I'm not normally an impulse buyer except, it seems, when I visit the bookshop at the National Library of Australia! I tell myself I'm not interested in little books - you know, the sort bookshops put on their sales counters - but somehow the National Library of Australia regularly manages to break down my resolution. … Continue reading Ann Patchett, The bookshop strikes back (Review)
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National Bookshop Day the Third
Today is - though it's almost over - National Bookshop Day. Last year I wrote a Monday Musings post on Australia's second National Bookshop Day. It's good to see that the momentum continues. In last year's post I named some of my favourite local bookshops - and nothing has changed in that regard except that … Continue reading National Bookshop Day the Third
Monday musings on Australian literature: National Bookshop Day (Belated)
Saturday 11 August was National Bookshop Day here down under but I decided to delay writing about it until this week's Monday Musings as it seems a worthy subject. However, Lisa of ANZLitlovers and Louise of A Strong Belief in Wicker did their posts in a more timely way. National Bookshop Day is a new concept … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: National Bookshop Day (Belated)
Amazon: The good, the bad and the …
Well, let's not go there because, really, we all want convenient, economic access to good books don't we? And Amazon has done a great job of forging/championing a whole new world of book distribution - both through their online service for selling traditional books and then their development of the Kindle and eBook distribution. (I … Continue reading Amazon: The good, the bad and the …
Cheaper books? At what cost?
Richard Flanagan gave the closing address at this year's Sydney Writers Festival and spoke about recent moves to end territorial copyright in Australia which would allow the sale of overseas editions in Australia. It appears that this move is supported by big businesses such as Dymocks, Coles and Woolworths who apparently call themselves the Coalition for Cheaper … Continue reading Cheaper books? At what cost?
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