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Think Australian 2011
Think Australian is an annual overview of the Australian market, providing all the information to start doing business with Australian publishers, literary agents, distributors and other service providers.
YOUR GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITORS AND BOOKS AT THE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR BROUGHT TO YOU BY THORPE- Search, Discover, Connect BOOKSELLER PUBLISHER MAGAZINE love books? keep up with the book industry news in Australia and the region stay informed with THE BOOK INDUSTRY INSIDE BOOKS AND BOOKSELLER PUBLISHER BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER PP349181/00180 PRINTPOST APPROVED P NTPOS PRINT OST APPR OVED PRINTPOST APPROVED OS PRO ED PP349181/00180 ROVED PP 3 49181/00180 P 4 9181/0 4918 /00180 49 81/ 49181/0 918 /0018 BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER www.bookselle randpublisher. com.au `A deft, perceptive exploration of a fascinating neurological condition, and a cracking good thriller.' LIONEL SHRIVER `Suspenseful on every page.' ANITA SHREVE `An exceptional thriller.' DENNIS LEHANE Term 1 T THE MAGAZINE FOR BOOKS FROM K TO 12 2011 www.bookselle randpublisher. com.au TEX TPUBLISHING .C O M . AU AN INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING EVENT MAY 2011 MARCH 2011 S.D. GEN TILL MARCH 2 www.panterapress.com Subscribe to BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER magazine and online Weekly Book Newsletter. For more information contact firstname.lastname@example.com or phone +61 3 8517 8390 Visit us at www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au YOUR GUIDE TO AUSTRAL IAN EXHIBITORS AND BOOKS AT THE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR Contents ON THE COVER: Think Australian 2011 images include Melbourne icons, The Arts Centre Spire, Federation Square and Flinders Street Station. � 2011 Thorpe-Bowker 4 The market down under Our annual overview of the Australian book market BROUGHT TO YOU BY THORPE- Search, Discover, Connect BOOKSELLER PUBLISHER MAGAZINE 8 The rights stuff The ninth annual survey of Australian rights managers and literary agents 16 Australian bestsellers The top-selling Australian titles of the past year, provided by Nielsen BookScan STAY IN TOUCH BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER is the best source of news, views and information on the publishing scene in Australia, New Zealand and the region. Visit www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au to view emags, sign up for our free fortnightly email newsletter or for a trial subscription to the Weekly Book Newsletter. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. Think Australian 2011 is produced by BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER magazine (www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au) and published by Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC, Level 1, 607 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia. Tel +61-3-8517-8333 Fax +61-3-8517-8399 � Copyright 2011 Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC Publisher: Tim Coronel Tel: +61-3-8517-8343 email@example.com Editor-in-chief: Matthia Dempsey Tel:+61-3-8517-8351 firstname.lastname@example.com Editorial contributors: Tim Coronel, Andrew Rankin, Andrew Wrathall Design/production manager: Silvana Paolini Tel:+61-3-8517-8354 email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com Advertising manager: Tel:+61-3-8517-8357 email@example.com 2011-12 subscriptions to BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER magazine: US/Canada/Europe airmail: AUD$195 New Zealand/Asia: AUD$175 To subscribe email firstname.lastname@example.com 11 Australian exhibitors The Australian Publishers Association's guide to Australia's presence at Frankfurt, with a comprehensive listing of Australian exhibitors, their specialities and locations 18 Title preview A look at some of the leading Australian titles featuring at this year's fair 21 15 Award winners A taste of some of the most-awarded Australian books of the past year Title showcase/exhibitor listings More details on some of the Australian titles and exhibitors Introduction Welcome to Think Australian 2011, your guide to the Australian book trade. Produced by industry magazine BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER, Think Australian is an annual overview of the Australian market, providing you with the information you need to start doing business with Australian publishers, literary agents, distributors and other service providers. Now in its ninth year, Think Australian is distributed to thousands of publishers, editors, scouts and booksellers around the world in advance of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Thanks to a continuing alliance with Publishing Perspectives, 20,000 copies of Think Australian will be distributed at the fair, as a supplement to PP's Fair Daily; and copies will be available at the Australian Publishers Association stand (8.0 B 957). Feel free to share Think Australian with your colleagues and contact us at email@example.com to be added to our email contacts list to be alerted to future editions and to receive email updates about the book market in Australia, New Zealand and the region. Think Australian is also online at www.booksellerandpublisher. com.au/thinkaustralian, where you can view this year's edition and previous years' as emags. Thanks to all the contributors to and supporters of Think Australian; to Andrew Wilkins, who will be `our man on the ground' this year; to Nielsen BookScan Australia and the Australian Publishers Association; and to Thomas Minkus of the Frankfurt Book Fair and Hannah Johnson, Ed Nawotka and the Publishing Perspectives team. Tim Coronel Publisher BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER magazine www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au THORPE- Search, Discover, Connect Murdoch Books Murdoch Books is one of Australia's leading independent publishers both in print and digital. We have an extensive range of lifestyle titles, with a particular focus on food and drink, gardening, home and craft, and a diverse range of Pier 9 narrative titles, including fiction, biography, history, travel narrative and gift books. We aim to publish books that are unique, innovative, entertaining, interesting and above all something that you want to own. We also have a vast archive of owned content that can be packaged to order. Please come and visit us at the Frankfurt Book Fair at stand number Hall 8.0, D938 4 MARKET OVERVIEW AUSTRALIAN book market overview The Australian book market has had a few hurdles in the past year, but overall signs are positive, Tim Coronel and Andrew Rankin report. ustralians are avid readers, and Australian publishers continue to increase their range of local titles. Based on figures from Thorpe-Bowker's Australian Books in Print database, the total number of new Australian book titles published during calendar year 2010 was up 5.4% on the previous year--to 19,831, continuing a trend that has seen the number of locally published titles double in the past decade. (For the purposes of this article, we're defining `an Australian book published in 2010' as a new ISBN record added to the Australian Books in Print database in 2010 with an Australian market