APA, Thorpe-Bowker launch TitlePage Plus; Indies launch white-label Copia stores
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Thorpe-Bowker, parent company of Books+Publishing, have launched TitlePage Plus. The APA and Thorpe-Bowker said in a joint press release this week that TitlePage Plus...
Australian Publishers Association and RR Bowker Launch TitlePage Plus
Enhancements to TitlePage offer brand new products and services for booksellers to attract and keep customers in Australian stores. The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and RR Bowker have teamed up...
TitlePage adds numeric stock levels, ebook listings ahead of relaunch
TitlePage has moved a number of changes ‘into production’ ahead of the pending relaunch of the platform. TitlePage said in a statement that it has ‘moved some new functionality into production’ over the...
Thorpe-Bowker launches My Identifiers platform
Thorpe-Bowker has officially launched the My Identifiers platform in Australia, replacing the Australian ISBN Agency. Thorpe-Bowker general manager Gary Pengelly launched the platform at the inaugural Independent Publishers Conference in Melbourne...
Booksellers NZ Industry Awards finalists announced
The finalists for this year’s Booksellers New Zealand Industry Awards have been announced. The finalists in each of the categories are: Regional Bookseller of the Year (North Island) The Children’s...
Thorpe-Bowker announces TitlePage Plus pricing; Copia in the process of signing with major publishers
In a session at the Leading Edge Books annual conference on Sunday 12 March, Thorpe-Bowker general manager Gary Pengelly announced the price structure of the new TitlePage Plus service. The pricing...
TitlePage Plus to partner with ebook distributor Copia Interactive
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and RR Bowker (parent company of Weekly Book Newsletter owner Thorpe-Bowker) have announced that Copia Interactive will be the supplier providing ebook distribution to users of...
Changes at Thorpe-Bowker
Thorpe-Bowker, publisher of the Weekly Book Newsletter, has announced that Bookseller+Publisher publisher Tim Coronel will be leaving the company at the end of 2011. Thorpe-Bowker has also announced that design and...
Celebrating 2000 ‘Blue News’ Wednesdays
In 1971 Joyce Thorpe Nicholson was asked to a meeting of mainly educational publishers, who thought it would be a good idea for Thorpe to start a weekly trade newsletter, primarily...
APA confirms TitlePage Plus to be launched ‘prior to Christmas’
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and RR Bowker have confirmed they have ‘signed a Heads of Agreement for the migration of TitlePage to Bowker's platform and the subsequent joint development...
APA announces TitlePage update, partnership with Thorpe-Bowker
As announced by Pan Macmillan managing director Ross Gibb at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Monday 25 July, the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released a statement regarding an update of...
APA announces TitlePage update, partnership with Thorpe-Bowker
As announced by Pan Macmillan managing director Ross Gibb at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Monday 25 July, the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released a statement regarding an update of...
NZ book industry awards winners announced
The winners of this year's New Zealand book industry awards, sponsored by Thorpe-Bowker, were announced on 17 July at the 2011 Booksellers New Zealand Conference in Wellington. Benny's Bookshop in...
NZ book industry awards finalists announced
The finalists for this year's New Zealand book industry awards, sponsored by Thorpe-Bowker, have been announced. The finalists in each of the categories are:Regional Bookseller of the Year (North Island)Benny's...
RiP Joyce Nicholson Thorpe
Joyce Nicholson Thorpe, founder of the Weekly Book Newsletter, died in late January aged 91.Publisher of the Weekly Book Newsletter Tim Coronel writes:'We are very sad to hear of the death...
Thorpe-Bowker 2009 Industry Awards: winners announced
The winners of this year's Thorpe-Bowker 2009 Industry Awards were announced at a gala dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Auckland on Sunday night, as part of the 2009...
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...
Wilkins to leave Thorpe-Bowker; new publisher announced
After almost six-and-a-half years with the company, Andrew Wilkins has resigned as publisher and deputy general manager of Thorpe-Bowker. He will leave the company on 2 May.His successor will be...
Thorpe-Bowker to acquire ‘Australian Library News’
WBN's publisher Thorpe-Bowker has agreed to purchase Australian Library News (ALN), the popular weekly e-newsletter for Australian and New Zealand library professionals, from its current owners, Stevens and Dent Information...