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Tibet objections force atlas to print in Hong Kong
Earth, the new out-sized atlas from Millennium House, has been printed in Hong Kong to avoid a possible embargo by China, Millennium House managing director Gordon Cheers told WBN. Cheers said he coul...
Chinese print costs rise
UK-based publishers are expressing concerns that print costs in China have risen to 'unprecedented' levels.
Printers oppose changes to parallel importation
The Printing Industries Association of Australia has joined the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) in opposing the removal of parallel importation rest...
Melburnians to make hardcovers easier and cheaper
Three Melburnians have patented a new book-binding technique intended to make hardcovers more affordable. Called ‘Roylebind', the method involves ‘pre-formed laminated cases that can be pr...
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Gillard flags national IR planThe federal government is acting on a pre-election pledge to implement a national industrial relations platform for employees of private companies. Federal Workplace Rela...
Has ACCC decision doomed an Australian printer?
The ACCC's recent decision to block the merger between Griffin Press and McPherson's 'may have robbed Australia of the opportunity to become a book-printing powerhouse for the Asia-Pacific region...
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Scott, Manhire and Farrell win NZ Prime Minister's literary awards Historian Dick Scott, poet Bill Manhire and novelist Fiona Farrell are the 2007 winners of the New Zealand Prime Minister's Awards fo...
Harry's printer reports strong year
PMP, the parent company of book publisher Griffin Press, is ‘in a much stronger position that it was three years ago, and better equipped to face ongoing challenges,' according to chairman Graha...
Workers strike at PMP's Brisbane plant
Workers at the Brisbane plant of printer PMP held a two-day strike last week, over what Australian Manufacturing Workers Union spokesperson Danny Dougherty told ABC Online was ‘the failure of th...
Ligare, Southwood to merge
Australia's third-largest book printer Ligare has announced it will merge with Southwood Press Book Printers. The merger, which will officially take place on Monday 8 October, comes after a prop...
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