record: this figure includes overseas-originated titles that have been published in a separate Australian edition.) The total number of publishers releasing new titles in 2010 fell a little compared to 2009, to 4252. Interestingly, the largest publishers--the 28 companies that produce more than 100 new titles per year--increased their production while the number of single-title publishers (often self-publishers) fell somewhat. We can surmise that much of this activity by the largest publishers is in producing titles in multiple print and digital formats. After a decade of year-on-year growth, the Australian retail book market went into negative territory in 2010, with sales volumes steady, but the value of retail sales falling by over 4%. A New book title releases in Australia, 2007-2010 MARKET OVERVIEW 5 2010 publishing output A total of 4252 Australian publishers were granted ISBNs in 2010. The majority of these were self-publishers of a single title; although interestingly the proportion of self-publishers actually fell in 2010 after being constant for most of the past decade. More than 90% of publisher entities were in the `small press' category, releasing fewer than five titles each. At the other end of the spectrum, there were 28 very large publishers that released 100 or more new titles in 2010. These largest publishers in Australia are a mixture of internationally familiar trade and educational publishing names (such as Hachette, HarperCollins, Harlequin, Pan Macmillan, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Random House, John Wiley & Sons, Cengage, Scholastic, Macmillan Education, Pearson Education, Oxford and Cambridge University Presses) and several locally grown companies including Allen & Unwin, Five Mile Press (now owned by Bonnier), Hardie Grant, Hinkler, Lonely Planet (now owned by BBC Worldwide) and Murdoch Books. But smaller and medium-sized publishers are an essential part of the Australian publishing landscape, and many of our most highly awarded and commercially successful books come from a range of well-established independent local firms including Text, Scribe, Black Inc., Giramondo, UQP, UNSW Press, UWA Press and many, many others. Over 80 (often very) small publishers are now members of the umbrella group SPUNC, the Small Press Network, which is working hard to foster and assist independent publishers with marketing and distribution (see p.21 for details on a dozen SPUNC publisher titles). Output of new titles by publisher size, 2010 9781921361982 � Young adult fiction Courier Mail calls it `addictive'. Good Reading says it's `hard-hitting and thought provoking'. McCaffrey's novels are published in Australasia, Europe and North America. Don't miss her latest. Conway is caught in a civil war � a white man whose brothers are black. Find out why this `nail-biting re-imagining of history' was compared to Orwell's 1984. Find us at Stand B957 in Hall 8 � www.fremantlepress.com.au � 9781921361982 � Adult fiction 6 MARKET OVERVIEW Changing book formats Last year, we predicted a rapid rise in the number of ebooks produced in Australia, and we were proved right: 2010 saw a 66% increase in the number of ebooks produced as publishers moved quickly to provide digital versions of both new and backlist titles. The rise in ebook production almost exactly mirrors a fall in print books: the proportion of paperbacks has fallen to 57% of all titles produced, and hardbacks to 12%. The ebook market was somewhat slow to take off in Australia, but the last year or so has seen a real burst of activity. Ebook sales are now estimated at three or four percent of total book retail turnover and continue to grow. Kobo's relationships with Angus & Robertson and Borders survived the REDgroup collapse and live on under the now Pearson-owned sites, and Kobo is also now partnering with the 70-plus store chain Collins Booksellers, which will sell Kobo's ereaders in its stores as well as selling ebooks from its website. Local start-up Booki.sh has pioneered a browserbased HTML5 ebook platform that is being used by a number of wellknown independent booksellers, and another start-up, ReadCloud, is hovering in the wings waiting to launch with a number of retail partners. Australian-published titles are increasingly available internationally on Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iBooks, and we're still awaiting an Australian launch for Google Ebooks. A long-anticipated revamp of industry data portal TitlePage is now underway and will help consolidate the back-end and supply chain for both print and ebook orders. Increase in digital formats of Australian ISBNs, 2007-2010 Strong exports and rights sales Australian publishing has built its strength in recent decades on a culture of rights buying and selling, valued at up to A$300 million (224 million) per year. Thanks to the territorial protections offered by the `30-day rule', Australian publishers and distributors can secure perpetual rights to an international title by obtaining Australian rights and releasing a local edition within 30 days of its first release. As a result, a great many overseas-originated books get a uniquely Australian edition, often with new cover art, printed in Australia if mono (virtually all colour printing for Australian editions is done off-shore), and usually first released in our preferred `C-format' trade paperback and sold at around A$30 (22). On the other side of the coin, Australian publishers develop thousands of new local titles each year and they are very successful at selling rights to many of these Australian books to the world. Australia's domestic market is comparatively small, and for many authors a sale to the UK, US and to a range of translation territories is key to being able to make a decent income and gain a large audience for their book. See our annual rights survey starting on p.8 for more details. Changes in book formats of Australian ISBNs, 2007-2010 The retail scene Australia's book retailers had a tough year in 2010. Nielsen BookScan's figures show that A$1.26 billion (942 million) passed through the retailers' tills, 4.2% down on the previous year. Volume of books sold was flat at 66.2 million units (although that's not bad for a population of around 22 million!). Fiction accounted for 28% of sales, children's books 24% and nonfiction 48%. It is difficult to give definitive reasons for this slump, but there are a number of likely factors. An extraordinarily high exchange rate for our dollar isn't helping: against a long-term average of about 80 cents to the US dollar, the Australian dollar has soared beyond parity this year, at one stage hitting $1.10 before settling to about $1.05. This is exacerbating the perception among consumers that books are priced too high in Australia, and it makes buying online from offshore sites such as Amazon and The Book Depository very attractive, with potential savings of 30% or 40% over local prices common, even after paying for shipping. Firm figures are hard to come by, but estimates are that Australian shoppers may be spending A$150 million (112 million) or more each year buying books offshore. Earlier this year, Australasia's biggest bookselling chain, REDgroup, first went into voluntary administration and eventually folded, leaving creditors millions out of pocket. REDgroup owned Angus & Robertson (A&R) in Australia, Whitcoulls in New Zealand, and