Gordon and Gotch sells Brumby Books to Sunstate Books
PMP subsidiary Gordon and Gotch Australia (GGA) has announced that it has sold Brumby Books and Music to Brisbane-based books and stationery wholesaler Sunstate Books. Brumby Books said in a...
Fuse enters book distribution business
Music distributor Fuse Group Australia has entered into the local book distribution market, taking on a number of international publishers. Fuse Group represents Taschen Books, Trolley Books and Adelita in...
PMP records $11.3 million net loss for fiscal 2011; ‘overall drop’ in print volumes for Griffin Press
PMP, parent company of closing book distribution business The Scribo Group and printer Griffin Press, has recorded a net loss of $11.3 million for the fiscal year ending 30 June...
Scribo to close, 50 staff affected; Brumby Books and Music ‘will continue’
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on 1 July, PMP, parent company of book distributor Scribo, has announced it will close the business. PMP CEO Richard Allely told...
Scribo to close, 50 staff affected; Brumby Books and Music ‘will continue’
PMP, parent company of book distributor Scribo, has announced it will close the business. PMP CEO Richard Allely told the Weekly Book Newsletter the company had made the decision following an eight-month...
Scribo to close, 50 staff affected; Brumby Books and Music ‘will continue’
PMP, parent company of book distributor Scribo, has announced it will close the business. PMP CEO Richard Allely told the Weekly Book Newsletter the company had made the decision following an eight-month...
PMP announces $19.2 million write-down of Scribo business; 23.1% decline in print volume for books
PMP, the owner of book distribution business The Scribo Group, has recorded a net loss of $14.8 million for the first half of the 2010-2011 financial year. The company has also...
Scribo acquisition ‘yet to deliver on its promise’ says PMP; G&G revenue falls 4.6% in 2009-10
PMP, the owner of book distributor The Scribo Group, has admitted its acquisition of the distribution business in September 2008 'has yet to deliver on its promise'. In the company's...
Easton launches Alpa Books
Andrew Easton, sales and marketing manager at Bookwise for over 10 years, has launched a new distribution company, Alpa Books. Easton began Alpa Books to ‘provide an alternative distribution option...
Easton to leave Scribo
Andrew Easton has announced he will leave the Scribo Group at the end of 2009. Easton has spent 10 years at Bookwise which became part of the Scribo Group in...
PMP launches book retail website
The PMP printing group, which acquired the Scribo distribution business under its Gordon & Gotch subsidiary earlier this year, will launch a new retail website to sell books, CDs, DVDs,...
In brief
Gordon & Gotch revenue upPMP, the parent company of Gordon & Gotch (which acquired the Scribo Group last year), has announced its annual results. It reported that revenue for Gordon...
Scribo Group appoints sales and marketing team
The Scribo Group yesterday announced the appointment of its sales and marketing team, in line with the recent announcement of the integrated warehousing operation in Adelaide. Jon Attenborough has been...
Tower Books warehouse to close
WBN understands the Tower Books warehouse, based in Sydney, is due to close this month, with stock to move to the Bookwise warehouse in South Australia.Both Tower Books and Bookwise are...
Founders to leave Scribo
Gordon and Gotch has announced that the three principals of book distributor The Scribo Group--Gary Cobbledick, Michael Rakusin and Dale Druckman--will be leaving the business.Gary Cobbledick (Brumby/Bookwise) and Michael Rakusin...
Scribo Group: Attenborough appointed general manager Bookwise
The Scribo Group has announced the appointment of Jon Attenborough to the role of general manager at Bookwise International. Attenborough, formerly managing director at Simon & Schuster Australia, took up...
Scribo to acquire new warehouse site following sale to PMP
The Scribo Group will acquire a new warehouse site ‘large enough to accommodate our four businesses under one roof' as part of the company's business plan following its sale to...
The Scribo Group sold to PMP’s Gordon and Gotch
The Scribo Group, the book distribution business created earlier this year when Brumby, Bookwise, Tower and Gary Allen merged, has announced its acquisition by Gordon and Gotch Australia (GGA). Gordon...
The Scribo Group sold to PMP’s Gordon and Gotch
The Scribo Group, the book distribution business created earlier this year when Brumby, Bookwise, Tower and Gary Allen merged, has announced its acquisition by Gordon and Gotch Australia (GGA). Gordon...