Your Bookshop to open fifth store in Sydney Archive
Your Bookshop, a chain of independent bookshops in Sydney, will open its fifth store in April. Your Bookshop co-owner Bonnie Serov told Books+Publishing that the new store will be located in the...
Remote possibilities: Independent booksellers in regional Australia Archive
Publishing student Bridget Morales has surveyed over 50 independent booksellers in regional Australia to find out how they are faring at a time when online bookstores and ereaders are increasingly...
Webber appointed CEO of Bookworld Archive
James Webber, former ecommerce and digital manager at REDgroup Retail, has been appointed CEO of Bookworld, the division of Pearson Australia which operates the Angus & Robertson (A&R) and the...
Webber appointed Bookworld CEO Archive
James Webber, former ecommerce and digital manager at REDgroup Retail, has been appointed CEO of Bookworld, the division of Pearson Australia which operates the Angus & Robertson and the soon-to-be-rebranded...
Pearson to rebrand Borders online as Bookworld Archive
Pearson Australia Group will rebrand the former REDgroup Retail-owned Borders online business as Bookworld this month. In a statement on the Borders.com.au website, Pearson said that the current Borders.com.au website...
Whitcoulls to close Lambton Quay store Archive
Whitcoulls has confirmed that, after 104 years on the same site, the Whitcoulls Lambton Quay store will close at the end of May. A statement said that staff and stock...
New Dymocks store opens in Melbourne Archive
A new Dymocks bookstore opened on Saturday 14 April at Knox Shopping Centre in Wantirna South, Victoria, taking the place of a space once occupied by Borders. Dymocks employee Jamie...
Secondhand Wollongong bookshop now selling new books Archive
A secondhand bookshop in Wollongong, NSW, has decided to sell new-release books after the city was left without a dedicated bookshop following the closure of the Wollongong Angus & Robertson...
Ebooks account for 12% of sales at Hachette Australia; Largardere sales down 5.9% in 2011 Archive
Ebook sales accounted for 12% of Hachette Australia's sales during 2011, according to managing director Malcolm Edwards. Edwards told the Weekly Book Newsletter that this figure represents 'an almost ten-fold increase in the...
Former A&R franchises in Bankstown, Merrylands rebrand; owners open third store Archive
Two former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores in Sydney's south west are now operating as independent bookstores under the name Your Bookshop. The owners of the stores, located in...
Borders Singapore: staff, gift card holders likely to be repaid Archive
Former employees of Borders Singapore and gift card holders are likely to be paid the money owed to them following a decision by owner REDgroup Retail to forego a $2.5...
Reader’s Feast to reopen before Christmas Archive
Reader's Feast Bookstore will reopen in a new location in Melbourne before Christmas. Store owner Mary Dalmau told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the newly independent store will be located in...
Reader’s Feast to reopen before Christmas Archive
Reader's Feast Bookstore will reopen in a new location in Melbourne before Christmas. Store owner Mary Dalmau told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the new store will be located in...
Supanews to open A&R bricks-and-mortar bookstores Archive
Former REDgroup-owned newsagency chain Supanews has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that it will operate Angus & Robertson (A&R) bricks-and-mortar bookshops in Australia. Adrian Gaskin, managing director of Supanews,...
Rakuten to acquire Kobo Archive
Ebook platform provider and online retailer Kobo is to be acquired by Japanese internet service company Rakuten. Rakuten confirmed in a statement its 'definitive agreement' to 'acquire 100% of total...
Final Borders store in Singapore closes; Pearson buys ANZ rights to use Borders name Archive
The remaining Borders store at Parkway Parade in Singapore closed this week, reports AsiaOne. The store closed on 26 September, following a 70% closing down sale which began last week....
Whitcoulls withdraws from BookScan panel Archive
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...
Readings opens pop-up discount store Archive
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....
Future of Borders Singapore uncertain Archive
News reports in Singapore this week suggest that the future of Borders stores in the country is uncertain. The Straits Times reported on 20 August that the Borders flagship store...
REDgroup administration: Proof of Debt Register for Australian creditors now available Archive
REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson has made a Proof of Debt Register of creditors for the Australian group of companies available online. The document, which is available here, outlines the...
