Majority of ex-Booki.sh stores unlikely to sell ebooks before Christmas
Independent booksellers Readings, Avid Reader, Gleebooks, Fullers, Imprints, Mary Ryan’s and Books for Cooks have confirmed to Books+Publishing that they are no longer selling ebooks following the closure of the...
Booksellers respond to Booki.sh retail sales closure
A number of independent booksellers who have been selling ebooks via the Booki.sh platform have expressed their disappointment in OverDrive’s decision to discontinue retail sales from the platform. As reported...
OverDrive to close Booki.sh retail platform
Ebook distributor OverDrive has confirmed to Books+Publishing that it will discontinue ebook sales from its Booki.sh platform. OverDrive, which acquired the local Booki.sh platform in March 2012, said today that...
The Turning Page closes its ebookstore
The Turning Page Bookstore in the Blue Mountains, NSW, is no longer selling ebooks. The independent bookstore launched its ebookstore in December 2011 with local platform provider Booki.sh. However, owners...
Penguin ebooks available through Booki.sh
Ebooks from Penguin Australia are now available through ebook platform Booki.sh, which is now owned by US-based ebook distributor OverDrive. A spokesperson for Penguin confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that the publisher’s...
Sleepers drops DRM with Booki.sh
Following the announcement that it has dropped digital rights management (DRM) protection from its ebook titles available through Kobo, Sleepers Publishing has announced that its ebooks are now also DRM-free on...
OverDrive to launch browser-based ereading platform this year
Ebook distributor OverDrive has announced that it will launch a new web browser-based ereading platform later this year, based on the HTML5 ereading technology developed by local ebook platform provider...
Inventive Labs to become Melbourne office of Icelab
Inventive Labs, the software and website design company founded by Joseph Pearson and Virginia Murdoch and responsible for the creation of the Booki.sh ebook platform, will become the Melbourne office of...
Overdrive acquires Booki.sh
Ebook distributor Overdrive has announced it has acquired local ebook platform provider Booki.sh. Peter Haasz, speaking for Booki.sh told the Weekly Book Newsletter that Booki.sh--founded by Inventive Labs partners Joseph Pearson and...
Overdrive acquires Booki.sh
Ebook distributor Overdrive has announced it has acquired local ebook platform provider Booki.sh. Peter Haasz, who founded Booki.sh with Inventive Labs partners Virginia Murdoch and Joseph Pearson, told the Weekly Book...
In Brief
Eligibility criteria for OzCo publishing grants now onlineEligibility criteria and application details for publishing grants from the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts are now available online...
Mary Ryan’s, Avid Reader sign with Booki.sh
Ebook platform provider Booki.sh has announced that the Mary Ryan's bookselling chain and the Avid Reader bookshop in Brisbane have signed with the company to sell ebooks, and have launched ebookstores....
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...
Books for Cooks launches ebookstore with Booki.sh
Melbourne-based specialist bookshop Books for Cooks has launched its ebookstore on the Booki.sh platform. The Books for Cooks ebookstore is linked to the retailer's existing online store, and offers cookbooks...
More than 200 stores signed with ReadCloud; colour ereaders to be sold in participating stores
ReadCloud has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that it now has more than 200 Australian and New Zealand bookstores signed to use its ebook platform. ReadCloud co-founder and CEO...
Random House joins growing list of publishers providing ebooks for review
Random House Australia is the latest local publisher to offer electronic advance reading copies (ARC) to booksellers and reviewers. Random House Australia marketing and publicity director and head of digital...
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...
Books for Cooks signs with Booki.sh to sell ebooks
Books for Cooks, the Melbourne-based bookshop that was 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....
Gleebooks and Fullers sign with Booki.sh
Independent bookselling chains Gleebooks and Fullers are set to sell ebooks via the Booki.sh platform from ‘as early as next month’, reports ebookish.com.au.The New South Wales-based Gleebooks and Tasmania-based Fullers...