BOOK DESIGN AWARDS 2010 – open for business

The Digital Revolution:
Publishing in the 21st Century

Publishing Symposium in Australia, February 2010

Presented by the Australia Council for the Arts in partnership with the Australian Publishers Association.

The digital opportunities and challenges offered to the world of literature and publishing will be discussed at The Digital Revolution: Publishing in the 21st Century symposium.

You are invited to join international industry leaders Richard Charkin (Bloomsbury Publishing), Stephen Page (Faber & Faber), Michael Tamblyn (Shortcovers for Indigo) and key  Australian speakers including Elizabeth Weiss, Victoria Nash, and Susan Hawthorne, in a one-day symposium to discuss what digital technology means for the Australian publishing industry.  Registration is essential.

Melbourne: Monday 15 February 2010  8.15a.m. – 6.30 p.m. at the State Library of Victoria Conference Centre, Entry 3, La Trobe Street.

Sydney: Wednesday 17 February 2010  8.15a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
at the Australian National Maritime Museum, 2 Murray Street, Darling Harbour.

Included in the day’s program is a networking drinks session to end the event.

To register, please download the Program/Registration form here.  We expect a strong response, so please don’t delay.  Limits per organisation may apply.

Travel, accommodation and registration assistance is available to regional and interstate small trade publishers on application. To apply please download the Award Application form here and submit to the APA by Friday 11 December 2009. You must also register to attend the Symposium.

NEWSFLASH : The Morning After the Symposium : GOOGLE TO CHAT DIGITAL

Chris Palma, Strategic Partner Development Manager, Google Books Partner Program, [and another prominent speaker yet to be confirmed],  has agreed to speak in our International Digital Chat Series: “Transforming the Landscape” on Tuesday morning 16th Feb in Melbourne and Thursday morning 18th in Sydney. If you are travelling from a distance for the Symposium, you will definitely want to stay overnight to take advantage of this opportunity.

More details will appear here very soon.

Residential Editorial Program (REP) 2010:

APPLICATIONS are now invited for this elite editorial mentorship program.
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) together with the Literature Board of the Australia Council has announced that the sixth Residential Editorial Program (REP) will be held from 3-8 May 2010 at Varuna — the Writers’ House, Katoomba, NSW.

This prestigious biennial program — the only training opportunity in Australia devoted to such mentoring for editors of literary fiction and non-fiction — has been enormously beneficial to previous participants, mentors and speakers.

Please download the full press release, the Guidelines and Application forms here.

Closing date for applications is Monday 11 January, 2010. 

If you have any questions regarding the forthcoming REP please do not hesitate to contact Robyn Sheahan-Bright, Program Manager — tel: 07 4972 9760, or email: rsheahan@tpg.com.au or Dee Read at the APA.

Australian Educational Publishing Awards 2009

The Australian Publishers Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Australian Educational Publishing Awards. Over 200 entries were received, and winners were announced at an awards lunch in Melbourne on Wednesday 5th August.

2009 Winners:

Overall winner 2009

Sharing Our Stories

Author: Liz Thompson and the people of six Aboriginal communities
Publisher: Pearson Australia

APA Primary Publisher of the Year 2009, sponsored by Copyright Agency Limited

Macmillan Education Australia

APA Secondary Publisher of the Year 2009, sponsored by Copyright Agency Limited

Pearson Australia

Our thanks to Ligare Book Printers for their continued support of these awards,
and to the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), who joined us for the second time.

Download the complete winners list (pdf)
Download the full shortlist (pdf)

Australian Book Industry Awards

Congratulations to all those shortlisted and the winners at the 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards. See here for a full list of winners.

57th Book Design Awards – winners announced!

The book design world celebrated in style at the Powerhouse Museum for the 57th Book Design Awards.  Julia Morris hosted an entertaining evening, and much food and drink was enjoyed by all who attended.  We congratulate all the shortlisted designers, and salute the winners.

For a full list of results, click here.

ALEXANDRA NAHLOUS from Allen & Unwin is the successful recipient of the 2009 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship.  This was announced by the Literature Board of the Australia Council and the Australian Publishers Association at the Sydney Writers’ Festival on 21 May, 2009.  More details in this word document.

