Robinsons to open Melbourne CBD store in April
Independent Melbourne bookseller Robinsons Bookshop will open a new outlet in the Melbourne CBD in April. The new store, which will open in mid-April, will be located in the new...
Dymocks Watergardens reopens; New Co-op store on the Gold Coast
Dymocks has reopened a bookstore at the Watergardens shopping centre in Taylors Lakes, Victoria, after the store closed in April 2013. Reopening in the middle of Dymocks’ Christmas campaign on 14 December,...
Sainsbury’s to stop selling print books online
In the UK, supermarket Sainsbury’s will stop selling print books online at the end of February, reports the Bookseller. From March, Sainsbury’s will sell print books, CDs, DVDs and games...
ArtsHub launches online bookshop with Bookworld
Arts website artsHub has launched an online bookshop in partnership with Bookworld. The artsHub bookshop opened to the public on 6 December, offering 200,000 titles divided into three main categories:...
Two Melbourne bookshops call for public support to stay open
Two Melbourne bookshops have enlisted support from the public to help them stay open. Notions Unlimited in Chelsea, which specialises in science-fiction, fantasy and horror, ran a campaign on its...
Notions Unlimited ‘saved’
Melbourne bookshop Notions Unlimited, which called for public support earlier this month to avoid closure, has announced that it has been ‘saved’. Chuck McKenzie, owner of the science-fiction, fantasy and...
Two Melbourne bookshops call for public support to stay open
Two Melbourne bookshops are calling for support from the public to help them stay open. Notions Unlimited in Chelsea, which specialises in science-fiction, fantasy and horror, is running a campaign...
US campus bookseller Follett lays off 570 full-time staff
In the US, campus bookselling chain Follett Higher Education Group has laid off 570 full-time staff, reports Publishers Weekly. Follett vice-president for retail operations Bob Scholl released a memo to...
Dymocks launches first pop-up store; new location for Canberra store
Dymocks has opened its first pop-up store in the Westfield Eastgardens shopping centre in Sydney. The store, which is 25 sqm in size, opened on 17 October and will trade...
New bookshop Fat Cat Books opens in Melbourne
A new bookshop called Fat Cat Books has opened in Dandenong Plaza in Melbourne. Fat Cat Books, which is located near the previous site of the Dandenong AllBooks4Less store, is...
Collins Kawana to close
Collins Booksellers in Kawana, Queensland, will close this month, reports the Sunshine Coast Daily. Owner Therese Appleby, who bought the Collins store at Kawana Shoppingworld three years ago, said she will...
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...
Vic govt to hold ‘Support Small Business Day’ in October
Victorian booksellers will have an opportunity to be part of the state’s first Support Small Business Day on 19 October. Announced this week by Victorian Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise...
Collins store in Karratha to close
Collins Booksellers in Karratha, WA, is set to close, reports the Pilbara Echoe. The bookshop, which is located in the Centro Karratha shopping centre on Welcome Road, will close at the...
TB Clarke, AllBooks4Less enter administration
Books wholesaler and remainders dealer TB Clarke and its retail arm AllBooks4Less have been placed into administration. Barry Taylor and Todd Gammel from HLB Mann Judd in Sydney were appointed administrators...
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...
Unleash Books & Education outlets close
Independent bookselling chain Unleash Books & Education closed its four stores in Westfield shopping centres in Sydney in March. A spokesperson for Westfield confirmed to Books+Publishing that the Unleash Books...
Vic Books opens new Kelburn store; Price’s Bookshop set to close
A new branch of Vic Books has opened at the Kelburn campus of the Victoria University of Wellington, reports Booksellers NZ. The new bookshop, which is owned by the Victoria...
RMIT Bookshop to close
Melbourne campus bookseller RMIT Bookshop will close on 30 April. The independent business, which is owned by the Melbourne Co-operative Bookshop Group (MCGB), has operated in the Melbourne CBD for 53 years. The RMIT Bookshop outlets...
Dymocks stores reopening in Perth, closing in Sydney
The Dymocks store in Karrinyup, Perth, is reopening and the store in Hunter Street, Sydney, is closing. Dymocks Karrinyup was operating for almost 15 years before it closed in December 2012. The...