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New Zealand Book Design Awards 2010 winners announced
The winners of this year's Publishers Association of New Zealand Book Design Awards were announced in Auckland on 22 July. The winners were: Gerard Reid Award for Best Book, sponsored by Nielsen Book ...
Craig Potton Publishing to distribute Lonely Planet in NZ
Lonely Planet has announced a new distributor for its products in New Zealand. From 5 September 2010 Craig Potton Publishing will be the publisher's exclusive distributor in New Zealand, taking ...
Dymocks Hamilton closes
Dymocks Hamilton, which opened in New Zealand in 2007, has closed. Dymocks CEO Don Grover told the Weekly Book Newsletter it was ‘disappointing that the Dymocks Hamilton store is closing a...
In brief
HarperCollins, Hardie Grant become RHYW publisher partnersReadHowYouWant (RHYW), which produces special formats of books such as DAISY and large print, has announced that HarperCollins Australia and H...
Kobo sells out for Whitcoulls in NZ
Just over a month after its NZ launch, Whitcoulls has sold out of two shipments of the Kobo ereader and is taking pre-orders on a third batch due in mid-July. Managing director Peter Kalan said ...
NZ Book Council short film wins two awards at Cannes
A short film produced by the New Zealand Book Council to promote books and reading has won two awards at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. The paper-cut animation, which uses a...
New Zealand ebook converter and retailer 'MeBooks' launches
New Zealand ebook converter MeBooks has launched at www.mebooks.co.nz. The site has been created by Jason Darwin, who told the Weekly Book Newsletter he had had ‘a mixed career in IT and publish...
NZ Booksellers Choice Award shortlist
The shortlist for the 2010 Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award has been announced. Booksellers throughout NZ were asked to nominate the books they have most enjoyed reading, s...
REDgroup launches Kobo in Whitcoulls stores; A&R launch 'imminent'
REDgroup Retail launched its Kobo ebook platform in its New Zealand Whitcoulls stores on Thursday 27 May and an Angus & Robertson launch in Australia is ‘imminent', according to REDgroup's c...
Brook appointed head of publishing at HarperCollins New Zealand
HarperCollins New Zealand has announced the appointment of Alison Brook as head of publishing. In the newly created role Brook, who is joining the company from Penguin Books New Zealand wh...
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