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From the Weekly Book Newsletter1st Sep 2010, No. 1948 Archives
Sony launches two new ereaders, announces REDgroup partnership
Sony has announced the release of two new e-ink ereader devices, due to come to Australia and New Zealand within days, and has also revealed it will partner with REDgroup Retail in both countries. &nb...
Published: 02/09/2010
WA Premier's Awards 2008 and 2009 winners announced
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett announced the winners of the 2008 and 2009 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards in Perth on 1 September. ‘For the first time these awards were broa...
Published: 02/09/2010
Fourth annual Indigenous Literacy Day today
Thousands of school children, together with hundreds of bookshops and publishers, libraries and organisations around Australia will celebrate the fourth Indigenous Literacy Day today, 1 September 2010...
Published: 01/09/2010
TitlePage: standalone ebook solution 'not viable' but platform upgrade planned to integrate ebook supply chain
The Australian Publishers Association has advised that the TitlePage Management Group charged with providing business expertise to TitlePage has recommended to the APA Board that 'a stand-alone ebook ...
Published: 01/09/2010
'The Future is Now' ABA ebook seminar
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) hosted a well-attended full-day seminar on ebooks yesterday in Sydney, titled ‘The Future is Now'. The day's keynote speaker was Len Vlahos, the COO ...
Published: 01/09/2010
Queensland Premier's Awards 2010 winners announced
J M Coetzee took out the top prize for fiction at the 2010 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards last night for Summertime (Vintage), which judges described as an ‘extraordinary book' that &lsquo...
Published: 01/09/2010
Browne to replace Walker at REDgroup
REDgroup Retail, owner of Borders, Angus & Robertson and Whitcoulls, has announced Rod Walker will step down from his role as executive chairman. The announcement comes as the group confirms ...
Published: 01/09/2010
Writer/journalist, Melbourne
Thorpe-Bowker, publisher of the Weekly Book Newsletter and Bookseller+Publisher magazine, is looking for a writer/journalist to join its Melbourne-based team for 30 hours (4 days) per week. The s...
Manager Acquisitions, Melbourne CBD
Education Services Australia (formerly Curriculum Corporation) is seeking a smart, enthusiastic and entrepreneurial professional to play a leading role in the growth and development of our Curriculum ...
Bookseller/ Assistant Corporate Sales and Events Co-ordinator, UTS, Ultimo NSW
Bookseller/Assistant Corporate Sales and Events Co-ordinator University Of Technology Sydney Branch An exciting opportunity is on offer for a Bookseller/Assistant Corporate Sales and Events Co-or...
'Ten Hail Marys' wins The Age Non-fiction Book of the Year Award
UQP congratulates Kate Howarth, author of Ten Hail Marys (ISBN: 978 07022 3770 6) on winning The Age Non-fiction Book of the Year Award. Ten Hail Marys has been described as ‘a remarkable story ...
Printing & Publishing Ball 2010--Party Like A Rockstar
RSVP: 11 OctoberPayment: 18 OctoberWhere: Ed Hardie's Vodka Bar, Melbourne CentralWhen: Friday, 29 October, 8pm to 1amTickets: $79.50 includes rockstar bowling, karaoke, DJ, heaps on great food and pl...
'Anonymous Premonition' wins the 2010 Kate Challis RAKA Award
The Kate Challis RAKA Award is an annual prize for indigenous creative artists. UQP would like to congratulate this year’s winner, Yvette Holt. Judges described her collection of poetry, Ano...
John Bell joins James Bennett
John Bell has joined the James Bennett sales team as regional sales manager--academic with responsibility for most academic libraries throughout Australia and NZ. (See classified.)
Changes at REDgroup Retail
Rod Walker will step down from his role as executive chairman of REDgroup Retail. Walker will be replaced by Joe Browne, previously the finance director at electronics manufacturing company Startroni...
Samson leaves Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet's general manager, Asia-Pacific, Richard Samson, has resigned from his position for health reasons. The managing director print publishing, Stephen Palmer, will also serve as acting gene...
Rights managers, agents and literary agents, complete our annual rights survey online now
Think Australian is a special supplement produced each year by Bookseller+Publisher for distribution at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Each year it includes an annual rights survey, to gauge the health of A...
APA Professional Development & Training
Announcing the Children's Publishing Residential Conference in Sydney from 20 to 22 October, open for registrations this week. Connections: Children's Publishing from concept to consumerEarly bird boo...
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Week ending Sat. 21 Aug 2010
- 1 Eat, Pray, Love
- Elizabeth Gilbert,
Bloomsbury
$24.95, ISBN 9780747585664 - 2 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Stieg Larsson,
Quercus
$24.95, ISBN 9781847245458 - 3 True Spirit
- Jessica Watson,
Hachette
$35, ISBN 9780733624971 - 4 4 Ingredients:Fast, Fresh and Healthy
- Kim McCosker, Rachael Bermingham & Deepak Chopra,
Hay House
$19.99, ISBN 9781401924348 - 5 The Girl Who Played with Fire
- Stieg Larsson,
Quercus
$24.95, ISBN 9781906694180 - 6 Don't Blink
- James Patterson,
Century
$32.95, ISBN 9781846054730 - 7 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
- Stieg Larsson,
Maclehose Press
$32.95, ISBN 9781906694173 - 8 The Power
- Rhonda Byrne,
Simon & Schuster
$35, ISBN 9780857201706 - 9 Tomorrow, When the War Began
- John Marsden,
Pan
$18.99, ISBN 9780330403801 - 10 Angelina
- Andrew Morton,
HarperCollins
$35, ISBN 9780732291150
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