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‘Large publishers are in a position to become better booksellers than some retailers, and this will be increasingly apparent with the take-up of electronic content.'--Andrew Crawford, managing d...

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‘I spend more on alcohol and catering than I ever have on placing an ad in the newspaper'--ABA president and Avid Reader proprietor Fiona Stager reveals her bookshop marketing secrets in an arti...

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'Can you imagine the scene? [I'm with] my Swedish publisher at a very, very formal dinner ... an official, he said, "I've come to tell you you will never win the Nobel Prize." ... I hadn't asked for i...

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'$195,000: that's almost a living wage for someone at Macquarie Bank ... almost'--MC John Doyle (aka 'Rampaging Roy Slaven') commenting on the total prize pool for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awa...

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‘I've not yet met a bookseller who's cynical or who's lost their passion for books.'--Susan Duncan, on accepting the Booksellers Choice award for Salvation Creek at the ABA conference's Booksell...

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Quotation of the week

‘At its best, powerful writing about Australia feeds into the soul of the country.' Shadow Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett on ABC Radio National's Book Show. ...

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'Over the course of four years I made time to read all of the Harry Potter books out loud to my daughters. If I can do that and run for president, then you can find time to read to your kids.'--US pre...

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'I never ever once wanted to stop Mr. Vander Ark from doing his own guide--ever ever [...] Do your book, but please, change it so it does not take as much of my work'--an 'impassioned' J K Rowling tak...

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'It is unlikely that a transaction between the two companies will proceed'--A&R Whitcoulls announces that its Borders bid has gone cold.

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'I am an author. I know this because I have a rejection letter from a publisher that starts "Dear Author".'--Lynne Calder, unpublished writer, writing in last week's Pass It On newsletter....

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