Becker, Gould return from US industry meetings; NZ to adopt ‘IndieBound’
CEO of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Joel Becker and CEO of Booksellers New Zealand Lincoln Gould have returned from visiting a number of industry conferences and meetings in the United States....
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WAYRBA reading lists released The reading lists for this year's West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) have been released. The lists for the younger readers, older readers and picture...
ABA, Booksellers NZ in US to meet with international bookselling associations
Representatives from the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and the booksellers association of New Zealand, Booksellers NZ, are currently attending a global meeting of English speaking bookselling associations in the United...
NZ GST increase takes effect, causing some problems
The increase in GST from 12.5% to 15%, which came into effect on 1 October in New Zealand was ‘causing problems in the book trade as publishers and booksellers work...
Christchurch Writers Festival cancelled as booksellers recover from earthquake
The Christchurch Writers Festival, which was due to take place from 9 to 12 September, has been cancelled due to the Christchurch earthquake and its aftershocks.The biennial event had been...
NZ Booksellers conference: Nielsen figures, Book Month to move to March
The Booksellers NZ annual conference, held in Auckland from 29 to 30 August was covered in some detail in the Booksellers NZ newsletter The Read. ‘The feedback we have received...
NZ: Scott new Booksellers director
In New Zealand, Peter Scott was elected to the seat on the Booksellers board left vacant by the retirement of Susi Blackmore. Peter and Charlene Scott are the owners and...
Christchurch Writers Festival cancelled as booksellers recover from quake
The Christchurch Writers Festival, which was due to take place from 9 to 12 September, has been cancelled due to the Christchurch earthquake and its aftershocks.The biennial event had been...
Dates for Booksellers NZ 2010 conference announced
The Booksellers New Zealand annual conference will be held in Auckland on Sunday 29 August. The event follows the New Zealand Post Book Awards, to be held on Friday 27...
NZ December book sales: value up, volume down in 2009
The first year-on-year analysis of New Zealand book sales in December using Nielsen BookScan data has revealed a drop in volume and a rise in value for 2009, compared to...
Booksellers NZ to adopt new constitution in April 2010
Booksellers NZ has announced the ratification of its new constitution, which will come into effect on 1 April 2010. The new constitution reflects a decision by booksellers and publishers at...
Booksellers NZ launches new newsletter, website; discontinues magazine
Booksellers New Zealand has announced it plans to launch a new weekly newsletter and website on Thursday 22 October. The newsletter, to be called The Read, will combine the organisation's...
Random House Dan Brown ebook: Booksellers NZ responds
Booksellers NZ writes: Traditional booksellers unfazed by arrival of e-books in New Zealand Market.The direct sale to consumers, in e-book format, of the latest Dan Brown blockbuster, The Lost Symbol...
Booksellers NZ announces major changes to annual awards
Booksellers New Zealand (Booksellers NZ) has announced that the New Zealand Book Awards will next year feature ‘fewer categories, more judges and bigger prizes', following a public review process. The...
Booksellers NZ proposes membership changes
Booksellers New Zealand is preparing draft changes to its constitution, which would enable a restructure of membership to include retailers only. The changes were proposed at the Booksellers NZ AGM,...
New appointments to Booksellers New Zealand board
Mary Sangster of the Children's Bookshop, Christchurch; Jerome Gauder of Whitcoulls' and Emma Radcliffe of Craig Potton Publishing joined the board of Booksellers New Zealand at the New Zealand AGM, held...
Keane appointed BPANZ president
At the Book Publishers Association of New Zealand (BPANZ) AGM held on Sunday as part of the Booksellers New Zealand national conference, Adrian Keane was appointed president, replacing Tony Fisk...
2009 Booksellers New Zealand conference wraps up
The Booksellers New Zealand national conference wrapped up on Monday, having run from Sunday 26 July at Auckland's Crowne Plaza Hotel. The theme of the conference was ‘surviving change'. The...
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Booksellers NZ Conference 2009 dates and theme announcedThe 2009 Booksellers Conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Auckland, 26 to 27 July, with the theme ‘Rethinking the...
Henderson resigns as CEO of Booksellers New Zealand
Booksellers New Zealand has announced the resignation of CEO Linda Henderson. ‘It is with much regret that I announce the resignation,' said Hamish Wright, chair of the Booksellers New Zealand...