Exisle distribution change
Publisher: Exisle Publishing ISBN prefixes: 978-1-921497, 978-1-921966 Old Distributor: Macmillan New Distributor: HEDS Changeover date: 01/03/2016 (See classified.)
Exisle appoints US publicist as it expands into North American market
Exisle Publishing has appointed Jennifer Prost to the new position of US publicist. Prost, who is based in New Jersey, will promote Exisle’s list of health, self-development and nutrition titles...
Pickering appointed digital affairs manager at Exisle
Exisle Publishing has appointed Matthew Pickering to the newly created role of digital affairs manager.Pickering, who will be based in Exisle’s Auckland office, will manage the publisher’s digital data and oversee digital operations in...
Exisle to publish 12-year-old author
Exisle Publishing has announced it has acquired I Don’t Like Cheese by 12-year-old Hannah Chandler.Chandler’s book about a mouse that doesn’t like cheese was written in response to a challenge...
Exisle acquires Rennie’s ‘Art in Nature’
Exisle has acquired Art in Nature, the first book by photographer David Rennie. Rennie was the 2013 winner of the Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year competition. His...
Exisle to represent Callisto Media
Exisle has announced that it will represent US publisher Callisto Media in Australia and New Zealand.The deal comprises Callisto Media’s 14 imprints, including Rockridge Press, Garamond Press, Salinas Press, Healdsburg...
Read ahead: Preview of 2014 titles
Kate Blackwood rounds up publishers’ top picks for 2014. Fiction Maxine Beneba Clarke’s debut short-story collection is Hodder and Headline sales and marketing director Justin Ractliffe’s top pick for 2014....
New role for Exisle owner
Exisle Publishing owner Benny St John Thomas has stepped down as sales and marketing director to focus on the publisher’s rights sales, taking on the role of rights director in...
New roles at Exisle
Exisle Publishing owner Benny St John Thomas has stepped down as sales and marketing director, taking on the role of rights director in August this year. Mark Robinson, previously special...
New Australian ebookstore launched
Online book retailer Boomerang Books has launched a new ebookstore this week. Booku launched on Tuesday with more than 134,000 ebooks, including some Australian content from publishers such as Allen...
Curry takes up new role at Quarto
Jane Curry, owner of Jane Curry Publishing (JCP), has started in a new role as managing director of Global Publishing and Quarto Marketing Australia. Curry, who has been running JCP...
Jane Curry Publishing to partner with Exisle Publishing
Exisle Publishing has announced that it will become the publishing and distribution partner for Jane Curry Publishing (JCP) from 1 December 2010. The publishing house said in a statement that...
Quote of the week
‘Some independent publishers are way out in front, some less so. Just as some big publishers are more advanced than others. It's a mixed bag'--Black Dog Books managing director Andrew...
Small publishers move on ebooks: Exisle, Black Dog announce e-lists
Small Australian publishers appear to be moving on ebooks, with Black Dog Books and Exisle Publishing both confirming they have entered the market. Exisle Publishing has released 30 of its...
A&U, Black Inc. and Exisle partner with RHYW
ReadHowYouWant (RHYW) has announced new partnerships with publishers Allen & Unwin, Black Inc. and Exisle to create ‘accessible formats' of the publishers' titles. RHYW, which re-purposes books into special formats, including...
In brief
Koenig NSW Woman of the YearAuthor of Paper Cranes: A Mother's Story of Hope, Courage and Determination (Exisle) Cheryl Koenig, has been named NSW Woman of the Year 2009. Koenig...