Borders in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Whitcoulls found a new owner, saving most of its stores, and franchisee-owned A&R branches continue to MARKET OVERVIEW trade under different names, but more than 130 bookstores from the group have closed in recent months, costing 2000 retail jobs and resulting in up to 20% of book retail space disappearing from the market. The general consensus is that REDgroup failed mainly due to misguided management and a huge debt burden at a time of a more general retail downturn, with costs rising and margins under pressure. But whatever the cause, the loss of that many stores has certainly been felt. However, the collapse of REDgroup has actually resulted in a strengthening in a sector already well-represented in Australian bookselling: independent stores. `The indies', as they are known, already held a 20% market share, but in the past six months that has increased to 23%. The other part of the equation is franchisee-owned stores trading under the banner of a chain: of the two remaining large national chains, the 70-plus store chain Collins Booksellers is entirely franchisee-owned and the majority of Dymocks' 90 or so branches are owner-operated. Almost all of the former A&R franchisees have stayed in business, half rebranding as indies and half joining Collins. Australian-based (and in a few cases trans-Tasman Australian/New Zealand-based) online booksellers are also doing well. The standout example is Booktopia: started a few years ago by two brothers and their brother-in-law as a hobby business, it now employs over 40 people and regularly features in lists of Australia's fastest-growing companies. Boomerang Books (and its ebook arm Booku), The Nile, Fishpond and numerous other sites are successful locally based online booksellers. Dymocks has run an online business for many years and was the first mainstream Australian bookseller to offer ebooks, and while they've disappeared from the streets both the Borders and Angus & Robertson brands live on online, with international publisher Pearson buying the brands and retail infrastructure from REDgroup's administrators. These retail figures concentrate on trade book sales, but educational publishing is also a very significant part of the Australian market: some 40% of titles produced annually and probably 50% or more of overall trade revenues come from educational titles, ranging from early literacy and primary school materials to university textbooks and professional resources. 7 Source: Nielsen BookScan Conclusion Australia at a glance Population: 22.7 million (December 2010) Number of books published annually: 19,831 (2010; 5.4% increase on 2009) Australian titles in print: 240,000+ Number of major publishers: c. 250 Total number of active publishers: 4252 (2010; 2.3% decrease on 2009) Publishers' turnover: approx. A$2 billion Book retail outlets: approx. 2000 Retail sales of books in 2010: A$1.26 billion (4.2% drop on 2009) Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Thorpe-Bowker; Global Books in Print; Nielsen BookScan; University of Melbourne Book Industry Study Currency conversion At the time of going to press, one Australian dollar is worth approximately 0.75, US$1.03 and �0.65. Whichever country you are from, it is a challenging time to be involved in the publishing industry, and Australia is certainly not immune to the upheavals of a rapidly changing market. However, the Australian book industry continues to discover wonderful writing talent and to produce outstanding books of broad interest. In coming to fairs such as Frankfurt we offer our books to the world with great success, and we hope that Think Australian helps you discover some great Australian books and connect with their publishers, agents and distributors. Aussie HQ There are more than 50 Australian companies participating in the Frankfurt Book Fair this year (see the centre pages for the Australian Publishers Association's comprehensive listing). Australia's headquarters at Frankfurt will be the Australian Publishers Association stand at Hall 8.0, B958. If you need to track down an elusive Australian visitor, come to the APA stand; and if you'd like to experience Australians in party mode, come to the stand after 5pm on Thursday 7 October for the annual Australia Party! See for yourself A great way to learn more about the Australian market is to participate in the Visiting International Publisher program, sponsored by the Australian government's Australia Council (known colloquially as `OzCo'). Each year OzCo brings foreign publishers, agents and rights managers to one or more Australian writers' festivals (usually Adelaide and Sydney in alternate years), where they can meet one-on-one with local publishers, participate in well-attended industry sessions and in lively public festival discussions. To find out more, see www.australiacouncil.gov.au/the_arts/literature THE PROMISE OF ICELAND K RI G SLASON BLOOD JUST A GIRL GALACTIC ADVENTURES: FIRST KIDS IN SPACE TRISTAN BANCKS TONY BIRCH JANE CARO Non-fiction (memoir) $24.95 Fiction $29.95 Young adult fiction $19.95 Middle reader fiction $16.95 www.uqp.com.au GREAT AUSTRALIAN READING find us on Facebook follow @UQPbooks 8 RIGHTS SURVEY THE RIGHTS STUFF 2011 For the ninth year in a row, Think Australian has surveyed Australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of Australian rights trading and book exports. Andrew Wrathall reports on the survey's findings. The boat that won't be rocked Australia's income from publishing rights deals remains fairly stable in turbulent times, according to Think Australian's annual survey of Australian literary agents and rights managers. A majority of rights managers and literary agents (54%) agree that income has remained the same in the past 12 months. Over one third (38%) reported positive income growth from rights deals, which is down on last year's figure (50%) and continues a trend of smaller income growth since the 2007/08 financial year. Income growth of more than 10% over the past 12 months was reported by 31% of survey respondents, which is up on last year's figure of 29%. There was a decrease in the number of respondents reporting a decline in income--8% compared to 21% last year and 28% the previous year. According to our survey, the average number of rights deals executed by an Australian publisher or literary agent during the past 12 months was a low 29, well down on last year's spike of 74, which at the time had appeared to break the downward trend from the previous three years. The largest deal reported was worth A$270,000/201,000, only two thirds the value of last year's biggest deal US$440,000/312,000. The smallest deal reported was A$430/320, a bit up on last year's A$300/225. The average highest deal was worth A$35,000/26,200, down on last year's average of A$100,000/74,700, and closer to the previous year's average of A$46,000/34,400. The average smallest deal was worth A$750/560, again up on last year's average of A$1600/1200, but closer to the previous year's A$700/520. Who is buying Australian books? Responses from Australian rights agents and managers indicate a dramatic rise in China as a viable market for rights deals. China has climbed above the United Kingdom on the list of top markets by income (see p.10), moving up to third place from seventh place, on a list the United States, Germany and