Jon Page on the digital future for booksellers
Pages & Pages general manager Jon Page is stepping down as president of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) in June. In his final ‘President’s report’ in the ABA’s News on...
Lilydale Books opens ebookstore on ReadCloud
Victorian bookseller Lilydale Books has opened an ebookstore using ReadCloud, called Lilydale eBooks. The 25-year-old bookseller specialises in school books and educational supplies for primary and secondary schools. The retail...
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SLV launches dome anniversary celebrations The State Library of Victoria has officially launched a year-long celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of the library’s iconic dome, which was opened on...
Campion Education relaunches ebookstore with ReadCloud
Campion Education has relaunched its ebookstore on the ReadCloud platform. The store, which was previously called Read Without Paper, has also been rebranded under the Campion name. As previously reported...
Ebooks from Random House now available through ReadCloud
ReadCloud has announced that it has signed with Random House, and more than 10,000 Random House ebooks will soon be available through ReadCloud-powered ebookstores. ReadCloud also recently announced that it...
Ebooks from Hachette and Penguin now available through ReadCloud
ReadCloud announced this week that it has signed with Hachette and Penguin, and more than 20,000 ebooks from these publishers will be made available through ReadCloud-powered ebookstores this week. ReadCloud...
Robinsons Bookshop to open second store in March
Melbourne bookstore Robinsons Bookshop will open a second store in the city's north next month. The new store will open in Greensborough Plaza on 1 March. Owner Susanne Horman, who...
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More ReadCloud ebookstores launchedMore independent Australian bookstores have launched their ebookstores with ReadCloud. Birchalls, Bookshuttle, Books and Beyond, Megalong Books, Melbourne University Bookshop, New Edition Bookshop, SPP Bookshop and Sunset...
Shearer’s launches ebookstore, other ReadCloud-based stores follow
Shearer's Bookshop officially launched its ReadCloud-based ebookstore on 6 December. 'ReadCloud has a focus on schools and education. We do a lot of business with schools right across Sydney, so...
First ReadCloud ebookstore launched at Pages & Pages; more stores to launch over coming weeks
Sydney-based independent bookseller Pages & Pages has become the first retailer to start selling ebooks using the ReadCloud platform, following the launch of its ebookstore on 9 November. Pages &...
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....
Books for Cooks launches ebookstore with Booki.sh
Melbourne-based specialist bookshop Books for Cooks has launched its ebookstore on the Booki.sh platform. The Books for Cooks ebookstore is linked to the retailer's existing online store, and offers cookbooks...
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...
More than 200 stores signed with ReadCloud; colour ereaders to be sold in participating stores
ReadCloud has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that it now has more than 200 Australian and New Zealand bookstores signed to use its ebook platform. ReadCloud co-founder and CEO...
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...
Close to 30 bookstores signed with ReadCloud
ReadCloud has announced that it has 27 independent Australian bookstores signed to use its ebook platform. ReadCloud co-founder and CEO Jeremy LeBard told the Weekly Book Newsletter that this number...
Page working with ReadCloud to develop White Label ebook platform
Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) president and owner of Pages & Pages Booksellers Jon Page has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that he is working with ReadCloud to develop a White...