Morton named ‘Australia’s favourite novelist’ in Booktopia poll Archive
Kate Morton has topped the winners list in Booktopia’s search for ‘Australia’s favourite novelist’. Booktopia announced the top 50 novelists on its website on 25 January after receiving ‘hundreds of nominations’ and ‘tens of...
Booktopia to reveal ‘Australia’s favourite novelist’ today Archive
Booktopia will reveal the top 10 results of its poll of ‘Australia’s favourite novelists’ at midday today. The online bookseller has been counting down the results over the past week, with authors...
Booktopia asks readers to choose ‘Australia’s Favourite Novelist’ Archive
Booktopia is running a promotion for readers to vote for their favourite Australian novelist to coincide with the bookseller’s ‘month of Australian stories’. Nominations, which were accepted by email, Twitter and...
Booktopia rated number one Australian store on consumer review website Archive
Online bookseller Booktopia has been rated the top Australian retail store on consumer review website ProductReview.com.au. Booktopia received an average ranking of 4.9 stars throughout 2012, according to data released...
Ingram to provide ebooks for Booktopia Archive
Online bookseller Booktopia has signed with Ingram’s CoreSource ebook platform and plans to begin selling ebooks through the platform by the end of the year. Booktopia CEO Tony Nash told...
‘Record’ sales for Click Frenzy booksellers despite website failure Archive
Online booksellers participating in the Click Frenzy 24-hour sales event have reported record sales, despite the website’s failure. The Click Frenzy website, which was intended to direct customers to online...
Booktopia launches new website Archive
Online bookseller Booktopia has launched a new website with a redesigned Booktopia logo. Booktopia CEO Tony Nash told Bookseller+Publisher that Booktopia has received ‘amazing, humbling and inspiring’ feedback from customers...
Co-op Bookshop to participate in Click Frenzy Archive
A spokesperson for the Click Frenzy promotion has confirmed that the Co-op Bookshop will participate in the online promotion. As reported by Bookseller+Publisher last week, the Click Frenzy promotion is...
Booktopia, Bookworld to participate in Click Frenzy online promotion Archive
Online booksellers Booktopia and Bookworld are among approximately 100 Australian retailers that will participate in a 24-hour online-only promotion this month. Click Frenzy is run by Power Retail and is...
Booktopia ranked 96 on ‘BRW’ Fast 100 list Archive
Online bookseller Booktopia was ranked 96th on this year’s BRW (Business Review Weekly) Fast 100 list. The rankings were revealed at an event in Sydney at the end of October....
Booktopia expands office, distribution centre Archive
Online bookseller Booktopia has announced that it has added another 500sqm to its premises in Lane Cove in Sydney, bringing its office and distribution centre spaces to a combined total...
Booktopia revenue up 46.5% Archive
Booktopia had achieved revenues of $20.8 million, excluding GST, for the 2011/12 year, up 46.5% from $14.2 million in 2010/11, according to CEO Tony Nash. Nash told Bookseller+Publisher this growth...
Booktopia wins Telstra NSW people’s choice award Archive
Online Australian bookseller Booktopia has won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Telstra NSW Business Awards. The award, which is open to all entrants in the 2012 awards, was...
ABS to collect online retail data from 2013 Archive
The Federal Government has announced that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will begin collecting data on online retail spending by the end of 2013. The government has allocated $2.1...
Booktopia employee to represent Australia in London Games Archive
Booktopia employee Anthony Alozie will be among approximately 400 athletes representing Australia at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, which kick off at the end of this week. Alozie will...
Booktopia makes ‘Top 10 Online Retailers’ list Archive
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named on a list of ‘Top 10 Online Retailers’ compiled by the Australian Institute of Management’s magazine Management Today. Booktopia was ranked third on the...
Telstra Business Awards nomination for Booktopia Archive
Online bookseller Booktopia has been shortlisted for the New South Wales Telstra Business Awards in the medium-sized category for the second year running. Booktopia is one of 24 businesses shortlisted...
Booktopia makes NSW people’s choice award shortlist Archive
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named as one of the NSW finalists for the People’s Choice Award in this year’s Telstra Business Awards. Booktopia is one of five finalists for...
Baum appointed Booktopia editorial director Archive
Booktopia has announced that Caroline Baum has been appointed as editorial director. Baum will be responsible for ‘headline editorial pieces’ for the company’s online newsletter Booktopia Buzz, and will contribute...
Google to discontinue ebook reseller program by 2013; Dymocks, Booktopia and Co-op to stop selling Google eBooks Archive
Google has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it will discontinue its ebook reseller program with Australian retailers by early 2013. Google said in a statement last week that it will end...