United Kingdom have dominated since the 2004/05 financial year. This continues a downward trend for the United Kingdom as a source of income for rights deals, although it is up by the number of deals compared to last year. China remains at the top of the list for the number of deals (see p.10), a position it gained last year. Following China on the list are the United States, United Kingdom and Korea--three markets that dominated this list during the 2007/08 and 2008/09 financial years. Respondents noted a decline in the United Kingdom and Spanish markets. Over two thirds of respondents (36%) believe the rights market for Australian books overseas has remained the same over the past 12 months, with 14% feeling an improvement (down on last year's figure of 23%), 43% suggesting it has become slightly worse (down from last year's 53%) and another 7% feeling it has become much worse (similar to last year's figure of 6%). Most rights deals (77%) were for markets with languages other than English, with an increase on last year (60%), which had remained constant over the previous two years. The most lucrative foreign language territories were identified as China, Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, France, Brazil and Spain, which is quite similar to last year's list, except for the addition of Poland. RIGHTS SURVEY 9 THE MOST EXCITING CULTURE & CUISINE BOOK OF THE YEAR a joy for readers of all ages ONE EGG IS A FORTUNE memories and recipes to share This is a cookbook full of heart a book for today from times past a collection of cultural vignettes from 50 prominent Jewish people including: ALAN DERSHOWITZ MAX BRENNER MARLEE MATLIN ART SPIEGELMAN CHAIM TOPOL ALAN GOLD RON KLINGER LENNY KRAYZELBURG BRIAN SHERMAN RABBI SHMULEY BOTEACH RABBI RAYMOND APPLE DENNIS ROSS JUDY CASSAB MARTIN INDYK SAM LIPSKI ITAMAR RABINOVICH MAX MARKSON Developing markets Each year, respondents are asked to nominate the territories that they feel are increasing in importance. Up-and-coming markets most commonly nominated were China, Brazil, Poland and Korea. This is similar to last year, except for the addition of Poland, which replaces other Eastern European markets on the list. Brazil continues to become more significant. Less commonly mentioned countries, reflecting last year's results, include Taiwan, India and Portugal. Which categories are selling? The highest-selling category for rights sold overseas this year was nonfiction books, which was slightly above children's books and well above fiction. In the nonfiction category, biographies were the most popular, followed by cookbooks, health and self-help. In children's books, picture books were the most popular, which was followed by junior fiction and young adult. Survey respondents said adult nonfiction has shown a surge of interest. Some respondents suggested a decline in history and science, but many reported that there was no real decline for any particular category. Sophisticated Food Styling by Michele Cranston from Marie Claire, The New York Times, and other publications Elegant Book Design by Award winner i2i Design pty ltd Stunning Food Photography by Craig Cranko Preferred ways to reach the world market The Frankfurt Book Fair is still ranked number one among Australian rights managers and agents as the preferred way of reaching the world rights market. Formal arrangements with overseas rights agents are becoming more important than the London Book Fair. The Australia Council's Visiting International Publishers program became more important than attendance at the Bologna Children's Book Fairs. BookExpo America also ORDERS & ENQUIRIES Frankfurt Book Fair pictures over pages 8-10, � 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair, photographer: Fernando Baptista www.oneeggisafortune.com firstname.lastname@example.com 10 RIGHTS SURVEY dropped in importance in this year's rankings (see table below). Taipei International Book Exhibition was mentioned by some as an important conduit for selling rights. On the question of what the Australian government should do to encourage exports, respondents asked for increased sponsorship of Australian publishers' stands and the Australian Publishers Association stand at international book fairs, sponsorship of authors to attend international writers festivals, more subsidies for the translation of Australian books into other languages and funding for an Australian portal to advertise book rights. A majority of respondents agreed with the statement `established contractual conventions have to be changed to match the new digital world'. FUTURE PROSPECTS Australian rights managers and literary agents are not so positive about the prospects for growth in rights sales over the next 12 months, with only 25% believing the rights market will improve, down from last year's spike of optimism 50%, but similar to the previous year's 27%. Almost half of respondents (42%) expect the market to stay the same (up from 34%). Another 25% believe it will become slightly worse (up from last year's 8%) and another 8% feel it will become much worse. When asked why they felt this way about future prospects, survey participants pointed to the economic downturn in Europe, a focus toward Asian markets, that closing a deal on the same books is becoming harder and that the high Australian dollar is hurting businesses. We'll be back in 12 months to see how they've gone. THE DIGITAL ERA Ebooks and digital rights continue to grow in importance. Responding to the survey questions on digital rights, half of rights managers and literary agents agreed that retaining geographic/territorial restrictions on ebooks is essential and that obtaining separate Australian/ANZ digital rights is crucial. Another half said that obtaining world digital rights is crucial and that when selling Australian titles overseas publishers demand digital rights along with print. THE TOP MARKETS FOR AUSTRALIAN RIGHTS SALES 2011 By income 1. United States 2. China 3. Germany 4. United Kingdom 5. Korea 6. The Netherlands 7. Poland 8. France 9. Brazil 10. Spain By number of deals 1. China 2. United States 3. United Kingdom 4. Korea 5. Brazil 6. France 7. Germany 8. Taiwan 9. Turkey 10. Poland (Last year's ranking is in brackets.) MOST IMPORTANT CONDUITS FOR SELLING INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS 2011 1. 