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Readings Port Melbourne to close
Readings has announced that its Port Melbourne store will close. Readings managing director Mark Rubbo said in a statement that Readings had been 'unable to come to an arrangement with the landlord' r...
Supanews to open A&R bricks-and-mortar bookstores
Former REDgroup-owned newsagency chain Supanews has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that it will operate Angus & Robertson (A&R) bricks-and-mortar bookshops in Australia. Adrian Gaskin...
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Kobo Touch now available to order from A&R, Borders websitesKobo ereading devices are now available for pre-order from the Angus & Robertson and Borders websites, owned by Pearson Group Austra...
UK indie booksellers call on goverment to fix prices
The UK's independent booksellers say the government should step in to fix the price of books after the Booksellers Association called on the government to do more to maintain bookshops on the high s...
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NZ country of honour website launchedA website for New Zealand's Frankfurt country of honour project has been launched. The NZ At Frankfurt site includes information about the Frankfurt Book Fair, New...
UK Booksellers Association calls for government help
The UK's high street bookshops need help from the government if their presence there is to continue, the CEO. of the UK Booksellers Association has said. Tim Godfray called on the government to gi...
Grover resigns from Dymocks; restructure announced
Dymocks Booksellers has announced that Don Grover has resigned from his position as CEO of the Dymocks Group. Grover will finish in his position in February 2012 after eight years with the group. The ...
Flood causes 'several thousand dollars' damage at Embiggen Books
Specialty science bookstore Embiggen Books is scheduled to reopen its doors at the end of this week, after flooding caused the store to temporarily close in September. Store owner Warren Bonett told t...
BISG releases PWC report into Australian book industry
The Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) has made public a research report commissioned from Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) entitled Cover to cover: a market analysis of the Australian book industry. T...
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New Brisbane bookstoreA new bookstore opened in Brisbane's South Bank in August. Scrumptious Reads is a temporary installation shop that sells food and drink titles as well as homewares. The owners of...
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