APA to present new digital innovation award at ABIAs
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced that it will present a new award for digital innovation as part of this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), the finalists for...
O’Donnell joins HarperCollins
HarperCollins Australia has announced that Libby O'Donnell will join the publisher at the end of this month as international rights manager. O'Donnell will begin in the role on 30 April...
Thorpe-Bowker announces TitlePage Plus pricing; Copia in the process of signing with major publishers
In a session at the Leading Edge Books annual conference on Sunday 12 March, Thorpe-Bowker general manager Gary Pengelly announced the price structure of the new TitlePage Plus service. The pricing...
A&U, Penguin joint publishers of the year at Leading Edge 2012 conference
The 2012 Leading Edge Books Conference, held in Melbourne on 10 and 11 March, was the largest in the conference's history, according to Leading Edge Books general manager Simon Milne....
TitlePage Plus to partner with ebook distributor Copia Interactive
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and RR Bowker (parent company of Weekly Book Newsletter owner Thorpe-Bowker) have announced that Copia Interactive will be the supplier providing ebook distribution to users of...
2012 APA Book Design Awards shortlists announced
The shortlisted titles for this year's Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the 'Best Designed Cover of the Year' category are:The Art...
2012 APA Book Design Awards shortlists announced
The shortlisted titles for this year's Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the 'Best Designed Cover of the Year' category are:The Art...
APA announces successful applicants for 2012 Residential Editorial Program
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts have announced the editors selected to attend the 2012 Residential Editorial Program (REP), which...
Quote of the week
'One issue we are still very much negotiating (though some publishers might refer to it as "arguing") is that of electronic files and security. Who owns the copyright? Yes, the...
ABIAs to move to SWF
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held during the Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) in 2012...
Industry, politicians respond to BISG recommendations
The Book Industry Strategy Group's final report to government, which was handed over to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Senator Kim Carr last week, has attracted a variety...
Fulcher leaves APA
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced that exports and events manager Kathy Fulcher has finished in her position. Maree McCaskill, CEO of the APA, told the Weekly Book Newsletter that...
2012 Residential Editorial Program details announced
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Literature Board of Australia Council for the Arts have announced details about the 2012 Residential Editorial Program (REP), to be held in May...
APA confirms TitlePage Plus to be launched ‘prior to Christmas’
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and RR Bowker have confirmed they have ‘signed a Heads of Agreement for the migration of TitlePage to Bowker's platform and the subsequent joint development...
APA accreditation for Uni of Sydney publishing course
The Masters of Publishing course at the University of Sydney has received accreditation from the Australian Publishers Association (APA), making it the third tertiary publishing program in the country to...
APA announces TitlePage update, partnership with Thorpe-Bowker
As announced by Pan Macmillan managing director Ross Gibb at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Monday 25 July, the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released a statement regarding an update of...
APA announces TitlePage update, partnership with Thorpe-Bowker
As announced by Pan Macmillan managing director Ross Gibb at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Monday 25 July, the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released a statement regarding an update of...
Printing and retailing associations express concerns about carbon price
The Printing Industries Association of Australia and national retailing organisations have expressed concerns about the carbon price announced by the Federal Government on the weekend. National manager of policy and...
Booksellers to meet with Minister Sherry
A delegation of booksellers will travel to Canberra this week to speak with Small Business Minister Nick Sherry following his recent comments about the future of Australian bookshops. Australian Booksellers...
NZ named Country of Honour for 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair
The organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair have announced today that New Zealand will be the guest of honour at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair, which will be held from...