2. Frankfurt Book Fair (1) Formal arrangements with (3) overseas rights agents 3. London Book Fair (2) 4. The Australia Council's Visiting (6) International Publishers program 5. Bologna Book Fair (4) 6. Literary Scouts (7) 7. Internet-based rights marketplaces (8) 8. Think Australian export magazine (9) 9. BookExpo America (5) 10. Formal arrangement with sister (10) companies overseas PAST AND EXPECTED FUTURE GROWTH IN THE RIGHTS MARKET Past 12 months 0% 14% 36% 43% 7% Next 12 months 0% 25% 42% 25% 8% (2) (7) (1) (3) (5) (9) (-) (4) (6) (8) Great improvement Little improvement About the same Slightly worse Much worse Source: Think Australian survey of Australian literary agents and rights managers, August 2011. (1) (2) (6) (3) (4) (5) (7) (9) (-) (-) (Last year's ranking is in brackets.) Source: Think Australian survey of Australian literary agents and rights managers, August 2011. Source: Think Australian survey of Australian literary agents and rights managers, August 2011. FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2011 A guide to Australian publishers, literary agents and exhibitors. FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2011 RS C RA F TS N ES E U LT RE D RL A AI FF U LT R A L S ND A guide to Australian publishers, literary agents and exhibitors. APA stand members are highlighted. C O M PA N Y N A M E A N D W EB T SI E U C Y/ G O N G IG T IN L O YS A W IN IO T U W S ES LA D P O TO TS C G D D AT IRI EN Y ES IO N KP INE S RI C D AN D AR RO ND T I P A N G R B OO S K L U N SP S / A S KS A A A TH C N O OD U /A D T O /T TO / B N IE EA ITI S O M N T /G ER RE S Y B D B O FO PS /A ME A L N N Y AR M BO B IT N AU K S U Y G U K E A D Y E / O / E O DY T N 'S T M R I O P H LO D O A KS S N G I O CE M R ER / M C O N RY C S U N ,P U N Y T D G O A IO O R O TH ICT O A N SS E N Y / N O S R A A / B L C U S IO E RE EN AT AR IA & , B O H IT AT RO ION ES DE EL ER D S BO LTH OR C O KE S / D KM IN - F LO RT H R E ER L I G CI O C IO C TI AV N D IT G T T T D ER M SI N I N O I L OO N S U VI SY EC EF R E IF TH H O PH TA EA HIS H U LIT MIL M E MIN MU RC U D BIO O SPO STA TR O BU N I C FI T G E VD ED P R S N C F S G A B E H A R C O D 8.0 B958 Membership association 8.0 M942 8.0 A951 8.0 A902 8.0 B946 8.0 B921 8.0 S949 8.0 P927 Specialising in nursing 8.0 A902 6.0 LitAg 6.0 LitAg Self Help 8.0 A902 8.0 C936 8.0 R952 8.0 A916 8.0 M942 Electronic books; Sciences; Technology 8.0 R933 8.0 B960 8.0 B949 8.0 B956 8.0 D960 8.0 B957 8.0 F975 8.0 B952 Commercial Fiction Australian Publishers Association www.publishers.asn.au ACER Press www.acer.edu.au ACP Books www.acpbooks.com.au Alicat Publishing www.alicat.com.au Allen & Unwin www.allenandunwin.com Alto Books Pty Ltd www.altobooks.com.au Anne Geddes Publishing www.annegeddes.com ATF Press www.atfpress.com Ausmed Education www.ausmed.com.au Australian Licensing Corporation www.alc-online.com Australian Literary Management www.austlit.com Australian Self Publishing Group www.australianselfpublishinggroup.com Blake Publishing www.blake.com.au Blue Angel Publishing www.blueangelonline.com Brolly Books www.brollybooks.com CSIRO Publishing www.publish.csiro.au Ebooks Corporation www.ebookscorporation.com Edutool Resource Centre www.edutool.com Era Publications www.erapublications.com Finch Publishing www.finch.com Fitzroy Programs www.fitzprog.com.au Fremantle Press www.fremantlepress.com.au Global Book Publishing www.globalbookpublishing.com.au Hardie Grant Books www.hardiegrant.com.au HarperCollins Publishers Australia www.harpercollins.com.au 8.0 G911 3.1 K678 8.0 A984 8.0 C988 6.0 LitAg 8.0 N922 8.0 B947 8.0 B954 Specialising in fully illustrated books 8.0 D938 8.0 B955 8.0 B953 8.0 G941 8.0 B948 8.0 J936 8.0 D955 8.0 S983 8.0 G944 8.0 B959 8.0 B951 eBooks 8.0 B956 8.0 P933 Hema Maps www.hemamaps.com.au Hinkler Books www.hinklerbooks.com Ice Water Press www.icewaterpress.com Jenny Darling & Associates www.jd-associates.com.au John Wiley & Sons www.johnwiley.com.au Knowledge Books and Software www.kbs.com.au Melbourne University Publishing www.mup.com.au Murdoch Books www.murdochbooks.com.au NewSouth Books and NewSouth Publishing www.unswpress.com.au Pantera Press www.panterapress.com Penguin Group (Australia) www.penguin.com.au Publish Your Passion Pelusey Publishing www.pelusey.com R & R Publications www.randrpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications www.ricgroup.com Random House Australia www.randomhouse.com.au Scholastic Australia www.scholastic.com.au Scribe Publications www.scribepublications.com.au Seashell Publishers www.seashell.com Spinifex Press www.spinifexpress.com.au St Pauls www.stpauls.com.au The Book Company Publishing www.thebookcompany.com.au The Choicemaker Pty Ltd 8.0 F967 8.0 C958 8.0 G908 8.0 D902 6.0 LitAg Teen fiction, Literary translations 8.0 H901 8.0 B954 8.0 G908 6.0 LitAg The Five Mile Press www.fivemile.com.au The Images Publishing Group www.imagespublishing.com.au The Naher Agency www.naher.com.au The Text Publishing Company www.textpublishing.com.au University of Queensland Press www.uqp.uq.edu.au Weldon Owen Pty Ltd www.weldonowen.com.au Zeitgeist Literary Agency www.zeitgeistmediagroup.com Ziptales www.ziptales.com AI FF RE U C RI T / AG N U LT D D IE S B EA U TY TI C S AN W O RL D A RS 4.2 D1434 R S FT N O U N IC I AT EN D LI M M A N D S S IT R PI / TS S T AR A ND C RA C IN EN A RD AR N Y Y G N /G BO O G KS RO LO PO D Y/ G U U LT A L E S O O L KP E O KS O O D A N D W O N N LI BO AT ES IN E C O M PA N Y N A /I 'S /F M T E A N D W EB T SI TH AN N A PS ES Y Y/ A M E O M S O D N G IO M A H S C T ER / M C U LO N N A O O A N S S R E N RY C D T I O EC BO O O Y, U R S N C R T U RY A & N /T /G ON O EAT EN O TH I E S B R IO OL IT A A H D A EL ER S I R D RO IO KE S / O KM IN ES DE T B O IA G I - F LO IC R H RT IO R L C N D, G IT O IL O S U VI CT D YC EC EFE ELI OC PO TAT AV TH A O ST UM ITE TN EN ED IN IL US ON HI IF H O EA RC UD M M M BI BO B U C A A H L N R S P PS R HI M R ST S S TR O C DV ED EN FI FI G G H TU KS PO RE DY E IO PH B ER TU RE A N D D ES IG N KS A /T S PE AU TO O BI G YS TO S RK /B EVENT: THE AUSTRALIA PARTY Come and meet the Australian publishing community at Frankfurt Book Fair. 5.00pm Thursday 13th October 2011 APA stand: Hall 8, Stand B958 WRITERS' FESTIVALS IN AUSTRALIA There are literary festivals � large and small � happening throughout Australia featuring the nation's best established and emerging writing talent. Don't miss the major festivals in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney throughout the year. The Australia Council's popular Visiting International Publishers program, also known as VIP � hosts a number of international publishers, literary agents and scouts at a festival each year. Adelaide Writers' Week www.adelaidefestival.com.au Brisbane Writers' Festival www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au Byron Bay Writers' Festival www.byronbaywritersfestival.com.au Melbourne Writers' Festival www.mwf.com.au Mildura Writers' Festival www.mwaf.com.au Perth Writers' Festival www.perthfestival.com.au Sydney Writers' Festival www.swf.org.au OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES Australia has many industry associations that support Australian writers and publishers. Australian Publishers Association The Australian Publishers Association (APA) is the peak industry body for Australian book, journal and electronic publishers. For more information on its membership, visit www.publishers.asn.au Each year the APA hosts a collective of Australian publishers at Frankfurt Book Fair. They display award-winning books and showcase other titles from Australian publishers who cannot attend the fair. The Literature Board of the Australia Council To find out more information about the support available to overseas publishers for the publication and/or translation of works by living Australian writers, visit www.australiacouncil.gov.au/literature The annual Visiting International Publishers program (VIP) involved eight to twelve overseas guests hosted at one of Australia's prominent literary festivals, such as Adelaide Writers' Week or the Sydney Writers' Festival. To find out more about the VIP program, visit www.australiacouncil.gov.au/vip For more information on Australian writers, visit www.ozarts.com.au Australian Society of Authors www.asauthors.org Children's Book Council of Australia www.cbc.org.au AWARD WINNERS 15 And the winner is... Australia has many book awards, and every year there