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...
New bookshop Rabble Books & Games opens in Perth
A new bookshop has opened in the Perth suburb of Maylands. Rabble Books & Games opened on 1 June and is situated on the Eighth Avenue shopping strip. The shop...
Robinsons launches ‘Colour your world’ campaign with TV advertising
Independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop has this week launched a new campaign called ‘Colour your world’, led by a television commercial airing on Channel 10 in Melbourne. The campaign aims...
Booksellers recognised at Australian Retail Awards
Reader’s Feast Bookstore, the Co-op and ABC Stores have been recognised at the 2013 Australian Retailers Association (ARA) Australian Retail Awards. Melbourne-based Reader’s Feast was named runner-up in the Victorian Retailer...
‘A backwater sales channel’: PwC on the impact of social media on online retailing
In January 2013, PwC published a report called ‘Demystifying the online shopper: 10 myths of multichannel retailing’, based on its annual global survey of online shoppers. In 2012 this survey...
The main events
With the right preparation, author events can be a win-win for booksellers and publishers. Eloise Keating asked Text Publishing publicity manager Jane Novak and Hardie Grant Egmont publicity manager Jennifer...
Cookbook thief targets Melbourne bookstores
A cookbook thief posing as a restaurant worker has targeted several Melbourne bookstores in the past week, and has been spotted at the Avenue Bookstore in Elsternwick and Readings stores...
ARA predicts stronger Christmas sales
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) is predicting that Christmas sales in the retail sector will increase 3.9% on the same period last year. The association predicts retail consumers will spend...
Canadian Booksellers Association votes to become a division of retail council rather than dissolve
The financially troubled Canadian Booksellers Association has decided at its annual general meeting to ‘explore becoming a division’ of the country’s retail council after members were asked to vote on...
‘Bookshops here to stay’ says ABA
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has responded to comments made by Small Business Minister Nick Sherry yesterday, in which the Minister suggested that most bookshops in Australia would be gone in five...
New awards to be presented at ABA conference
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that two new awards will be presented at the 2011 ABA conference, to be held in Melbourne on 24 and 25 July. The inaugural ABA...
Hardie Grant Egmont announces price initiatives to support booksellers
Hardie Grant Egmont has announced a number of initiatives this week designed to support booksellers by addressing price concerns. The publisher said in a statement today that it has introduced...
ABA announces inaugural ‘National Bookshop Day’
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced a new initiative this week to celebrate Australian 'bricks and mortar' bookselling. National Bookshop Day will be held for the first time this year...
Bookstores for sale in Tasmania, NSW
Three independent bookstores in Hobart, Tasmania, and one independent bookstore in Mudgee, New South Wales, are currently for sale. In Hobart, booksellers Ann and Edward Gee are looking for new...
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Yass bookstore closes down The Little Dog Bookshop in Yass, NSW closed down in February. The bookshop, which opened in September 2007, was the first carbon-neutral bookstore in Australia.Changes to...
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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...
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NZ playwright awarded writers' residency New Zealand playwright Michelanne Forster is the recipient of this year's University of Auckland / Creative New Zealand writing residency at the Michael King Writer's...
Independent Sydney bookstore to close
Independent Sydney bookstore Zabriskie Booksellers has announced that it will close down next week. The bookstore, which is located in the former Martin Smith's bookstore building on Hall Street in...
A&R Norwood changes name, ends franchise agreement
Angus & Robertson Norwood has changed its name to Dillons Norwood Bookshop. The owners of the South Australian franchise store, Ross and Sue Dillon, have also ended their franchise agreement with REDGroup...
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New category for WA's Premier's Book Awards The State Library of Western Australia has announced that a new category will be added to the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards from next...