Indie Book Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Leading Edge Books has announced the 2019 Indie Book Awards shortlists, for the best Australian books published in 2018. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Lost Man (Jane...
Four UK bookshops nominated for Britain’s Best Small Shop
In the UK, four independent bookshops have been nominated for Britain’s Best Small Shop of 2018, reports the Bookseller. The annual competition, managed by the Independent Retailers Confederation, celebrates ‘entrepreneurial...
Macleay Bookshop to close
Macleay Bookshop in Potts Point, New South Wales, will close on Friday 28 February, after 60 years of trading. The independent bookstore, which sells new release and second-hand titles, was opened in...
UK has fewer than 1000 indie bookshops
The UK has fewer than 1000 independent bookshops for the first time since records began, reports the Bookseller. According to figures from the UK Booksellers Association (BA), there are now 987...
Patterson distributes US$267,000 to independent bookstores
Months after pledging to give US$1 million (A$1.11 million) to US independent bookstores, bestselling author James Patterson has begun distributing the funds. Publishers Weekly reports that Patterson has sent out...
Oren Teicher, ABA board named ‘Publishers Weekly’ Person of the Year
In the US, CEO of the American Booksellers Association (ABA) Oren Teicher and the ABA board have been chosen as trade magazine Publishers Weekly’s Person of the Year ‘for their...
New owner, name for Moirs Bookshop
Moirs Bookshop in Lane Cove in Sydney will be renamed Lane Cove Books this month following the sale of the store to Gary Buttsworth, owner of Cherrybooks in Cherrybrook, also...
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...
Indie Awards 2013 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2013 Australian Independent Bookseller Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Nine Days (Toni Jordan, Text) Lost Voices (Christopher Koch, Fourth...
Sales up 8% for US indies in 2012
In the US, unit sales for independent bookstores in 2012 were up eight percent compared to 2011, reports Shelf Awareness. The results are based on sales at 500 independent bookstores...
Book Bonding to open second store in regional Victoria
Independent Melbourne bookstore Book Bonding will open a second store in Gisborne in regional Victoria next month. Natasha Boyd, who owns the Book Bonding business in Niddrie in Melbourne’s north...
Victorian Independent Booksellers Network winds up; donates $48,000 to ILF
The Independent Booksellers Network (IBN) in Victoria officially closed at the end of 2012, more than 30 years after the cooperative of independent booksellers was first established. The IBN, which...
Penguin US announces indie partnership program
Penguin US has invited independent booksellers to sign up to a new partnership program, the details of which are being kept confidential, which is designed to ‘increase sales and reduce returns...
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....
Indie Awards 2012 winners announced; ‘All That I Am’ named Indie Book of the Year
All That I Am by Anna Funder (Penguin) has been selected by independent booksellers as their favourite Australian book from the past 12 months.Funder's novel won the Indie Book of...
2012 Indie Awards shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2012 Indie Awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Fiction Caleb's Crossing (Geraldine Brooks, HarperCollins)The Street Sweeper (Elliot Perlman, Random House)Foal's Bread (Gillian...
Pages & Pages to launch ebookstore with ReadCloud next week
Sydney-based independent bookseller Pages & Pages will be the first retailer to start selling ebooks using the ReadCloud platform, with its ebookstore due to go live on 9 November. At...
Nielsen: volume up, value down; indies gaining share
Shaun Symonds, general manager Nielsen Bookscan, presented recent Nielsen sales data at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Monday 25 July. Data from the first 24 weeks to June showed sales were...
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...
A&U named publisher of the year at 2011 Leading Edge Books conference
Allen & Unwin has been voted publisher of the year by independent booksellers across the country for the second year in a row. The publisher received the honour at the...