are standout titles that collect multiple prizes. Andrew Rankin highlights some of the most-awarded Australian books in 2010 and 2011. FICTION NONFICTION CHILDREN'S THAT DEADMAN DANCE (KIM SCOTT, PICADOR) Awards include: � Miles Franklin Literary Award � Victorian Prize for Literature e � ALS Gold Medal � Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (Southeast Asia and Pacific) � Victorian Premier's Literary Award THE HAPPIEST REFUGEE (ANH DO, ALLEN & UNWIN) Awards include: � ABIA Book of the Year r � ABIA Newcomer of the Year � ABIA Biography of the Year (joint winner) � Indie Book of the Year Overall Winner erall � Nielsen BookData Booksellers' (ABA) Choice Award GRAFFITI MOON (CATH CROWLEY, PAN MACMILLAN) Awards include: d � Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction � Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Older Readers Book of the Year (honoured) � New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Young People's Literature � Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult Books (shortlisted) � Victorian Premier's Literary Award Writing for Young Adults (shortlisted) BEREFT (CHRIS WOMERSLEY, SCRIBE) Awards include: � Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Literary Fiction Book of the Year � Indie Book of the Year Best Novel � The Age Book of the Year (shortlisted) � Miles Franklin Literary Award (shortlisted) � Ned Kelly Award Best Fiction (shortlisted) INTO THE WOODS: : THE BATTLE FOR TASMANIA'S FORESTS (ANNA KRIEN, BLACK INC.) Awards include: � Victorian Premier's Nettie Palmer Prize for NonFiction (shortlisted) � Western Australian Premier's Non-Fiction Award (shortlisted) � Queensland Premier's Non-Fiction Award (shortlisted) � New South Wales Premier's Non-Fiction Award (shortlisted) NONI THE PONY (ALISON LESTER, ALLEN & UNWIN) Awards include: � ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children � CBCA Award Early Childhood Books (shortlisted) INDELIBLE INK (FIONA MCGREGOR, SCRIBE) Awards include: � The Age Book of the Year � The Age Fiction Book of the Year � Indie Book of the Year (shortlisted) � Western Australian Premier's Fiction Award (shortlisted) THE MIDNIGHT ZOO (SONYA HARTNETT, PUFFIN) Awards include: � Australian Publishers Association (APA) Best Design Children's Fiction t � Aurealis Award Young Adult Division (shortlisted) � CBCA Older Readers Award (shortlisted) � Western Australian Premier's Young Adult Book Award (shortlisted) HOW TO MAKE GRAVY A AVY (PAUL KELLY, HAMISH HAMILTON) ) Awards include: � ABIA Biography of the Year (joint winner) � Prime Minister's Literary Award Non-Fiction (shortlisted) These are just a few of the many award-winning books published in Australia each year. To keep track of all the awards and award-winners, see www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au and search for `awards' Picture books Traditional Tales Fiction Nonfiction Reference Online Literacy for K-6 or Print & Online! nline! www.erapublications.com t us a visit B949 8 hall 16 BESTSELLERS AUSTRALIAN BESTSELLERS FICTION NONFICTION (ILLUSTRATED AND TEXT-BASED) 1 Fortune Cookie Bryce Courtenay, Viking ($49.95 hb) 117,000 116,000 96,000 52,000 43,000 41,000 41,000 40,000 32,000 28,000 20,000 19,000 18,000 18,000 17,000 16,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 1 Fast, Fresh, Simple Donna Hay, HarperCollins ($39.99 pb) 104,000 99,000 96,000 2 The Plantation Di Morrissey, Macmillan ($32.99 pb) 2 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do, Allen & Unwin ($32.99 pb) 3 At Home with the Templetons 4 Jasper Jones Craig Silvey, Allen & Unwin ($23.99 pb) Monica McInerney, Michael Joseph ($32.95 pb) 3 Masterchef Australia: The Cookbook (Volume 2) HarperCollins ($39.99 pb) 4 Ben Cousins: My Life Story Ben Cousins, Macmillan ($35.99 pb) 90,000 77,000 73,000 5 The Distant Hours Kate Morton, Allen & Unwin ($39.99 hb) 5 Lazarus Rising John Howard, HarperCollins ($59.99 hb) 6 The Book Thief Marcus Zusak, Picador ($19.95 pb) 7 Truth* Peter Temple, Text ($32.95/$23.95 pb) 6 4 Ingredients: Fast, Fresh and Healthy Kim McCosker, Hay House ($19.99 pb) 8 Caleb's Crossing 9 The Slap 10 Shall We Dance? 11 The Delta Tony Park, Macmillan ($32.99 pb) 7 True Spirit Jessica Watson, Hachette ($35.00 pb) 57,000 45,000 44,000 43,000 41,000 41,000 Geraldine Brooks, Harper Collins ($32.99 pb) 8 Standing My Ground 9 How to Make Gravy Paul Kelly, Hamish Hamilton ($49.95 hb) Christos Tsiolkas, Allen & Unwin ($24.99 pb) Matthew Hayden, Michael Joseph ($49.95 hb) Maggie Alderson, Michael Joseph ($32.95 pb) 10 Losing the Last 5 Kilos Michelle Bridges, Viking ($29.95 pb) 12 Breath 13 Shantaram 14 Blossoms and Shadows Lian Hearn, Hachette ($34.99 pb) 11 A Simpler Time 12 Your Place or Mine? Tim Winton, Hamish Hamilton ($24.95 pb) Peter FitzSimons, HarperCollins ($35.00 pb) Gregory David Roberts, Picador ($35.00 pb) Gary Mehigan & George Calombaris, Lantern ($49.95 hb) 13 Curious and Curiouser Karl Kruszelnicki, Macmillan ($32.99 hb) 38,000 35,000 32,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 29,000 29,000 15 I Came to Say Goodbye Caroline Overington, Bantam ($32.95 pb) 14 Batavia 15 Guantanamo David Hicks, Random House ($49.95 hb) Peter FitzSimons, William Heinemann ($49.95 hb) 16 Lovesong Alex Miller, Allen & Unwin ($26.99 pb) 17 The Blood Countess Tara Moss, Macmillan ($26.99 pb) 16 Poh's Kitchen Poh Ling Yeow, ABC Books ($39.99 pb) 18 The Silent Country Di Morrissey, Pan ($19.99 pb) 17 Our Family Table Julie Goodwin, Ebury ($49.95 hb) 19 Last Chance Caf� Liz Byrski, Macmillan ($32.99 pb) 18 Delicious More Please Valli Little, ABC Books ($39.99 pb) 20 The Cattleman's Daughter Rachael Treasure, Penguin ($24.95) *Multiple editions/formats released � sales totals combined 19 The Sweet Poison Quit Plan David Gillespie, Viking ($29.95 pb) 20 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2011 James Halliday, Hardie Grant ($34.95 pb) BESTSELLERS 17 JULY 2010 � JUNE 2011 CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS (ILLUSTRATED AND TEXT-BASED) 1 Where is the Green Sheep?* Mem Fox & Judy Horacek, Puffin ($14.95/$19.95/$29.95 hb) CHILDREN'S FICTION YOUNG ADULT BOOKS 63,000 1 The Very Bad Book Andy Griffiths, Pan ($14.99 pb) 38,000 35,000 27,000 15,000 1 Tomorrow, When the War Began* John Marsden, Pan ($16.99/$18.99 pb) 94,000 2 The Emperor of Nihon-Ja 25,000 3 Trouble at the Zoo Bindi Irwin, Random House ($9.95 pb) 2 Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Mem Fox, Puffin ($16.95 hb) John Flanagan, Random House ($17.95 pb) 2 The Dead of the Night* John Marsden, Pan ($16.99/$18.99 pb) 65,000 53,000 46,000 41,000 40,000 38,000 28,000 9,000 9,000 3 The Third Day, The Frost* John Marsden, Pan ($16.99/$18.99 pb) 3 The Legend of the Golden Snail 23,000 Graeme Base, Viking ($29.95 hb) 4 The Great Big Enormous Book of Tashi 4 Darkness, be My Friend* John Marsden, Pan ($16.99/$18.99 pb) 4 Possum Magic Mem Fox, Omnibus ($15.99) 20,000 14,000 12,000 11,000 11,000 11,000 11,000 Anna Fienberg & Barbara Feinberg, Allen & Unwin ($29.99 pb) 5 Burning for Revenge* John Marsden, Pan ($16.99/$18.99 pb) 5 Koala Lou Mem Fox, Puffin ($14.95 pb) 5 What Body Part is That? Andy Griffiths, Pan ($14.99 pb) 15,000 15,000 14,000 14,000 13,000 12,000 6 The Night is for Hunting* John Marsden, Pan ($16.99/$18.99 pb) 6 Hoot's Lullaby ABC Books, ($12.99 hb) 6 Game Over! Bindi Irwin, Random House ($9.95 pb) 7 The Other