Wright moves to NLA bookstore, Daltons closed
Canberra bookseller Meredith Wright has confirmed her new position managing the National Library of Australia (NLA) bookshop, following the closure of her bookstore Daltons Books in late August 2011. Wright told...
Dirt Cheap Books email announces Melbourne city, Mentone stores will close
An email from Dirt Cheap Books to its mailing list customers has announced the company is ‘closing down forever'. The email said the Dirt Cheap Books Melbourne city store would close...
Why is it cheaper to post a book from overseas than within Australia? Australia Post, the Royal Mail and the cost of shipping books
The Australian book community is well aware of the growing importance of international online retailers such as Amazon and UK-based the Book Depository (which could soon become one company if...
Dymocks to launch publishing arm, D Publishing
Dymocks will launch a web-based publishing arm in October.To be called D Publishing, the business will allow users to upload draft manuscripts online 'and proceed to produce and publish their...
Dymocks to launch publishing arm, D Publishing
Dymocks will launch a web-based publishing arm in October.To be called D Publishing, the business will allow users to upload draft manuscripts online ‘and proceed to produce and publish their...
Things we keep repeating
UPDATE For the most detailed reports on the REDgroup administration process over the past few months see the Bookseller+Publisher website. As the news of REDgroup retail...
New independent bookstore opens in Perth
Alan Sheardown, former manager of Planet Books, has opened Crow Books, a new independent bookstore in Perth. Sheardown told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the new store, located at 900...
The Little Bookroom to open second store in Melbourne CBD
The owners of The Little Bookroom have announced that they will open a second store in Melbourne in early 2011. Leesa Lambert, who owns the children's bookstore with her parents...
REDgroup appoints group commercial director to drive growth in non-book categories
REDgroup Retail, owner of Borders, Angus & Robertson and Whitcoulls, has appointed Adrian Jones as group commercial director. Jones will be responsible for growing ‘new focus categories', which are stationery,...
Readings St Kilda expands
Readings bookstore in St Kilda, Melbourne, will officially launch its new look this weekend with two days of celebrations. The Acland Street store recently closed for less than 48 hours...
The Little Bookroom celebrates 50 years
The Little Bookroom in Melbourne will celebrate its 50th anniversary on the 13 October. The children's bookstore first opened its doors in the Melbourne CBD on the 13 October, 1960....
Dyer sells Domain Books to Durack, retains Fairfield Books
Heather Dyer has sold Domain Books in Melbourne to former staff member Cathy Durack. Durack, who worked at the store for several years, has brought in new staff and is...
Google Editions: about ‘surfacing books’ not replacing bookstores, says Palma
The article below originally appeared in our Weekly Book Newsletter, back in February, but with the recent mainstream coverage of the fact Google is planning to sell ebooks, we thought it might...
Ron Abbey’s Bookhouse closes online presence
Ron Abbey's Bookhouse, which moved online in 2006, has closed. The bricks and mortar store was opened by Ron Abbey in Bowral, in the Southern Highlands of NSW, in 2000,...
Boffins celebrates 20 years
Technical and specialist bookshop Boffins Bookshop, in Perth, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Boffins was one of five bookshops in Perth's West End when it opened in 1989, but is...
Brays Books celebrates 40 years
Brays Books in Balmain is celebrating 40 years of operation. Founded by Philip Bray and Margaret Bray and now owned and managed solely by Philip, Brays Books has seen many...
Ferguson among industry figures acknowledged in Australia Day honours
Former bookseller and two-time Australian Booksellers Association ABA president Jean Ferguson has been recognised with a medal in the general division (OAM) in this year's Australia Day honours. A former...
Boab Books vandalised
West Australian bookseller Eric Ladhams had a distinctly unmerry Christmas, after vandals broke into his store. Boab Books lost around $50,000 worth of stock when local children pulled the books...
Lindfield Bookshops to unveil new combined premises
Next Monday 12 January Lindfield Bookshop and Lindfield Children's Bookshop will open in a new combined store on the Pacific Highway in Lindfield, NSW. Lindfield Bookshop owner Scott Whitmont told...
‘Introduction to bookselling’ ABA course a success
In its second year the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Introduction to Bookselling course, staged in Melbourne last weekend, attracted 25 participants from Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria....