Change of date for ABIAs
The second annual Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA), previously scheduled for 25 July 2007, will now be held the evening before on 24 July. The decision was a joint one...
ABA works to resolve wages worries
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has overcome a hurdle in its quest to provide booksellers with advice on new pay rates and conditions under the Government's WorkChoices legislation. The ABA...
ARC books sent to the Northern Territory
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has sent the latest order of books (about 30 titles) destined for women's centres and crèches at the Burunga and Wugularr communities in the Northern...
ABA Christmas parties roll around again
This year's NSW book trade Christmas party was held by the NSW branch of the Australian Booksellers Association on 22 November in Pyrmont, Sydney and included the presentation of the...
Industry bodies, Google, concerned about copyright amendments
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Society of Authors (ASA) have issued a joint statement expressing concern at the ‘peremptory treatment of issues of vital...
Minimum wage increase could hit booksellers
The Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) has announced an increase of $27.36 per week for minimum wage rates up to $700 and $22.04 per week for minimum wage rates $700...
ABA conference: sponsorship and exhibition opportunities
Plans for the 2007 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference are well underway. The ABA has announced that sponsorship opportunities for the conference are now open and close on 10 November.Bookings...
ABA secures fee-free debit card deal
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that it has secured a deal with the Commonwealth Bank for ABA members to continue paying zero fees on debit card (EFTPOS) transactions.The...
Whitmont is new NSW ABA president
Scott Whitmont, owner of the Lindfield Bookshop and the Lindfield Children's Bookshop in Sydney, has been announced as the new president of the New South Wales group of the Australian...
ABA announces Kids’ Reading Guide booklist
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the 160 books that will appear in its 2006-2007 Kids' Reading Guide. The publication, which will be available from participating bookshops from 1...
Alarm at proposed digital copyright changes
Industry bodies including the Australian Publishers Association (APA), Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) have joined forces to express their concerns at...
Booksellers and publishers come to grips with ISBN-13
As the trade counts down to the changeover to 13-digit ISBNs on 1 January 2007, booksellers, publishers, distributors and software vendors have all been meeting in recent weeks at APA-hosted...
ABA 2007 conference dates announced
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that its 2007 conference will be held in Melbourne from Sunday 17 to Tuesday 19 June at the Hilton on the Park hotel.‘Next...
Amazon dropped from National Library website
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that it has succeeded in convincing the National Library of Australia (NLA) to drop Amazon.com from the list of booksellers on its Libraries...
ABA rejoins international federation
The ABA has rejoined the International Booksellers Federation (IBF) after a number of years.‘We are pleased to rejoin the IBF,' ABA CEO Barbara Cullen told WBN. ‘The value of shared...
Nielsen figures show indies strong; 69% of online buying local
Shaun Symonds of Nielsen BookScan presented a report to the ABA conference, concentrating on the figures for the 19 weeks ending on Mother's Day.BookScan's figures show that the book retail...
Spotlight on new IR laws
The debate on the Government's new Work Choices legislation has turned to the retail sector in the past week, with the Labor Party and the ACTU both highly critical of...