Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Australian Booksellers Propose Tax Offset to Support Bookstores
“Books are not merely consumer goods; they carry cultural, educational and democratic value that markets do not fully price,” reads a policy brief from the Australian Booksellers Association. “When structural pressures and loss-leader pricing displace specialist bookshops, the infrastructure that supports Australian literary culture is eroded.”
Around the Book World: Monday, July 6th, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Around the Book World: Monday, June 22, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Around the Book World: Monday, June 15th, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Around the Book World: Monday, June 8th, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Around the Book World: Monday, March 9, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Australia’s Helen Garner Wins the UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize in Nonfiction
‘A fascinating insight into the creative reality of a writer’s life,’ Helen Garner’s win is a first for a diary.
Spotify’s ‘Audiobooks Plus,’ Tested in World Markets, Arrives in the States
Spotify takes its premium subscribers the option to buy 15 hours of extra audiobook listening time as a monthly add-on.
University Presses Cite World Publishers’ Design Work
Denmark, Hong Kong, Australia, England, Guam, and Canada are winners of almost 20 recognitions in the ‘Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.’