Leading Edge opens Indie Awards to all Australian independents
For the first time, all Australian independent bookstores can nominate for the Indie Book Awards. The Leading Edge buying group, which administers the awards, said nominations for the 2021 awards...
ABA, Leading Edge to share conference weekend, trade exhibition again in 2014
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Leading Edge Books will hold their 2014 conferences over the same weekend at the Langham Hotel in Melbourne next May, with a joint trade...
ABA launches conference website; registrations open
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has launched a dedicated website for its 2013 conference, which will be held at the Hilton Adelaide on 16 and 17 June. The new site includes...
ABA, Leading Edge to share conference weekend, hold joint trade exhibition
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Leading Edge Books have announced that the two organisations will hold their annual conferences over the same weekend in June at the Hilton Adelaide,...
Staff changes at Leading Edge Books
The Leading Edge Books group has several new faces following the departure of general manager Simon Milne in November 2012. In late November 2012, George Papadopoulos was appointed general manager...
Collins Beechworth goes independent
The former Collins Booksellers store in Beechworth, Victoria, is now operating as an independent bookstore under the name Beechworth Books. The store left the Collins group in 2012 and is now a member...
Milne to join HarperCollins
Simon Milne will finish in his roles of Leading Edge Books general manager and Leading Edge Group marketing and communications manager on 9 November. Milne is leaving the roles to join HarperCollins...
Milne to join HarperCollins; Leading Edge Books to become part of new entertainment division
Leading Edge Group has announced that Leading Edge Books general manager Simon Milne is leaving the group to join HarperCollins Australia in the newly created role of marketing communications director. Leading Edge Group...
Booksellers for and against e-retailing
From Booki.sh to ReadCloud and the recently announced TitlePage Plus, indie booksellers now have a number of options with which to enter the e-retail space. But not all are eager...
Thorpe-Bowker announces TitlePage Plus pricing; Copia in the process of signing with major publishers
In a session at the Leading Edge Books annual conference on Sunday 12 March, Thorpe-Bowker general manager Gary Pengelly announced the price structure of the new TitlePage Plus service. The pricing...
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 was won the Indie Book...
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...
Former A&R franchises in Bankstown, Merrylands rebrand; owners open third store
Two former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores in Sydney's south west are now operating as independent bookstores under the name Your Bookshop. The owners of the stores, located in...
REDgroup: 20 former A&R franchises become independent, join Leading Edge
Twenty former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores are now trading as independent bookstores, with Leading Edge Books confirming to the Weekly Book Newsletter that the stores have joined the...
20 former A&R franchises become independent, join Leading Edge
Twenty former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores are now trading as independent bookstores, with Leading Edge Books confirming to the Weekly Book Newsletter that the stores have joined the...
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...
‘The Happiest Refugee’ wins 2011 Indie Award
The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do (A&U) has won the overall Book of the Year Award at this year's Indie Awards. Do's book, which also won the best nonfiction category,...
‘The Happiest Refugee’ wins 2011 Indie Award
The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do (A&U) has won the overall Book of the Year Award at this year's Indie Awards. Do's book, which also won the best nonfiction category,...
In Brief
Booksellers NZ providing updates on Christchurch bookstores Booksellers NZ is continuing to provide updates about member stores that were affected by the Christchurch earthquake in February on its website, including information about...