Side of Dawn* John Marsden, Pan ($16.99/$18.99 pb) 7 Santa Koala Colin Buchanan, Scholastic ($19.99 hb) 7 Zac Power: Ultimate Mission 8 Bushfire! Bindi Irwin, Random House ($9.95 pb) H.I. Larry, Hardie Grant Egmont ($19.95 pb) 8 Halo 9 Mercy Rebecca Lim, HarperCollins ($19.99 pb) 8 Isabella's Secret Jane Tanner, Puffin ($14.95 pb) Alexandra Adornetto, HarperCollins ($24.99 pb) 9 Wombat Stew Marcia Vaughan, Scholastic ($15.99 pb) 9 The Bad Book 10 Camouflage Bindi Irwin, Random House ($9.95 pb) Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan ($14.95 pb) 10 Embrace Jessica Shirvington, Hachette ($24.99 pb) *Multiple editions/formats released � sales totals combined 10 Diary of a Wombat Jackie French, HarperCollins ($14.99 hb) *Multiple editions/formats released � sales totals combined A NOTE ON PRICES All prices given are the recommended retail price (RRP) set by publishers. Under Australian law, this is only a recommended price and retailers are free to discount (or in some cases mark up) prices at their discretion. At the time of going to press, one Australian dollar is worth approximately 0.75, US$1.03 and �0.65. Data supplied by Nielsen BookScan's book sale monitoring system. � Nielsen BookScan 2011. The figure in the right-hand column is the approximate sales volume. 18 FRANKFURT PREVIEW Titles to look out for Australian publishers and agents have an exciting and eclectic array of titles on offer at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. Andrew Rankin looks at some of the highlights. perennial favourite at Frankfurt, Murdoch Books will be featuring two new bakery books to add to its impressive cookbook range. Bread Revolution is from two up-and-comers on the UK food scene, Duncan Glendinning and Patrick Ryan, from the award-winning eco-artisan bakery, The Thoughtful Bread Company. Mastering the Art of Bakery by Anneke Manning is another book set to make mouths water with dishes including strawberry macaron mousse cake and caramelised tomato tart. Also from Murdoch is Nomad from stylist Sibella Court, who inspires fellow travelers to integrate mementos from their travels in room settings at home. Black Inc. is excited to announce the release of a new nonfiction book from David Malouf, one of Australia's most popular and well-respected authors. The Happy Life explores new and old ways to find contentment in a world becoming ever larger and more impersonal. Black Inc. CEO Sophy Williams calls it `sparkling with Malouf 's trademark erudition and wisdom', and explains `it should appeal to literary publishers around the world'. Anyone who has told a funny story about what they overheard on their travels will appreciate Overheard by Oslo Davis. With over 100 beautiful and quirky illustrations to giggle and cringe at, it is no wonder that Arcade Publications are delighted to be releasing this gorgeous palm-sized volume. Another irreverent title from Arcade is the down-and-dirty guide to parenthood, Sh*t on My Hands by Madeleine Hamilton and Bunny Banyai. This one should appeal to the thousands A of parents who had a giggle at Go the F*ck to Sleep. While we're talking quirky books, Arrabella Candellarbra & the Questy Thing to End All Questy Things by A K Wrox would have to come close to winning the `silliest title' award at this year's fair. Thankfully this book from Clan Destine Press isn't taking itself too seriously. There's plenty of love, lust, action and inaction, sexual shenanigans and high-kicking sing-a-longs in this adult fantasy spoof. From Ford Street publishing, Paul Collins' science-fiction thriller Mole Hunt has been receiving some very positive reviews. Trade magazine BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER called it `a psycho thriller with a difference. A cross between The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Total Recall and Dexter', while newspaper the Sunday Age stated, `You'll be glad Mole Hunt is the first in a trilogy that ends as satisfyingly as it begins'. Transit Lounge's publicist Barry Scott says, `We are keen to sell rights to a suite of three books by Patrick Holland'. The titles in question are The Mary Smokes Boys, a novel which The Age called `fiercely relevant to contemporary Australia' and has also been compared to the writing of Cormac McCarthy; Riding Trains in Japan, a compelling travel narrative in the tradition of William Dalrymple; and The Darkest Little Room, Holland's latest novel, which is due to be published in Australia in 2012. One need only read the press release to get an understanding of Sleepers Publishing's excitement for Miles Vertigan's Life Kills. `A unique work in the mode of Hunter S Thompson and Kinky Friedman,' writes editorial director Louise Swinn. `Life Kills ridicules the many contradictions in FRANKFURT PREVIEW 19 the way people live their lives, with an authentic humour that belies the anger burning beneath the surface. It's for hipsters, boomers and anyone in-between.' Author Emmett Stinson shares the publisher's enthusiasm, calling it, `as vital as any Australian writing since Ned Kelly's "Jerilderie Letter"'. Pantera Press is one of the new kids on the Australian publishing block, bringing with it a passion for discovering and nurturing talented new authors. These include John M Green, who P J O'Rourke called `the new Michael Crichton ... but better'. Green has a new book which Pantera will be promoting at Frankfurt, called Born to Run, set during the next US presidential election in which an Hispanic woman is running for office amidst treason, terror and murder. Another Pantera author, Sulari Gentill, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize this year for Best First Book with her historical crime novel, A Few Right Thinking Men. Pantera will be promoting this title at Frankfurt along with Gentill's follow-up, A Decline in Prophets. The third and fourth books in this series, set in 1930s Australia, will be in out in February and August next year. Not content with having just one critically acclaimed series on the go, Sulari Gentill (writing as S D Gentill) is also working on a new youngadult series called `The Hero Trilogy'. Based on the ancient Greek classic, Chasing Odysseus is the first in this trilogy which The Sun-Herald has called `gripping' and `utterly enthralling'. Gentill studied astrophysics and then law before throwing in her law career to commence a career as a writer, so we can look forward to more complex and intelligent prose from this young Aussie author. Spinifex Press is another independent Australian publisher that will again have a strong presence at Frankfurt. `What we stand for is having a chance to hear diverse and marginal voices', explain the team at Spinifex. This is evident in one of PUBLISH ON DEMAND AUSTRALIA www.PublishOnDemandAustralia.com Helping Australian Authors "Start Local - Go Global" POD Publishing * Ebook Publishing * Foreign Rights * Marketing 20 FRANKFURT PREVIEW their lead titles, Big Porn Inc, an insight into the social harms of the pornography industry, which publisher Susan Hawthorne calls `a shocking and fearless book'. Continuing Spinifex's theme of innovative and controversial feminist books is Judy Foster's Invisible Women of Prehistory, which points to historical evidence that there was far less violence in ancient societies in which women held greater power; Francesca Rendle-Short's fictionalised memoir, Bite Your