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Bookswim: 'the Netflix of books'
In the US, a book rental company called Bookswim is making waves. Its success is based on hitting the 'sweet spot' of the reader demographic: middle-aged, suburban women who are library users.
University presses and libraries debate the future
A US conference on the future of university presses also touched on interestign/worrying topics for libraries and campus booksellers, such as the stat that 47% of books acquired for libraries from 200...
Bolinda launches 'e-audiobook' service for libraries & book retailers
Audiobook publisher Bolinda has launched Bolinda Digital, a new ‘e-audiobook’ service for both online book retailers and libraries. Bolinda Digital titles will appear on-screen in cat...
WA libraries to receive almost $3 million more to buy books
The Western Australian state government has announced increased funding for books for libraries in the state. Culture and Arts minister John Day said council-run libraries would share $9.3 milli...
UK booksellers and authors concerned about digital lending
Booksellers and authors in the UK have expressed their concerns about free lending of ebooks by libraries undermining the book trade as a whole.
Booksellers summit 'a very constructive exercise'
A group of 15 bookselling and library supply representatives met in Sydney yesterday to 'discuss and come to agreement on the major issues facing booksellers'. The meeting included represen...
Gillard launches school library inquiry
Education Minister Julia Gillard has asked the parliament's House Standing Committee on Education and Training to launch an inquiry into and to report on ‘the role, adequacy and resourcing of sc...
UK indie publishers join Bloomsbury's digital library
Independent publishers Faber, Quercus, Canongate and Allison & Busby have joined Bloomsbury’s digital library, which is used by over 3 million UK residents through their public libraries.
In brief
Leading Edge ConferenceThe Leading Edge Books National Conference will be held this weekend, 6-8 March, in Hobart. Over 80 independent booksellers will be attending, and many publishers and authors wi...
British Library to offer 65,000 free ebooks on Kindle
The British Library will offer over 65,000 mainly 19th-century titles scanned from its collection as free ebooks on Amazon's Kindle ereader.
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