QBD, Dymocks petition Vic premier to reopen Melbourne stores
Bookselling chains QBD and Dymocks have each written to Victorian premier Daniel Andrews asking that bookstores be allowed to open in Melbourne, which has been under stage four lockdown since...
QBD unrolls Australian Geographic kiosks
QBD has unrolled three Australian Geographic kiosks within its stores at Carindale, Chermside and Joondalup as part of its retail partnership with the Australian Geographic brand. The partnership also includes...
Booktopia, QBD among top 500 private Australian companies; Booktopia stage four lockdown sales up 150%
Online book retailer Booktopia and the QBD bookselling chain have both made IBISWorld’s Top 500 Private Companies List, reports the Australian Financial Review (AFR). Booktopia is ranked at 372, up...
QBD invites customers to design a bookmark
QBD has launched a competition to design a bookmark that will be sold in the book chain’s stores. Customers can enter the Make Your Bookmark competition by submitting their designs on the...
QBD to open new stores in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne
Bookselling chain QBD has announced it will open three new bookshops in coming months, bringing the total number of QBD outlets nationwide to 53. The company said in a statement...
QBD grows to 50 stores
Bookselling chain QBD now operates 50 stores across Australia, following the opening of a new store in New South Wales in April. A QBD outlet opened at the Stockland Shopping...
QBD launches first local Copia-powered ebookstore
Bookselling chain QBD has become the first Australian retailer to launch an ebookstore powered by Copia. The QBD ebookstore is now live and is integrated with the existing QBD website....
Copia to provide ebooks for QBD, Co-op Bookshop
Ebook platform Copia has confirmed that it will provide ebooks for bookselling chains QBD and Co-op Bookshop. Mathew Barlow, vice president of business development for Copia Interactive, told Bookseller+Publisher that...
Booksellers to participate in Westfield ‘Super Saturday’ promotion
Booksellers located within Westfield shopping centres across the country will be among the retailers offering special deals to shoppers on Saturday 1 December as part of the Westfield ‘Super Saturday’...
New QBD store opens in Melbourne
A new QBD bookstore opened in Highpoint shopping centre in Melbourne’s west on 18 October. The new QBD outlet joins discount bookseller Last Page and an ABC Shop as the only dedicated...
Softlink, QBD to expand ‘Oliver Marketplace’ program nationally
Library services provider Softlink and bookselling chain QBD have announced that their Oliver Marketplace purchasing system is now available to all libraries across Australia. The system, which allows school libraries...