Category: Australia
TNPS on LinkedIn – Round-Up #3
With so much publishing industry news and debate, there’s never time for TNPS to cover it all. But...
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Kobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in New Zealand
“Our sales data from Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada suggests that having your books in...
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Kobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in Australia
Audio-first subscription services in the Nordics will be watching closely. So far only BookBeat of...
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Amazon-owned Audible’s unlimited subscription now in five markets. And counting…
But can anyone seriously imagine PRH taking the moral high ground and pulling its titles when (not...
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Australia’s lost literary treasures show how publishers have squandered the digital opportunity
“Sitting on rights with no intention to make use of them is little short of criminal, not to...
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Quote Unquote: “Embracing video conferencing has led to much stronger connections and positive results in real time” – Jacinta di Mase, lit agent
“…If/when I travel to a big book fair again, I will be able to attend seminars for professional...
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Scribd’s quiet Australia launch will have Storytel’s full attention
Fast forward Pandemic Y2 and publishers are more amenable to looking seriously at digital’s untold...
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Another nail in Screen Fatigue’s coffin as OverDrive clocks 430 million digital downloads in 2020
Print of course remains king, although bricks & mortar booksellers face existential challenges...
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Australia’s online bookstore Booktopia debuts on AU stock exchange. Doubles revenue since arrival of Amazon, with 15% of the market
When Amazon arrived in Australia there were fears the domestic book market might be irreparably...
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Mapping the New Normal: Children’s book wins Australia Book of the Year award for first time. Ceremony streamed, of course. This is 2020
The Australian Book Industry awards, affectionately known as Abias, is hosted by the Australian...
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Industry News Round-Up 26 March 2020
A round-up of key industry news in these challenging times. Apologies if the linked reports for...
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As Macmillan pulls out of Australia’s education sector, former staff launch a new publishing house to fill the gap
It was back in August that Macmillan announced it was winding down its presence in the Australian...
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