Nikolic to join Nielsen NZ
Nevena Nikolic has been appointed as national manager for Nielsen Book Services in New Zealand, replacing David Dromer, who resigned from the company at the end of 2013. Nikolic joins...
Nielsen BookScan figures: value and volume down
Overall, sales in the 10 weeks to 7 December 2013 are down 2.2% in value and 0.7% in volume compared to the pre-Christmas period last year. The drops in volume...
Nielsen to acquire commerce, business intelligence services from R R Bowker
Nielsen has signed an agreement to acquire a range of commerce and business intelligence services in the US and UK from R R Bowker, parent company of Books+Publishing owner Thorpe-Bowker....
Nielsen to acquire commerce, business intelligence services from R R Bowker
Nielsen has signed an agreement to acquire a range of commerce and business intelligence services from R R Bowker, parent company of Books+Publishing owner Thorpe-Bowker. The two companies said in...
Nielsen launches BookScan in Brazil
Nielsen BookScan has begun tracking print book sales in Brazil. Nielsen launched its Brazil service earlier this month and expects to measure sales volume of more than 600,000 books valued...
Leading Edge Books Conference 2013
Eighty booksellers from around 50 bookshops attended this year’s Leading Edge Books Conference, which was held at the Hilton Adelaide from 14-16 June. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, LEB shared its...
Symonds to take on expanded role for Nielsen Book; Meechan to retire
General manager of Nielsen Book Australia Shaun Symonds will take on an expanded role in September, adding responsibility for Nielsen Book New Zealand to his current position. Symonds will start in...
Changes at Nielsen Book
General manager of Nielsen Book in Australia Shaun Symonds as been appointed as general manager of Nielsen Book Australia and New Zealand and will start in the new role in September....
Meechan to retire from Nielsen Book
Ka Meechan has announced that she will retire from her position as Asia Pacific managing director for Nielsen Book later this year. According to the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ), Meechan will...
ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Light between Oceans (M L Stedman, Vintage) QF32...
Changes at Nielsen Book Australia
Shaun Symonds, head of Nielsen BookScan, has been promoted to general manager of Nielsen Book Australia, with responsibility for the BookScan and BookData businesses. Rae Smyth, who was national manager...
Symonds promoted to general manager of Nielsen Book Australia; Smyth leaves
Shaun Symonds has been promoted to general manager of Nielsen Book Australia. Nielsen said in a statement that Symonds, who has been the head of BookScan Australia for the past seven...
Fishpond pulls out of Nielsen BookScan panels
New Zealand-based online retailer Fishpond has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it is no longer participating in Nielsen BookScan panels in Australia and New Zealand. Fishpond promotions manager Dean Oelofse told...
Tim Coronel: What next for the Australian publishing industry?
Former Bookseller+Publisher publisher Tim Coronel gave a speech at the Wheeler Centre today as part of the SPUNC Independent Publishers Conference. Here’s some of what he had to say: I’m...
In brief
Sydney library design project attracts entries from 30 countries A competition to design the new Green Square Library and Plaza in Sydney has attracted 168 entries from architects in 30 countries....
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...
‘All That I Am’ wins booksellers choice award
All That I Am by Anna Funder (Penguin) has won this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award. The award, which recognises Australian new-release titles that booksellers...
ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award shortlist announced
The books shortlisted for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award have been announced. The award recognises Australian new-release titles that booksellers most enjoyed reading, marketing...
Whitcoulls withdraws from BookScan panel
New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls will no longer participate in the country's Nielsen BookScan panel. In a message sent to subscribers and retailers last week, Nielsen BookScan said that from...
ABA conference round-up
The 2011 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) national conference was held on 24 and 25 July in Melbourne, attracting around 300 attendees each day, with a trade exhibition drawing 53 exhibitors....