Booksellers NZ conference program released
The theme of this year’s Booksellers NZ Conference is ‘Changing Hearts and Minds: Future Proofing Your Business’, to be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Auckland on 21 June.Confirmed sessions...
Bookseller NZ conference program released
The Wheeler Centre director Michael Williams will give the keynote address at this year’s Booksellers New Zealand 2014 conference. Williams will address the topic ‘Is the book world really changing’...
Booksellers NZ introduces electronic gift cards
Booksellers NZ has introduced electronic gift cards. The gift cards, launched on 1 October, can be purchased and redeemed at bookshops that are members of Booksellers NZ, and can be...
Booksellers NZ, Kobo to offer US scholarships for young booksellers
Booksellers New Zealand and ebook provider Kobo have announced that two young booksellers will be given the opportunity to attend the American Booksellers Association’s 2014 Winter Institute in Seattle, Oregan,...
Booksellers NZ elects new board
New members elected to the 2013/14 board of Booksellers New Zealand are: Stella Chrysostomou of Page & Blackmore in Nelson, Chris Lumsden of Paper Plus in Wanaka, Tony Moores of Poppies Group...
Booksellers NZ elects new board
Booksellers New Zealand has elected a new board during the association’s annual general meeting, held during the 2013 Booksellers NZ conference. The members elected to the 2013/14 board are: Stella Chrysostomou of Page & Blackmore...
Booksellers NZ Industry Awards winners announced; Lifetime Achievement Award for Beattie
The winners of the 2013 Booksellers New Zealand Industry Awards have been announced, with Random House New Zealand dominating the publishing categories for the second year in a row. Random House...
NZ GST research to be considered by parliamentary committee
A study into New Zealand’s goods and services tax (GST) arrangements that was commissioned by Booksellers New Zealand will be considered by the New Zealand Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee,...
Booksellers NZ Industry Awards finalists announced
The finalists for this year’s Booksellers New Zealand Industry Awards have been announced. The finalists in each of the categories are: Regional Bookseller of the Year (North Island) Paper Plus...
Whitcoulls to stop accepting Booksellers Tokens
New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls will stop redeeming Booksellers Tokens and Booksellers Exchange Cards at the end of July, reports Booksellers New Zealand. Booksellers NZ said that the tokens and...
Booksellers NZ conference program announced
Booksellers New Zealand has announced the program for its 2013 conference, to be held in Christchurch from 23-24 June. This year’s conference will focus on the theme ‘The future is in your...
NZ study proposes cut to tax-free threshold for online purchases, recommends tax collection through ‘multilateral agreement’
A study commissioned by Booksellers New Zealand and produced by Victoria University’s New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation has recommended that the New Zealand government drastically...
‘Business as usual’ at Random House, Penguin following merger announcement; industry responds
Random House Australia and New Zealand have told booksellers that it will be ‘business as usual’ for Random House and Penguin until the companies’ plans to merge have been approved...
Changes at Booksellers NZ
Mary Sangster of the Children’s Bookshop Christchurch has been elected chair of the board of Booksellers NZ, replacing Hamish Wright of Wright’s Bookshop, who will remain on the board as...
Booksellers NZ board appoints new chair
Mary Sangster of the Children’s Bookshop Christchurch has been elected chair of the board of Booksellers NZ, replacing Hamish Wright of Wright’s Bookshop, who has completed his four-year term as...
Kobo to partner with NZ indies, Paper Plus
Kobo will become the dominant ebook provider in New Zealand as a result of new partnerships with Booksellers New Zealand members and the Paper Plus Group. Kobo announced the new retail...
Booksellers NZ discontinues Premier Bestsellers program
Booksellers NZ has announced it has discontinued a program established to label books that achieved a certain level in sales. The Premier Bestsellers program has been discontinued following discussions within...
Changes to Booksellers NZ board
Booksellers New Zealand chairman Hamish Wright has been re-elected to the Booksellers NZ board as a director. Wright commences a two-year term as director, having completed four years as chair....
Nielsen stats show NZ sales down in volume and value for the year to date
In a presentation at the Booksellers NZ annual conference, managing director Asia Pacific for Nielsen BookScan Ka Meechan reported that BookScan figures showed book sales for the first 28 weeks...
Booksellers NZ returns to surplus
Booksellers NZ has announced it has returned to a surplus for the financial year ended 31 March after posting a loss in 2010-11. The organisation’s annual report to members said...