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New Books in 2013
It’s a new year which means lots of new books will be coming out. Here is a few that I am most excited about. The first is the new book by Khaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner. I thought his...
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Reading Resolutions
Have you set yourself any reading resolutions for 2013? What are some of your reading goals? To read more book books in general or read outside your comfort zone? Are you going to try to read an eBook...
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Beg, Borrow, Steal: eBook Rentals & Borrowing
The eBook market continues to grow worldwide at an astonishing rate. While the eBook format has been around for over a decade, the eBook market is really only four-years old. This rapid growth has...
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DEVICE WARS: The Battleground is not what you read but what you read on
Most Australian bookshops have been able to sell eBooks for over 12 months with varying degrees of success. Amazon are the dominant eBook retailer in the Australian market with an estimated market...
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A Guide to eReading Apps on iOS (iPhone + iPad)
There are a tonne of iOS apps out there for eReading with an equal tonne of features. Pages & Pages’ eBook store is powered by ReadCloud. One of the things that attracted us to ReadCloud was the...
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Pages & Pages Declares Kindle Amnesty
Amazon has over 65% of the eBook market in Australia and over 75% of eReaders owned in Australia are Kindles. But most Australian readers don’t know that The Kindle locks them into buying from Amazon...
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Australian Bookshop’s fight against Amazon gets international attention
Our fight against Amazon and declaration of a Kindle Amnesty has received international attention, including in The Guardian!...
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Gendered Reading
Last week the first Stella Prize was awarded to Carrie Tiffany for her novel Mateship With Birds. The Stella Prize was created to highlight writing by Australian women. The creation of the award was...
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On Stepping Down as ABA President
It is with mixed emotions that I step down as President of the Australian Booksellers Association. Being given the opportunity to represent booksellers during a time of huge change has been a challenge...
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Freight and the Costs of Doing Business
Freight has been a huge issue for the book industry in the last 4 years. Ever since a UK internet retailer (that rhymes with Suppository) started using free shipping, as well as deep discounting, as...
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Australia’s Favourite Bookshop
“Without great bookshops in our country there would be no great Australian books” Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief. Bookshops are not going away. They offer a unique and valuable experience for...
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National BookShop Day 2013 – In locations across Australia, bookshops will be...
Australia’s only celebration of bookshops takes place on Saturday the 10th of August with bookshops around the country giving away over 25,000 free books, hosting events, book readings and a wide range...
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Pages & Pages Booksellers takes over book fulfillment for Boomerang Books
Pages & Pages is delighted to announce that is the new fulfillment supplier for Boomerang Books. Boomerang Books launched in 2002 and is one of Australia’s leading online bookstores. Pages &...
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Guest Post: Why bookstores are the future, not the past by Chris Allen
National bookshop day is this Saturday 10 August. I’ll be getting out and about to support my local bookstores and am putting the call out for others to do the same. It’s a day to have a browse amongst...
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Kindle Amnesty 2.0 – Upgraded and expanded
In April this year Pages & Pages Booksellers declared a Kindle Amnesty where customers were invited on the 3rd Saturday of each month to exchange their Amazon Kindle for a BeBook Touch and a $50...
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How I Completely Failed the Australian Women Writers Challenge in 2013
I completely failed the Australian Women Writers Challenge this year. I did not read one book by an Australian Woman in 2013. I didn’t avoid books written by Australian women but nothing grabbed me,...
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Pages & Pages Named Independent Bookshop of the Year
The 14th Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on Friday in front of Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Minister for the Arts George Brandis with Pages & Pages Booksellers...
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The Young Adult Bubble – Is the YA category really performing as well as it...
At the recent Australian Booksellers Association Conference in Melbourne there was a fascinating panel looking at the Young Adult category in children’s books. Young Adult seems to have had a massive...
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Open Letter to The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications
Open Letter to The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications Much has been said recently about the plight of Australia Post. 900 jobs have been lost and daily letter delivery threatened...
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Ebook Subscription Services: Lopping Off the Long Tail
Amazon has recently launched an ebook subscription service following hot on the heels of Scribd and start-up Oyster. For around $US9.95 per month readers are able to access as many ebooks as they want...
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