Australia Post to increase parcel, bulk mail prices in April
Australia Post has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it will increase its prices for parcel and bulk mail services by an average of 3.8% in April. A spokesperson for Australia Post...
Google eBooks launches in Australia; Booktopia and Dymocks to sell Google eBooks
As reported in a special bulletin of the Weekly Book Newsletter on 8 November Google has launched its ebook operation in the Australian market. As well as being able to...
Google eBooks launches in Australia; Booktopia and Dymocks to sell Google eBooks
Google has launched its ebook operation in the Australian market. As well as being able to purchase ebooks from Google directly, Australian consumers are also able to purchase ebooks through...
Google eBooks launches in Australia; Booktopia and Dymocks to sell Google eBooks
Google has launched its ebook operation in the Australian market. As well as being able to purchase ebooks from Google directly, Australian consumers are also able to purchase ebooks through...
Booktopia in ‘BRW’ Fast 100 list for third year
Online Australian bookseller Booktopia has been included in the BRW (Business Review Weekly) Fast 100 list for the third consecutive year. The bookseller was named in the list, which compiles the...
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ACCC decision on Amazon and the Book Depository delayedThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced on its website that the announcement of findings from its 'informal review' of...
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Local business award for Shearers Bookshop Shearers Bookshop in Leichhardt, NSW has been named Business of the Year in the 2011 Inner West Local Business Awards. The bookstore also won...
Google Shopping launches in Australia
Google Shopping is now available to Australian consumers, following the launch of the product search engine last week. The service, which was officially launched at google.com.au/shopping on 3 May, allows...
Online retailer first Oz bookseller to sign up with Google
Online bookstore Booktopia is the first Australian bookseller to enter into a partnership with Google to sell ebooks, reports The Canberra Times. According to the report, Australian consumers will be...
Online retailer first Oz bookseller to sign up with Google
Online bookstore Booktopia is the first Australian bookseller to enter into a partnership with Google to sell ebooks, reports The Canberra Times. According to the report, Australian consumers will be...
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Changes announced for the 2011 Indie Awards Leading Edge Books has announced a number of changes to the next Indie Book Award. Independent bookshops who are members of the Leading Edge...
Booktopia among top 100 fastest growing Australian businesses
Online Australian bookseller Booktopia has been named one of the top 100 fastest-growing companies in Australia. Booktopia was included in the BRW (Business Review Weekly) Fast 100, which ranks the...
Hitwise top 10 causes controversy
The recently released top 10 Hitwise listing for local websites visited by Australian interenet users in the ‘Shopping and Classifieds--Books' category has caused some controversy in the trade, with the...
Booktopia to bring book vending machines to Australia
Online bookseller Booktopia has announced that it will soon start rolling out the Novel Vending Idea book-vending machines, with plans to install up to 200 machines in shopping centres, hospitals...
Booktopia to bring book vending machines to Australia
Online bookseller Booktopia has announced that it will soon start rolling out the Novel Vending Idea book-vending machines, with plans to install up to 200 machines in shopping centres, hospitals...
Booktopia quadruples warehouse capacity
Online Australian bookseller Booktopia has announced it will shortly quadruple the size of its office and warehouse. The bookseller will be moving from its current 450sqm premises in Sydney's Artarmon...
Booktopia celebrates fifth birthday
The online bookshop Booktopia celebrated its fifth birthday on Wednesday 4 February. ‘Booktopia started in 2004 on a $10-per-day budget using the Seekbooks system to launch an online bookstore,' general...