Readings becomes tour operator
Readings is expanding its offering to customers beyond books and music, by hosting a tour to the Jaipur Literature Festival in India in January next year. Readings event coordinator Chris...
McDonald joins OverDrive
Andrew McDonald will leave the position of online manager at Readings and join OverDrive Australia as business development consultant at the start of September. McDonald told Bookseller+Publisher that he will...
Australian attendees report a ‘buoyant’ BEA
Attendance was up at this year’s Book Expo America (BEA), which ran from 4-7 June in New York, with Australian attendees reporting a buoyant fair. Readings’ books division manager Martin...
Readings publishes limited-edition art book
Readings has published Melbourne artist Bruno Leti’s Workbook 15 in a limited edition of 200 copies. The book gives readers an insight into ‘the creative process of an artist’, and...
Booksellers for and against e-retailing
From Booki.sh to ReadCloud and the recently announced TitlePage Plus, indie booksellers now have a number of options with which to enter the e-retail space. But not all are eager...
Stella Prize bookshop events to celebrate International Women’s Day
Are men better writers than women? To answer this question and to celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) on 8 March, the Stella Prize and independent booksellers across the country will be...
Readings Port Melbourne to close
Readings has announced that its Port Melbourne store will close. Readings managing director Mark Rubbo said in a statement that Readings had been 'unable to come to an arrangement with...
Readings Port Melbourne to close
Readings has announced that its Port Melbourne store will close. Readings managing director Mark Rubbo said that Readings had been ‘unable to come to an arrangement with the landlord' regarding...
Readings Foundation awards $106,437 in grants for 2012
The Readings Foundation has announced the recipients chosen to receive funding in 2012. The 2012 grant recipients are:Save the Children ($20,000), for the 'delivery of weekly literacy and play sessions...
Readings to open new specialist shop in 2012
Melbourne bookseller Readings will open a new store at the University of Melbourne's new neuroscience facility, the Melbourne Brain Centre, in early 2012. Readings managing director Mark Rubbo told the...
Fullers launches ebookstore
Fullers Bookshop in Tasmania has launched its ebookstore on the Booki.sh platform. The Fullers ebookstore, on its new-look website, features recommendations from individual booksellers at the chain's bookstores--‘hand-picked lists of related...
Readings opens pop-up discount store
Melbourne bookseller Readings has opened a pop-up discount store in Lygon Court, Carlton. Readings Bargains is located opposite the former Borders Carlton store and across the road from the Readings Carlton store....
Readings to donate 10% of profits to Readings Foundation
Readings Books, Music and Film has announced that it will increase its annual contribution to The Readings Foundation, with the bookseller to donate 10% of its profits to the foundation...
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Readings to donate 10% of profits to Readings FoundationReadings has announced that it will increase its annual contribution to The Readings Foundation, with the bookseller to donate 10% of its...
Books for Cooks signs with Booki.sh to sell ebooks
Books for Cooks, the Melbourne-based bookshop that was named the state specialist bookshop of the year at this year's Australian Book Industry Awards, has signed with Inventive Labs to sell ebooks...
Gleebooks and Fullers sign with Booki.sh
Independent bookselling chains Gleebooks and Fullers could begin selling ebooks as early as next month, following the news last week that the two stores have signed with the Booki.sh platform....
Industry responds to Minister’s ‘end of bookshops’ prediction
Members of the Australian bookselling community have expressed outrage at comments made by federal Minister for Small Business Nick Sherry about the future of Australian bookshops this week. Speaking at...
Dymocks major sponsor, official bookseller for 2011 MWF
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced a new partnership with Dymocks, with the bookselling chain becoming a major sponsor of the event. The Dymocks franchise at 234 Collins Street...
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2011 Calibre Prize winners announcedThe Australian Book Review (ABR) and the Copyright Agency Limited have announced that the 2011 Calibre Prize will be shared by essayists Dean Biron ('The Death...
Publishers use Booki.sh to provide ‘complimentary copies’ for review
Australian publishers signed with the Booki.sh program can make ebook proofs available to booksellers and reviewers. Allen & Unwin has announced it will be making e-proofs available using the program...