Whitcoulls pulls Peterson’s ‘12 Rules for Life’
New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls has pulled Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life (Penguin Press), reports the NZ Herald. In an email to customers, the chain said it was ‘a...
Whitcoulls announces Top 100 list
Whitcoulls has announced its Top 100 list, as voted by New Zealand readers in 2014. The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) is in first place, followed by The Book Thief...
Whitcoulls relaunches ebookstore
New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls is once again selling ebooks through Kobo after suspending its Kobo ebookstore in mid-October. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Whitcoulls suspended its ebookstore due to...
WH Smith relaunches website without ebooks
In the UK, WH Smith has relaunched its website after taking the site offline for nearly four days, reports the Bookseller. However, the retailer is not currently selling ebooks and...
Whitcoulls suspends ebookstore
New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls has suspended its Kobo-powered ebookstore due to ‘recent publicity surrounding ebook publishing through automated feeds provided by Kobo’. In a statement on the Whitcoulls website,...
Whitcoulls to stop accepting Booksellers Tokens
New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls will stop redeeming Booksellers Tokens and Booksellers Exchange Cards at the end of July, reports Booksellers New Zealand. Booksellers NZ said that the tokens and...
Kobo to partner with NZ indies, Paper Plus
Kobo will become the dominant ebook provider in New Zealand as a result of new partnerships with Booksellers New Zealand members and the Paper Plus Group. Kobo announced the new retail...
Paper Plus announces financial results; was in the running to buy Whitcoulls
The Paper Plus Group, parent company of New Zealand bookselling chain Paper Plus, was in the running to buy the Whitcoulls business from the administrators of REDgroup Retail last year,...
New Kobo devices available in October
Kobo has unveiled three new ereading devices which will be available in Australia and New Zealand before the end of the year. The new devices—branded the ‘Kobo Family’ along with...
Whitcoulls launches new website to find top 50 children’s books
New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls has launched a new website as part of this year’s Whitcoulls Kids’ Top 50 campaign. New Zealand readers have until 2 September to vote for...
Queen’s Birthday Honours for Whitcoulls owners, New Zealand publishers, authors
Anne and David Norman, owners of Whitcoulls, Farmers and other stores, were named Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours list...
Whitcoulls to close Lambton Quay store
Whitcoulls has confirmed that, after 104 years on the same site, the Whitcoulls Lambton Quay store will close at the end of May. A statement said that staff and stock...
Kobo Vox available at Whitcoulls; Collins, JB HiFi to sell device before Christmas
Whitcoulls bookstores in New Zealand are now selling the new android-based tablet from Kobo, the Kobo Vox. The Kobo Vox retails for NZ$399 (approximately A$302) in Whitcoulls stores and on...
Whitcoulls withdraws from BookScan panel
New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls will no longer participate in the country's Nielsen BookScan panel. In a message sent to subscribers and retailers last week, Nielsen BookScan said that from...
REDgroup administration: date of second creditors’ meeting announced; detailed financial reports released
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on 27 July, REDgroup Retail administrators Ferrier Hodgson has announced that second creditors' meetings will take place tomorrow, 4 August, in Melbourne and...
NZ booksellers decide not to stock controversial book
A number of booksellers in New Zealand have announced this week that they will not stock a book about a high-profile legal case. Paper Plus and The Warehouse have said...
REDgroup administration: NZ sale complete; NZ Borders likely to be rebranded as Whitcoulls
James Pascoe Group has confirmed this week that its purchase of the Whitcoulls and Borders businesses in New Zealand from REDgroup Retail has been finalised. The new owners said in...
REDgroup administration: Employee entitlements secured; Remaining Oz Borders stores to close; Supanews bids for A&R; Mackenzie returns to Whitcoulls
Following the announcement last week that the remaining Australian Borders stores will close down, REDgroup administrators Ferrier Hodgson have confirmed that they will be able to honour all pre-appointment entitlements owed...
REDgroup administration: stores to stop accepting orders from today as administrators ‘urgently’ seek buyers
Administrators 'urgently seeking' buyersStores no longer accepting new stock; online business continues to accept ordersFurther 34 head-office staff redundanciesNegotiations with creditors over proposed DOCA endWhitcoulls, Borders in NZ soldThe Weekly...
REDgroup administration: NZ businesses sold
REDgroup administrator Ferrier Hodgson has confirmed that the Whitcoulls and Borders businesses in New Zealand have been sold. Ferrier Hodgson has sold 57 Whitcoulls and five Borders stores to Project Mark...