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Qantas Airline Publishes Short Books Tailored for a Flight

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Australian airline Qantas has custom published a series of books by bestselling authors to give to their elite milage passengers and that can be read in a single flight.

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On Finding Your (International) Voice

Scot Gardner

Australian YA author Scot Gardner talks about the challenges of writing for an international audience while staying true to his local culture.

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Emue Books Brings Francophone Literature (and Fairness) Down Under

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Emue Books is a new Australian publisher with an unexpected mission: publishing Francophone literature and reviving fairness in publishing.

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Can Bricks-and-Mortar Bookstores Win a Price War with Amazon?

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Australia’s Bookworld has guaranteed that it will beat Amazon and other online competitors’ prices by 10%. But are they risking losing too much profit?

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New Women-Only Literary Prizes Created in Australia and Canada

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Women-only literary prizes have been created in both Canada and Australia to help balance the attention given to work by male authors vs. female authors.

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Aussie Rights Trade on the Rise

Australian author Kate Morton at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012

Despite a dip in overall book sales down under, Australian agents and rights managers report a booming business from the Frankfurt Book Fair.

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E-books Offer Silver Lining for Australians

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Australian book sales have plunged 10% in 2012, but e-book sales are finally taking off, writes Andrew Wilkins.

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Digital Publishing: Lessons Learned

Matt Hanbury (CEO, Murdoch Books), George Lossius (CEO, Publishing Technology), Richard Charkin (Executive Director, Bloomsbury), Richard Mollet (Chief Executive, PA)

Publishing CEOs from the UK and Australia sat on a panel at the Frankfurt Book Fair to discuss their experiences navigating the increasingly digital book marketplace.

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Digital Publishing Down Under: Really Blue Books and Xoum

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Digital publishing startups are sprouting up in Australia, where they may be late to the game but still see a wealth of opportunity in their (spacious) backyard.

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New Org for Top Int’l Book Fests Aims to Help Source Funds

Nick Barley

From Jaipur to Melbourne to Edinburgh, Word Alliance aims to help top international book festivals lobby for government funding and to spread best practices.

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