Collins to waive franchise fee for independent bookstores
Collins Booksellers is waiving its usual franchise fee for independent bookstores that want to join the group while keeping their independent identities. Under the arrangement, Collins will waive the initial...
Collins Ballarat relocates to ‘destination store’ in heritage building
The Ballarat branch of Collins Booksellers has relocated to a heritage-listed building on Lydiard Street in the Ballarat city centre. Formerly located about a block and half away on Sturt...
New Collins store opens in Caloundra
A new Collins Booksellers franchise store and ABC Centre has opened in Caloundra on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Owners Julie and David Fisher, who are new to the book industry, opened...
Collins Kawana to close
Collins Booksellers in Kawana, Queensland, will close this month, reports the Sunshine Coast Daily. Owner Therese Appleby, who bought the Collins store at Kawana Shoppingworld three years ago, said she will...
Your store: Sticky situation
‘Great Book Great Price’, ‘Read It, Love It or Your Money Back!’, ‘The Australian Women’s Weekly Great Read’. Publishers’ promotional stickers can provide a catchy sales pitch, promote an unknown...
Tropical delights: Kerstin Brown from Collins Booksellers Smithfield
Collins Booksellers Smithfield co-owners Kerstin and Andrew Brown opened their bookshop near Cairns in the days before reps travelled that far north. Kerstin Brown shares her bookseller’s diary. In 1987,...
Collins Werribee to close
The Collins bookstore in Werribee, Victoria, will close at the end of September. The store, which is a previous recipient of the Collins Franchise of the Year Award, is located...
Keating joins Collins Booksellers head office
Michelle Keating has joined the Collins Booksellers head office in the role of national franchise manager. Keating has worked for a number of Collins stores in Melbourne over the past 23...
Ticket sales up at BBWF 2013; philosophy magazine tops bestseller list
This year’s Byron Writers Festival was held on 2-4 August, with record ticket sales and attendances on the first day of the festival and an increase across the board from...
Collins store in Karratha to close
Collins Booksellers in Karratha, WA, is set to close, reports the Pilbara Echoe. The bookshop, which is located in the Centro Karratha shopping centre on Welcome Road, will close at the...
Collins offers 20% off books reviewed in the ‘Weekend Australian’
Collins Booksellers has partnered with the Australian newspaper to offer its customers 20% off the price of books reviewed in the Weekend Australian each week. The promotion, which started on...
New Kobo devices available at Collins
Collins Booksellers are now selling the ‘Kobo Family’ devices. This includes the Kobo Touch, along with new devices the Kobo Glo, a front-lit, six-inch ereader; the Kobo Mini, a five-inch ereader; and...
Collins celebrates 90 years with 90 favourite books
Several weeks after Collins Booksellers’ flagship store, Hill of Content Bookshop in Melbourne, celebrated its 90th birthday, the Collins family and friends gathered at Melbourne’s Abbottsford convent this month to celebrate...
Hill of Content: A brief history
Melbourne’s Hill of Content Bookshop recently celebrated its 90th birthday. Manager Andrew Robertson shares the store’s history: Hill of Content Bookshop’s founder, A H Spencer was born in1886 at Balmain,...
Collins, Kobo, HarperCollins and the ‘Australian’ launch ‘Australian Selection’ ebook giveaway
In a two-week long coordinated promotion, readers of the Australian newspaper will be given the opportunity to download 12 HarperCollins ebooks titles for free through Kobo and Collins Booksellers. The...
Boo, Griffiths top sellers at BBWF 2012
Books by Katherine Boo and Andy Griffiths were the top sellers at this year’s Byron Bay Writers Festival (BBWF), according to festival bookseller Collins Booksellers Byron Bay. Behind the Beautiful Forever by Boo...
Griffith Readers’ Festival guests announced
Andy Griffiths, Sulari Gentill, B Michael Radburn, Karly Lane and Tania McCartney will be among the guests at the inaugural Griffith Readers’ Festival in September. The festival, which will be...
In brief
Australian, New Zealand titles in running for international cookbook awardsThe International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) has announced the finalists in its Cookbook Awards. Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion (Stephanie...
Griffiths Booksellers, Collins Point Cook close
Collins Booksellers Geelong, which traded under its historical name Griffiths Booksellers, is to close after almost 100 years. Manager Kate Hunter told the Geelong Advertiser the closure of the Geelong, Victoria...
Eveston appointed Collins buying manager
Collins Booksellers has announced the appointment of Louise Eveston to the position of buying manager Eveston has 13 years experience in the book industry, having worked for Borders in various...