The business of books
Industry
The business behind the books: bookshops and libraries, distribution, educational publishing, the market and the world beyond the region.
Bookselling
Shops opening, closing and changing hands, chains and booksellers' associations Urgent action required to get books to kids New Zealand · 27 Oct Half of Whitcoulls' kids Top 50 from NZ authors New Zealand · 25 SepLibraries
Library services and lending rights New Aotearoa NZ Book of the Month, every month New Zealand · 30 Oct Labor Backs Young Readers With $1.1 Million Book Boost Australia · 23 Oct Public Libraries Statistical Report 2024-25 Now Available Australia · 23 Sep ALIA and ACSL disappointed by decision to discontinue teacher librarian roles Australia · 21 SepDistribution & supply
Distributors, warehouses, freight, printing and paper An Open Letter to Bloomsbury Australia and Penguin Random House Distribution New Zealand · 27 OctEducational publishing
School, tertiary and professional publishing DOAJ and Open Access Australasia partner to strengthen open access publishing Australia · 5 Nov Update: VCE Industry and Enterprise (2027 final year of delivery) Australia · 29 Oct Ministry of Education: More senior curriculum subjects released New Zealand · 28 Oct Updated New Zealand Curriculum for Years 0 to 10 released New Zealand · 16 SepInternational
World publishing news that matters here Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against OpenAI Draws More than 50 (Very Illuminating) Amicus Briefs International · 3 Nov Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Need to Know International · 29 Oct IFRRO Releases New Study on AI, Copyright Issues International · 29 Oct Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026: 236.000 Besucher, neues Layout und Ehrengast Tschechien International · 11 OctMarket & data
Publicly released industry figures, explained. We never republish licensed sales data.
3.3%
Second workforce survey finds encouraging gains in diversity
Source: Australian Publishers Association and University of Melbourne
69%
Australian reading rates hold steady according to new Creative Australia data
Source: Creative Australia, National Arts Participation Survey
$500 million
CAUL marks 100,000 open access articles across Australasia
Source: Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL)
87%
Bucking the trend: new research tells us New Zealanders still love to read
Source: Read NZ Te Pou Muramura, National Reading Survey