APA Publishing Internship Program 2009

Proudly Supported by Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) Cultural Fund

After a highly competitive application process, five publishing companies have been selected for the Australian Publishers Association Internship Program 2009. The APA Publishing Internship Program assists publishers in filling a growing need for the strategic placement of quality candidates into a variety of challenging positions within publishing houses. This is a wonderful opportunity for publishers to engage talented and qualified publishing graduates, and to attract the best and brightest into training for key positions within their companies. It provides an incentive to attract the kind of talent the industry needs and will contribute to the long-term development of a highly skilled publishing sector. It places interns in challenging and constructive environments to enhance their skills and employment potential.

The successful publishing companies were selected for the depth of the experience that they were offering the intern, the selection committee’s assessment of the value of the internship position to the advancement of the industry and the clarity and breadth of the application in relation to providing a measurable and comprehensive internship experience.  While many of the applications were of a high standard, we believe the successful companies have fulfilled those criteria in an exceptional way and have been chosen on the merit of their application.

We are pleased to announce that following five companies have been successful in receiving funding for internship placements in 2009:

Australian Book Review, Melbourne — Editorial Intern

Black Dog Books, Melbourne — Editorial Intern

Oxford University Press, Melbourne — Editorial Intern, Higher Education Division

Scribe Publications, Melbourne — Editorial Intern

Walker Books, Sydney — Book Design Intern

We are also pleased to welcome The Text Publishing Company as part of the program again this year. Text was one of 5 successful companies to receive funding for an internship placement in 2008. After a hugely successful placement, Text will be offering an internship position again this year, fully funded by the company.

The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne – Publicity / Marketing Intern

Publishing companies that have been successful in receiving funding for internship placements in previous years, are encouraged to join the program in subsequent years, and fully fund their own placement. If you are interested in joining the program in this capacity please contact Libby O’Donnell elizabeth.odonnell@publishers.asn.au  Ph: 02 9281 9788.

Publishing Interns

Applications are NOW OPEN for the following Internship  Position

• Walker Books, Sydney — Book Design Intern - deadline for applications - Friday 4th of September

For a detailed description of the Book Design Internship, download this word document.  For detailed information about the program and FAQ please download this Word document.

Applications are NOW CLOSED for the following Internship Positions in 2009

• Australian Book Review, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
• Black Dog Books, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
• Oxford University Press, Melbourne — Editorial Intern, Higher Education Division
• Scribe Publications, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
• The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne – Publicity / Marketing Intern

If you would like to join our internship mailing list to receive up-to-date information about the APA Internship Program as it becomes available, please email elizabeth.odonnell@publishers.asn.au with the subject header: APA Internship Program Mailing List.

For position descriptions, application deadline dates and application contact details for the six internship positions being offered in 2009 please download this Word document.

For detailed information about the program and FAQ please download this Word document.

The APA Publishing Internship is proudly supported by Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) Cultural Fund

Productivity Commission to Review Copyright Laws

For more information please see the News section.

Resolutions of the 28th IPA Publishers Congress

The 28th IPA Publishers Congress took place in Seoul, Korea on 12-15 May 2008. It attracted some 600 publishers and guests from 45 countries. The Congress ended on 15 May with the presentation of the Resolutions, the formal concluding document of the event. The Resolutions focus on the key issues for publishers in the future: Freedom to publish, copyright, national book policy promotion, free enterprise in publishing. A new emphasis was put on translation issues.

The IPA Congress Resolutions are here.

Equal Access Resolution

On World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April, the International Publishers Association's Copyright Committee focused its attention on readers who are unable to access material in the same way as sighted readers. A statement confirming that "it is a shared ambition of publishers around the world to make their works accessible to all readers" was released. A copy of the full statement is available here.

Revised imprint page notices

Revised imprint page notices for use on schools material are now available to members. These notices have been prepared by the APA Schools Educational Publishing Committee in conjunction with the Copyright Agency Limited and are provided as a free service to APA members. Members are under no obligation to use the suggested notices but are welcome to use them as they see fit.

Similar notices were made available to members a few years ago. Changes have been made to the notices and these reflect changes in copyright law since that time.

There is one new suggested notice which is for an educational book, where the whole book has a publisher's licence to copy for an individual teacher.  It relates to those books other than  BLM books where the publisher permits an individual teacher to (only) photocopy the complete book.

For APA Members, more news and reports are available in the Members Only section. If you have problems logging in please contact Kellie Cameron at the APA.