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Sales of '50 Books You Can’t Put Down' increase by 115% during 2011 'Get Reading!' campaign

Sales of the titles on the 2011 '50 Books You Can't Put Down' Get Reading! list increased by 115% during last year's campaign, compared to the five weeks preceeding the campaign, according to dat...

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2011 Get Reading! campaign launchedThis year's Get Reading! campaign, which will run until 30 September, was officially launched this week. A new website for the campaign has been launched a...

Get Reading! 2011: year-round touring program begins this month; close to 1000 booksellers and libraries registered

The Get Reading! year-long touring program will begin this month, ahead of preparations for this year's Get Reading! campaign which will run between 1 and 30 September. The first authors to participat...

Get Reading! funding to be cut by $1.6 million over four years

Funding for the Get Reading! initiative will be cut by $1.6 million over the next four years. The funding cut outlined in the federal government's budget papers means the Get Reading! campaign, which ...

2011 Get Reading! campaign launched

The 2011 Get Reading! campaign was launched in Sydney yesterday, with the release of the '50 Books You Can't Put Down' list. This year's campaign will run from 29 August to 30 September.  Th...

Sale of '50 Books You Can't Put Down' increase 260% during 'Get Reading!' campaign

Sales of the titles on this year's '50 Books You Can't Put Down' Get Reading list increased by 260% during this year's campaign, according to a Get Reading! statement released today. Sales of the...

Get Reading! 2010 campaign kicks off

The 2010 Get Reading! campaign kicks off today. This year's ‘50 Books You Can't Put Down' includes 28 books available in ebook format, as well as 18 available as audio books.  The list is s...

2010 Get Reading! Campaign 'the most comprehensive ever'

The 2010 Get Reading campaign will launch on 25 August with ‘the most comprehensive promotional campaign ever', says director Cheryl Akle.   This year's campaign will again feature tel...

ABA conference 2010: sales down but booksellers energised

The 86th annual Australian Booksellers Association conference was held over three days in Brisbane, starting last Sunday. ABA conference organiser Claire Pittman reports that attendance peaked at over...

New-look Books Alive announces 'Get Reading' ambassadors

Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced the 10 new author ambassadors for the renamed Books Alive campaign ‘Get Reading'.  ‘Alex Miller, Christos Tsiolkas, Craig Silvey, Nick Earls,...
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