of the supply chain
The input of book retailers ‘must be considered' by the recently announced Book Industry Strategy Group, Senator Kim Carr has confirmed. Following the announcement last week that a Book Industry...
McCaskill: Newly established Strategy Group could consider ‘voluntary reduction’ in 90-day rule
Innovation Minister Kim Carr has announced the federal government will establish a new Book Industry Strategy Group. Making the announcement at the opening of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and...
Wi5: Page reports on ‘valuable experience’
Jon Page, manager of Sydney's Pages & Pages and vice-president of the Australian Booksellers Association, was among some 500 booksellers who attended the fifth annual American Booksellers Association (ABA) Winter Institute (Wi5)...
ABA national conference registrations open
Registrations for the 2010 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) national conference, to be held from 11 to 13 July in Brisbane, have opened. The 86th ABA Conference and Trade Exhibition, which will...
Nelson named Victorian ABA ‘rep of the year’
Janine Nelson of Random House Australia was named 2009 Victorian Sales Rep of the Year at the Australian Booksellers Assocaition (ABA) Victorian Branch Christmas Party held in Melbourne last week....
Di Pietro named NSW ABA overall ‘rep of the year’
Di di Pietro was the winner of the overall ‘rep of the year' award at this year's Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) annual NSW Christmas party held last week. This year's ...
ABA announces 2010 conference dates
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced it will hold its annual national conference next year in Brisbane, from Sunday 11 to Tuesday 13 July. With the theme ‘Connecting the...
Parallel importation decision: no change to current legislation
As reported in a WBN special bulletin this morning, Competition Minister Craig Emerson has announced ‘the Government has not accepted the Productivity Commission's recommendation to remove the parallel importation restrictions'...
Parallel importation: ABA continues push for ‘some reform’; Dymocks prepared to support compromise
As the trade continues to wait for a Labor cabinet decision on the recommendations of the Productivity Commission, booksellers have continued their push for a compromise plan. The Australian Booksellers Association...
APA announces new Title Page ebook distribution system for 2010
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced plans for a new digital distribution system for local ebooks.The distribution system, which it expects to be operating in the first half of...
Parallel importation: Status quo ‘just as dangerous’ as an open market says ABA CEO
As the book industry awaits the results of continuing talks in Canberra and a final cabinet decision on the Productivity Commission's parallel importation report, the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has...
Kindle available to Australia
As reported on Bookseller+Publisher online last Wednesday, Amazon has announced its Kindle ereader is now available to customers outside the United States, including Australia Kindles are available to order for...
In brief
Australia Post bans three Popular Penguin titlesAustralia Post has banned the sale of Popular Penguin titles Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov), The History of S-xuality (Michel Foucault) and Delta of Venus (Anais Nin) at its...
ABA welcomes zero-day proposal; publishers still unhappy
A change to Australia's parallel importation rules reportedly proposed by Competition Minister Craig Emerson would reduce locally published international titles with print runs under 10,000 copies by between a third...
Bushfire appeal: booksellers can help with Rebuilding with Books campaign
The industry-wide Rebuilding With Books initiative is now in full swing, helping families who lost their homes and belongings in the Victorian bushfires. Administered jointly by the Australian Booksellers Association...
Hitwise top 10 causes controversy
The recently released top 10 Hitwise listing for local websites visited by Australian interenet users in the ‘Shopping and Classifieds--Books' category has caused some controversy in the trade, with the...
Five-year phase-in for penalty rate a ‘small win’ for booksellers
The Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has recommended the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) give retailers five years to phase in a 200% Sunday penalty rate under the modern retail...
ABA to run third introduction to booksellers weekend
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced it will be running its third Spring Booksellers: an introduction to bookselling event from 27 to 28 September in Brisbane. ‘The two-day program has...
ABA, APA, ALIA announce ‘Rebuilding With Books’ bushfire campaign
The Australian Booksellers' Association (ABA), Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) have announced a joint bushfire relief initiative, Rebuilding With Books. Bookshops, publishers and libraries...