Kindle reduced to A$215
Amazon has reduced the price of its Kindle ereader from US$279 (A$320) to US$189 (A$215). The reduced price, which applies to Australian purchases, brings the ereader closer to REDgroup's Kobo...
Text confirms ‘almost 150’ ebooks soon to be available
Text Publishing has confirmed it has ‘almost 150 titles either currently available or about to be listed' as ePub format ebooks. ‘In the beginning we favoured bestselling and critically acclaimed...
RHA launches ebook list
Random House Australia (RHA) has confirmed the launch of its Australian ebook list. ‘A wide selection of our local Australian ebook titles and ebook titles from our international list are...
REDgroup launches Kobo in Whitcoulls stores; A&R launch ‘imminent’
REDgroup Retail launched its Kobo ebook platform in its New Zealand Whitcoulls stores on Thursday 27 May and an Angus & Robertson launch in Australia is ‘imminent', according to REDgroup's...
Excuse us while we take a moment…
We’re pretty snowed under here at Bookseller+Publisher headquarters, putting the finishing touches on the July issue after getting out this week’s bumper issue of the Weekly Book Newsletter. Last week,...
REDgroup launches Kobo ebook platform and $199 ereader
REDgroup retail has launched its Kobo ereader and ebooks platform at an event in Sydney this morning. The ereader, now available from the group's Borders website, is priced at $199...
Australian publishers move on ebooks
We now have two more major players in the ebook arena with the local launches of Apple's iPad and iBookstore and REDgroup Retail's Kobo ereading platform and ereader. Though its...
Borders announces ‘online price guarantee’ for Australia
Borders Australia has announced an ‘online price guarantee' on its Australian online store, which it says will ensure ‘Australians will always buy books cheaper online than on Amazon.com'. The bookselling...
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...
REDgroup announces reconfigured executive team, reports first half profit increase of $8.8 million
REDgroup Retail, which owns Borders, Whitcoulls and Angus & Robertson in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, has announced a reconfiguration of its executive team, including a number of new appointments....
Kobo launches ereader; REDgroup yet to confirm plans
Kobo, the ebook platform provider developed by Indigo in Canada that REDgroup retail has become an investor in, has announced its previously flagged Kobo ereader is due to go on sale...
The week that was: Friday round-up
The longlist of that iconic award, the Miles Franklin was announced this week, with the ratio of male to female authors—that’d be nine men versus three women—troubling some (especially following...
Google Editions: Palma outlines Google’s ebook plans
As an addendum event to Monday's digital publishing symposium in Melbourne, a ‘digital chat' session featuring New Zealand Digital Publishing Forum founder Martin Taylor and Google's Chris Palma, was held...
Apple announces iPad and iBooks Store
After many months of speculation, Apple has finally announced the release of its ‘tablet' computer/ereader, to be called the iPad. The iPad resembles a larger iPod Touch, with a backlit...