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Magazine numbering


This is a guide to Books+Publishing‘s system of edition and volume numbering is created to help librarians add editions to their catalogue systems.

Recent issues 

Books+Publishing magazine Issue 3 2017, Volume 97, No. 1. (published July 2017)
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 4 2017, Volume 97, No. 2. (published October 2017)

Books+Publishing magazine Issue 1 2018, Volume 97, No. 3. (published March 2018)
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 2 2018, Volume 97, No. 4. (published May 2018)
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 3 2018, Volume 98, No. 1. (published July 2018)
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 4 2018, Volume 98, No. 2. (published October 2018)

Books+Publishing magazine Issue 1 2019, Volume 98, No. 3. (published March 2019)
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 2 2019, Volume 98, No. 4. (published May 2019)—Please note that on the editorial page for this issue, the edition was incorrectly labeled as ‘Volume 99, No 4,’ but should be labelled as ‘Volume 98, No 4.’ 
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 3 2019, Volume 99, No. 1. (published July 2019)
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 4 2019, Volume 99, No. 2. (published October 2019)

Books+Publishing magazine Issue 1 2020, Volume 99, No. 3. (published May 2020) not published
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 2 2020, Volume 100, No. 1. (published July 2020) not published

Definitions

The magazine was first published on 10 June 1921 and the numbering is based on this date.

  • Please note: there was no Volume 0. The publication begins with Volume 1 on the first publish date of 10 June 1921 and this first volume ends in April 1922.
  • The ‘volume number’ is set to ’97’ for the 97th year of the publication.
  • The ‘edition number’ is set to ‘1’ for the first edition in each volume series, and in the series for volume 97, the first edition is published in July 2017, just after the June anniversary date.
  • The 98th year begins with edition number 1, published in July 2018 after the anniversary date.
  • The ‘issue name’ indicates the quarter of the current year. ‘Issue 1’ is published during the the start of the year.

From 2006 to 2012, the magazine was called ‘Bookseller+Publisher’, which published around 9 editions per year, and the usual issue names were: ‘March’, ‘April’, ‘May’, ‘June/July’, ‘August’, ‘September’, ‘October’, ‘November’, and ‘Summer’.

From 2013 to 2019, the magazine was renamed to ‘Books+Publishing’ and was published quarterly, with issue names ‘Issue 1’, ‘Issue 2’, ‘Issue 3’, and ‘Issue 4’.

In 2020, the magazine is published twice per year as ‘Issue 1’ and ‘Issue 2’. (Read about the change here.)

Chronology

Core journal:

  • The Australian Stationery and Fancy Goods Journal. Volume 1–3 (1921–1922)
  • The Australasian Stationery and Fancy Goods Journal. Volume 3–6 (1923–1925)
  • The Booksellers, Stationers and Fancy Goods Journal. Volume 6–18 (1926–1937)
  • “IDEAS”: The Booksellers, Stationers and Newsagents Journal. Volume 18–36 (1938–1955)
  • “IDEAS”: For Newsagents and Stationers. Volumes 36–51 (1956–1970)
  • “IDEAS”: About Books and Bookselling: For Australia and New Zealand. Volumes 36–49 (1956–1968)
  • “IDEAS”: Book Trade Journal: For Australia, New Zealand & The Pacific. Volumes 49–51 (1969–1970)
  • Australian Newsagent & Stationer. Volumes 51–75 (1971–1995)
    ISSN 1037-6887
  • Australian Bookseller & Publisher. Volumes 51–85 (1971–2006)
    ISSN 0004-8764
  • Bookseller+Publisher. Volumes 85–91 (2006–2012)
    ISSN 0004-8764 (2006–2010)
    ISSN 1833-5403 (2011–2012)
  • Books+Publishing. Volumes 91–current (2013–current)
    ISSN 2201-5892

Other publications:

  • Weekly Book Newsletter (print: 1971–2006, electronic: 2006–current)
    ISSN 0812-7042
  • Australian Library News (2001–2011)
    ISSN 1445-8446
  • Library News (2011–2012)
  • Bookseller+Publisher Media Extra newsletter (2004–2012)
  • Bookseller+Publisher Reviews newsletter (2012)
  • Books+Publishing Reviews newsletter (2013–current)
  • Bookseller+Publisher Junior newsletter (2012)
  • Books+Publishing Junior newsletter (2013–current)
  • Books+Publishing Daily newsletter (2013–current)
  • Think Australian magazine (2002–2017)
    ISSN 2202-7971
  • Think Australian newsletter (2017–current)
  • Think Australian Junior newsletter (2017–2019)