Bookworld launches next-day delivery offer
Online bookseller Bookworld has launched a next-day delivery offer, guaranteeing next-day delivery for orders for books that are in stock in its Melbourne warehouse to all Australian capital cities. The...
Media Publishing launches online bookstore Talu Books
Sydney-based publishing services company Media Publishing has launched a new online bookstore called Talu Books. The store, which soft-launched in August 2012 with a small number of titles, sells both...
NZ study proposes cut to tax-free threshold for online purchases, recommends tax collection through ‘multilateral agreement’
A study commissioned by Booksellers New Zealand and produced by Victoria University’s New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation has recommended that the New Zealand government drastically...
Booktopia rated number one Australian store on consumer review website
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...
Government gives ‘in principle’ support to lowering GST threshold but rules out immediate change
The Federal Government has released an interim response to the recommendations made by its Low Value Parcel Processing Taskforce earlier this year, giving ‘in principle’ support for the recommendation to lower...
UK publishers, booksellers join in Black Friday promotion
A number of UK publishers and booksellers offered special promotions to coincide with Black Friday sales in the US last week, reports the Bookseller. This is the first time UK publishers...
Ingram to provide ebooks for Booktopia
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...
Bookworld launches Christmas TV advertising campaign
Following the launch of its ‘Bookworld Price Guarantee’ to beat Amazon’s prices by 10%, online bookseller Bookworld has launched a Christmas television advertising campaign. The advertisement features the ‘King of...
Booktopia launches new website
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...
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...
Bookworld offers to beat Amazon by 10%
Online bookseller Bookworld has launched a ‘Bookworld Price Guarantee’ for its loyalty club members, offering to beat Amazon’s prices by 10%. Under the promotion, which was launched on 1 November,...
Booktopia, Bookworld to participate in Click Frenzy online promotion
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
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....
Rakuten to launch online stores in Australia
Kobo parent company Rakuten has announced plans to open new online stores in Australia and India, reports Inside Retail Asia. The Japanese online retailer said the new businesses are part...
UK secondhand bookseller launches Australian website
UK-based secondhand bookseller World of Books has launched an Australian website. World of Books Australia officially launched on 22 October. The business sources secondhand books from charities in the UK...
Booktopia expands office, distribution centre
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...
Book discovery in the online age not as digital as you might think
Two new consumer reports from Bowker, parent company of Bookseller+Publisher, look at how book buyers are discovering the books they purchase in the digital age. In the US, the most...
Taskforce recommends new approach to processing low value parcels
The Federal Government’s Low Value Parcel Processing Taskforce has delivered its final report to government, recommending that reform to the current arrangements for processing low value goods from overseas suppliers...
Booktopia revenue up 46.5%
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...
Bookworld launches with new loyalty program
The Borders Australia online business has been rebranded and the new Bookworld website is now live. Among the features of the new site is a new ‘citizenship’ membership program, which...