SPUNC to hold independent publishers conference in November; new prize for small publishers announced
The Small Press Network (SPUNC) has announced that it will hold a new conference for independent publishers in Melbourne in November. The Independent Publishers’ Conference, which has received some financial...
‘Metadata obscura: Zoe Dattner on the nightmare that is ebook metadata supply’
‘It’s Thursday morning and I’m waiting at SPUNC HQ for Imogen to arrive. Today we’re going to upload 80 ebooks to Roger, Syd and David*. We’d spent the past few...
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'It is really about making supply a lot more efficient, providing good-quality conversions, and helping publishers cope with change and get the most out of ebook publishing'--SPUNC general manager Zoe...
SPUNC announces ebook distribution platform for small publishers
The Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) has announced that it has signed an agreement with InfoGrid Pacific to launch an industry-based ebook distribution platform for small Australian publishers. SPUNC...
SPUNC announces ebook distribution platform for small publishers
The Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) has announced today that it has signed an agreement with IngoGrid Pacific to launch an industry-based ebook distribution platform for small Australian publishers....
CAL digital publishing resource to include ‘how-to’ guide and website
Digital Publishing Australia, a new community resource to be launched by the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), will include an introductory how-to guide to digital publishing and a website at www.digitalpublishingaustralia.org.au. As...
Random House, SPUNC ebooks available through Booku
Random House ebooks are now available through Australian ebookstore Booku and will soon be joined by ebooks from members of the Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC). Booku managing director Clayton Wehner told...
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New Collins store for SA Collins Booksellers has announced that a new Collins bookstore will open in the Adelaide suburb of Kilkenny this month. The store will be located in...
BISG submissions: over 100 submissions from booksellers, publishers, libraries, industry groups made public
The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has made more than 100 submissions to the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) available to the public on its website. Submissions to...
BISG submissions: over 100 submissions from booksellers, publishers, libraries, industry groups made public
The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has made more than 100 submissions to the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) available to the public on its website. Submissions to...
UQP joins SPUNC
The Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) announced last week that University of Queensland Press (UQP) has joined the organisation. UQP is the latest medium-size publisher to join the network...
Readings, SPUNC launch ebookstore; 120 SPUNC titles go live
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings launched an ebookstore this week, becoming the first independent bookseller in the country to offer locally published ebooks. The Readings ebookstore utilises the 'in the cloud'...
Readings, SPUNC launch ebookstore; 120 SPUNC titles go live
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings has launched an ebookstore today, becoming the first independent bookseller in the country to offer locally published ebooks. The Readings ebookstore utilises the ‘in the cloud'...
Wettenhall launches independent publishing house
Australian author and editor Gib Wettenhall has launched em Press Publishing, a new independent Victorian publishing venture specialising in south-east Australian landscapes and their historical and cultural contexts. Wettenhall will...
Readings ebookstore to stock SPUNC titles for first month
Further to the Weekly Book Newsletter story Readings to launch pilot ebookstore with Inventive Labs platform, the Weekly Book Newsletter now understands that the pilot ebookstore will initially stock titles...
Readings to launch pilot ebookstore with Inventive Labs platform
Victorian bookseller Readings looks set to be one of the first independent Australian ‘bricks and mortar' booksellers to launch an ebookstore. Readings is preparing to launch a pilot ebookstore using...
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Random House and Pan Macmillan to partner with OverDrive Australian publishers Random House and Pan Macmillan have entered into partnerships to make their ebook titles available through global ebook distributor...
The Wheeler Centre: Centre for Books Writing and Ideas named after LP founders
The Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas, a key component in Melbourne successful bid for UNESCO City of Literature status, is to be named The Wheeler Centre after the founders...
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Fox title recommended in Oprah Book ClubTen Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury, Viking) has been recommended by Oprah in her Oprah's Book Club Kids' Reading...
Australian small presses ‘publishing, not perishing’
New research into Australian small presses shows a ‘strong, passionate core' to the sector despite an acute lack of resources.A recent survey of the Australian small and independent publishing sector...