In Brief Archive
Bansen joins ABAThe Australian Booksellers Association has announced that Michelle Bansen has joined the association in the position of member services officer. Bansen has previously worked as a sales representative...
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Pizzinga named 2011 Vic rep of the yearAnthony Pizzinga from Random House Australia is this year's Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Victorian Sales Rep of the Year. Pizzinga was presented with the...
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ABA holds meeting with Booksellers NZAustralian Booksellers Association (ABA) CEO Joel Becker and president Jon Page met with their counterparts from Booksellers New Zealand over two days in Wellington last week....
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Magabala Books honoured at regional community awardsIndigenous publisher Magabala Books was recently honoured at the 2011 Western Australian Regional and Community Achievement Awards. The publisher was presented with the Department...
ABIAs to move to SWF Archive
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held during the Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) in 2012...
2012 ABA conference, National Bookshop Day dates confirmed Archive
The 2012 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) annual conference and trade exhibition will be held on 17 and 18 June 2012 in Sydney. ABA CEO Joel Becker told the Weekly Book Newsletter...
ACCC, OFT clear Amazon acquisition of the Book Depository Archive
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the UK Office of Fair trading (OFT) have declared that they will not oppose Amazon's proposed acquisition of UK-based online book retailer...
ABA welcomes new members Archive
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has recently welcomed the following new members: Corporate Bookshop MembersAustralian Blue Express - Carine, WABooks of Renown - Armidale, NSWBrown Books - Batemans Bay, NSWChristian...
Spring Booksellers’ Weekend cancelled Archive
The 2011 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Spring Booksellers' Weekend has been cancelled because of insufficient bookings. ABA CEO Joel Becker told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the two-day event, which...
National Bookshop Day 2011: Fun, creativity and book sales Archive
Bookstores around Australia celebrated the country's first National Bookshop Day on Saturday 20 August, and the day was filled with fun, creative promotional events and significant increases in book sales. Australian Booksellers...
ACCC ‘monitoring’ Amazon acquisition of The Book Depository Archive
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it is currently 'monitoring' the proposed acquisition of UK-based online bookseller The Book Depository by Amazon. In a notice in...
ACCC ‘not opposed’ to Pearson acquisition of REDgroup online businesses Archive
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it will not oppose the acquisition of REDgroup Online by Pearson Australia Group.In its competition analysis of the acquisition, available...
National Bookshop Day materials available Archive
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has made a number of documents and files available to booksellers in the lead up to the first National Bookshop Day on 20 August. The materials,...
Productivity Commission releases draft report on retail inquiry; recommends ‘conditional move’ to lower GST threshold Archive
The Productivity Commission has released a draft report on its public inquiry into the Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry. The report, which is available online here,...
Visa ‘can’t perform function’ of collecting GST for government on overseas purchases Archive
Global payments company Visa has told the Productivity Commission that it is not in a position to collect goods and services tax (GST) revenue on goods purchased outside of the...
Hawkins to handle National Bookshop Day marketing Archive
Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) CEO Joel Becker announced at the ABA conference that Andrew Hawkins, former publicity director at Allen & Unwin, will be handling publicity and marketing for National Bookshop...
IndieBound launched Archive
The IndieBound promotional resource platform was officially launched in Australia at the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference on Monday 25 July. The platform, which is licensed from the American Booksellers...
Nielsen: volume up, value down; indies gaining share Archive
Shaun Symonds, general manager Nielsen Bookscan, presented recent Nielsen sales data at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Monday 25 July. Data from the first 24 weeks to June showed sales were...
ABA conference round-up Archive
The 2011 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) national conference was held on 24 and 25 July in Melbourne, attracting around 300 attendees each day, with a trade exhibition drawing 53 exhibitors....
ACCC to undertake ‘informal review’ of Pearson’s REDgroup online acquisition Archive
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced last week that it will undertake an 'informal review' of the proposed acquisition of the REDgroup online business by Pearson. The ACCC...
