Collins Booksellers acquires 20 former A&R stores
Collins Booksellers has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that 18 former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores and two former A&R company-owned stores have joined the Collins network. Collins...
REDgroup administration: date of second creditors’ meeting announced; detailed financial reports released
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on 27 July, REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson has announced that second creditors' meetings will take place tomorrow, 4 August, in Melbourne and...
In Brief
Kobo to release 'Touch Edition' ereader The Weekly Book Newsletter understands Kobo is likely to release its new Touch Edition ereader locally in September. The new edition features a touch screen, with...
Collins announces ebooks partnership with Kobo
Collins Booksellers has announced that it has reached an agreement with Kobo which will involve the bookseller building an ebookstore powered by Kobo, as well as selling Kobo ereaders in...
Ebook retailers remove buy links from Apple apps
Apple has begun to enforce its revised in-app selling rules that require third-party sellers to give Apple a 30% revenue share on any content sold through apps. As a result...
Booksellers NZ conference: ebooks, Indiebound, PANZ elections, sales stats
The 2011 Booksellers New Zealand conference, held in Wellington on 17 and 18 July, attracted almost 130 attendees, up on 2010 figures. 'Times are tough for retailers and the book...
Pearson to acquire REDgroup online; ABA flags concerns with ACCC
As reported by the Weekly Book Newsletter in a Special Bulletin on Monday, Pearson Australia has announced it has reached an agreement with REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson to purchase...
REDgroup administration: Pearson to acquire REDgroup online
Pearson Australia has announced this afternoon that it has reached an agreement with REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson to purchase REDgroup's online business. The agreement includes both the Borders and...
REDgroup administration: Pearson to acquire REDgroup online
Pearson Australia has announced this afternoon that it has reached an agreement with REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson to purchase REDgroup's online business. The agreement includes both the Borders and...
Kobo announces new funding
Kobo has announced increased investment in the company in a funding round reportedly led by Fidelity Investments and which Kobo says includes further investment from founding shareholders Cheung Kong subsidiary...
Ebook retailers may be forced to amend apps after Apple rejects external-purchasing-only apps
Major players in the ebook retailing market appear to be facing a challenge to their current online retailing model, following a move by Apple that could net the company up to 30% of revenue...
Kobo launches social ereading platform ‘Reading Life’
Kobo has launched a social ereading platform called Reading Life which allows users to share what they are reading through social networking sites. The international vendor announced today that Reading...
REDGroup partners with Monsoon to offer second-hand books, movies; New wireless Kobo ereader now available
REDgroup Retail has confirmed it has partnered with Monsoon Commerce Solutions to offer used books and movies among other items on its Borders.com.au website. James Webber, managing director - ecommerce...
Changes at REDGroup Retail
REDGroup Retail has confirmed that a number of employees have been made redundant. A spokesperson from FD Third Person, which provides communication services for REDGroup Retail, confirmed to the Weekly Book...
Neil to leave REDgroup, join Kobo
Malcolm Neil, communications manger at REDgroup Retail, will leave the business to take up the position of director of vendor relations for Australia and New Zealand with the group's ebook partner...
Apple iBookstore goes live for Australia with six local publishers’ ebooks
After only offering free out-of-copyright titles to Australian customers since May, the Australian Apple iBookstore launched with local paid content yesterday. Among the first group of six Australian publishers making...
Hachette Australia launches ebooks on Australian iBookstore under agency model, Kobo launch to follow
Hachette Australia has announced that its ebooks will be among those available on the Apple iBookstore Australia, which launched its first paid local content yesterday, and will be available on...
Hachette Australia launches ebooks on Australian iBookstore under agency model, Kobo launch to follow
Hachette Australia has announced that its ebooks will be among those available on the Apple iBookstore Australia, which launched its first paid local content today, and will be available on...
In brief
Lighting Source Australian location likely to be Melbourne Ingram president David Taylor has indicated that the Australian operation of the company's Lightning Source business is likely to be based in Melbourne....
Kobo sells out for Whitcoulls in NZ
Just over a month after its NZ launch, Whitcoulls has sold out of two shipments of the Kobo ereader and is taking pre-orders on a third batch due in mid-July....