Box office and books sales up at SWF 2014; Solomon the top seller
The sun shone particularly brightly at this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), which ran from 19-25 May, with the warm weather matched by strong box office and book sales for...
Gleebooks to acquire Shearer’s school business
Tony and Barbara Horgan have agreed to sell the Shearer’s Bookshop school business and website to Gleebooks. Gleebooks co-owner David Gaunt told Books+Publishing his store already has ‘a small international...
SWF records second-highest box office and book sales
The 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival, the first under artistic director Jemma Birrell, has recorded the festival’s second-highest box office sales and the second-best year for the festival bookshop. Executive director...
Random House, BMF partner on book donation campaign
Random House has partnered with advertising agency BMF on a new book donation campaign, which involves specially designed dust jackets doubling as pre-paid envelopes. The idea behind the campaign is...
Fuller’s Catherine Schulz on selecting the ‘Summer Reading Guide’
Catherine Schulz, manager of Fullers Bookshop Hobart, is one of the group of independent booksellers around Australia who meet once a year for an intense caffeine-fuelled few days to decide...
International authors take centre stage at SWF 2012
Book sales at this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, held between 14 and 20 May, were dominated by international authors, according to festival bookseller Gleebooks. Gleebooks owner David Gaunt told Bookseller+Publisher...
In Brief
Screen Australia funding for book adaptationsScreen Australia has approved funding for the development of thirteen new feature film projects, four of which are being adapted from books by local authors....
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 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...
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...
SWF: Issues-based program a success
This year's Sydney Writers' Festival wrapped up on Sunday 23 May, having begun on 15 May. It was the first festival under the artistic directorship of Chip Rolley, and was...
The Fancy Goods questionnaire: David Gaunt
David Gaunt is the co-owner of Gleebooks, an independent bookselling chain about to open a new store in Dulwich Hill, NSW. He is also chair of the Indigenous Literacy Project,...
Gleebooks to open in Dulwich Hill
Independent bookseller Gleebooks will open a new store in Dulwich Hill, in the inner-west of Sydney. Located on Marrickville Road, the 160-square-metre store is scheduled to open in June. While...