UK government says CIPFA library statistics ‘flawed’
The UK government’s Libraries Taskforce has raised concerns about library statistics published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), reports the Bookseller. In a report entitled ‘CIPFA...
New Macquarie study explores Oz publishing innovation
Macquarie University has released a new report on how Australian publishers are implementing innovative measures in response to competition from offshore retailers, entertainment entities such as Netflix, social media and...
Print production by ‘non-traditional’ publishers drops dramatically in US
Production of print books by traditional publishers in the United States has dropped from 309,957 titles in 2012 ‘to a projected 304,912 titles in 2013’, according to bibliographic information provider...
Book industry salary survey 2013
This year, Books+Publishing surveyed members of the Australian book industry to find out exactly how much workers are getting paid. Andrea Hanke and Andrew Wrathall report on the results. It’s...
Bookseller+Publisher data: Aus newspapers review more books by men than by women
Bookseller+Publisher has released data indicating that reviews of books by men outnumber reviews of books by women in several of Australia's major print newspapers and magazines. The release of the...
Reviewing and gender: the Australian stats
Last year, the US-based group VIDA—created to promote women in the literary arts—released these bright red and blue pie charts showing how many women and men were reviewed in, or...
Women writers reviewed: the Australian count
Last year, the US-based group VIDA--created to promote women in the literary arts--released these bright red and blue pie charts showing how many women and men were reviewed in, or...
In brief
Book and newspaper sales up 20.5% on 2007Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for September indicate books are bucking the flat national retail trend. While retail trade figures for the...
APA urges publishers to participate in new industry-wide survey
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced it is partnering with the University of Melbourne Book Industry Study and Thorpe-Bowker to undertake ‘an online survey of publishing activity and expectations...
Over 14,000 local books published in 2007: survey
Australia is producing as many as 40% more local books each year than previous industry surveys have indicated, according to new analysis of 2007's publishing output to be published in...
In Brief
ACCC releases details on ARW/Borders decisionThe Australian Consumer and Competition Commission has now released a detailed report on its decision not to oppose any bid for Borders' Australian stores by...
APA ends bestsellers survey
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has decided to end its annual bestseller survey, which it has conducted for almost 20 years.
In brief
Retail sales figures fall in April and MayAfter ten consecutive months of growth, retail sales slipped 0.1% in May and 0.3% in April, according to figures released by the Australian...
Mixed signals in consumer and business confidence stats
A number of recent surveys into the retail sector and consumer trends have produced conflicting results.The Australian Bureau of Statistics retail trade figures for December 2006 showed an increase in...
WBN pre-Christmas survey
The WBN team will be hitting the phones later this week and early next to conduct our annual pre-Christmas survey.The survey will be published in the last WBN for the...
Retail figures healthy, but business confidence shaky
While retail figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show slight growth has continued from July into August, the result of a National Australia Bank (NAB) business confidence...