Tongue, the story of a young woman coming of age in patriarchal 1980s Queensland; and Merlinda Bobis's Fish-hair Woman, a heartfelt novel set in the Philippines in the 1980s. From independent publishing house Melbourne Books comes Michael O'Connell: The Lost Modernist by Harriet Edquist, a beautifully produced paperback on the life and work of this major figure in Australian and UK design history. The Lost Modernist features over 100 works from private and public collections, each illustrated and discussed. One of the titles to look out for from University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP) is The Allergy Epidemic, a guide for parents and allergy sufferers from Dr Susan Prescott, an internationally renowned specialist in immunology. Fishing enthusiasts will also be keen to check out Adam Kerezsy's Desert Fishing Lessons: Adventures in Australia's Rivers, which marketing manager Jade Knight has called `a rollicking journey'. Another independent from Australia's west, Fremantle Press is bringing a particularly strong list to Frankfurt this year. Media and promotions manager Claire Miller points out that Alan Carter's Prime Cut has already gathered plenty of interest from a number of international publishers and filmmakers. This gritty thriller, which The Sunday Times called `confident', `witty' and `entertaining', won the 2011 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. Also on Fremantle's list and attracting strong interest for screen rights is The Waterboys by Peter Docker. `Early national reviews have favourably compared the book to the work of George Orwell, Irvine Welsh and Aldous Huxley,' says Miller. The weird and wonderful world of Tom Cho is showcased in his collection of fictions and fantasies, Look Who's Morphing, from Giramondo Publishing. Editor Fiona Wright says his stories are `tremendously witty, riffing off pop culture, films, music and video games'. Lie Catcher: Become a Human Lie Detector in Under 60 Minutes by Dr David Craig is the fascinating new book from Big Sky Press. Fans of the TV hit Lie to Me will be keen to get their hands on this light-hearted and academically credentialed guide, which publisher Diane Edwards says has already had a `huge amount of interest' from the media. Gretchen Shirm won the Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year 2011 for her collection of stories, Having Cried Wolf. Publisher Affirm Press describes this book as `a contemplative and affecting work from a remarkable new Australian writer'. These are only a few of the very many books Australian publishers will be bringing to the world at Frankfurt. Make sure to call in to the Australian stand headquartered at Hall 8.0 B958 to see a broad range of Australian exhibitors, and consult the comprehensive guide to Australian exhibitors at the fair in the centre pages of Think Australian, provided by the Australian Publishers Association. SPUNC THE SMALL PRESS NETWORK WWW.SPUNC.COM.AU BIG SKY PUBLISHING LIE CATCHER: BECOME A LIE CATCHER IN UNDER 60 MINUTES DR DAVID CRAIG TITLE SHOWCASE BLACK INC. THE HAPPY LIFE DAVID MALOUF 21 AFFIRM PRESS HAVING CRIED WOLF GRETCHEN SHIRM RIGHTS: World (ex Australia/NZ) GENRE: Fiction PH: +61 3 8520 6444 Fax: +61 3 8520 6422 EMAIL: firstname.lastname@example.com WEB: www.affirmpress.com.au Reminiscent of Tim Winton and Helen Garner, this cycle of stories revolves around Alice and Grace, friends since childhood, drawn back to the small coastal town of Kinsale. **Winner SMH Best Young Novelist of the Year; shortlisted NSW Premier's Award for Best New Fiction.** RIGHTS: World (ex Australia) GENRE: Non-fiction PH: +61 2 9918 2168 Fax: +61 2 9918 2396 EMAIL: email@example.com WEB: www.bigskypublishing.com.au International Covert Operations expert Dr David Craig provides an easy-to-read guide on applying cutting-edge lie detecting skills to your everyday life. Supported with colour photographs and practical examples. RIGHTS: World (ex UK/Commonwealth and Italian translation) GENRE: Non-fiction PH: +61 3 9486 0288 FAX: +61 3 9486 0244 EMAIL: email@example.com WEB: www.blackincbooks.com Amid the constant chatter of today's world, with its 24-hour news cycles, Twitter and mobile communications, David Malouf returns to the ancient question of what makes us happy. CLAN DESTINE PRESS ARRABELLA CANDELLARBRA & THE QUESTY THING TO END ALL THE QUESTY THINGS A. K. WROX RIGHTS: World (ex Australia) GENRE: Fiction, adult PH: +61 3 5635 4290 FAX: +61 3 5625 3756 EMAIL: email@example.com WEB: www.clandestinepress.com.au Arrabella and her band of adventurers are like no one you've met before, even though their quest is the stuff of legend. Okay, a hilarious epic-fantasy spoofery kind of legend. DRAGONFALL PRESS THE ANCIENT ONES MICHAEL FOSTER FORD STREET PUBLISHING MOLE HUNT � BOOK #1 IN THE MAXIMUS BLACK FILES PAUL COLLINS RIGHTS: World (ex Australia) GENRE: Fiction PH: +61 8 6102 6291 EMAIL: firstname.lastname@example.com WEB: www.dragonfallpress.com The Legacy Trilogy ends in spectacular fashion as Samuel, last of the Magician Lords, embarks on his final adventure to save mankind from the savage demon hordes. Classic fantasy. RIGHTS: World (ex Australia) GENRE: Dystopian fiction PH: +61 3 9481 1120 FAX: +61 3 9481 1123 EMAIL: email@example.com WEB: www.fordstreetpublishing.com In a galaxy of cutthroat companies, shadowy clans and a million agendas, spy agency RIM barely wields enough control to keep order. Maximus Black is RIM's star cadet. But he has a problem. One of RIM's best agents, Anneke Longshadow, knows there's a mole in the organisation. And Maximus has a lot to hide . . . 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The Weir Group PLC : Interim Management Statement The Weir Group PLC 1 May 2013 THE WEIR GROUP PLC INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT for the period 29 December 2012 to 30 April 2013^1 The Weir Group PLC announces that trading in the period has been resilient and in line with expectations. Guidance for the full year is unchanged. Weir continues to expect low single digit revenue growth and broadly stable margins, with lower first half revenues and margins offset by growth in the second half, supported by continued gradual economic and end market improvement. The Group's first quarter performance was impacted by a lower opening orderbook, particularly in the Oil & Gas division, partially offset by a positive first contribution from recent acquisitions, most notably Mathena. As expected, on a like for like^2 basis, first quarter input was 14% lower than the prior year comparator but 14% higher than the fourth quarter of 2012, with good underlying sequential growth in the Minerals and Oil & Gas divisions. On a reported basis, order input^3 was down 14% against the prior year period. Original equipment orders were down 32% on a reported basis (30% lower like for like) while aftermarket orders were up 2% (1% lower like for like). First quarter revenues were lower than the prior year, primarily due to materially lower Oil & Gas original equipment sales. Consequently operating profits were down on the prior year period with margins also impacted by one-off costs in relation to the continued restructuring of the pressure pumping operations. MINERALS Order input for the 13 weeks was down 6% against the prior year period and in line with our expectations. Original equipment input was 23% lower than the prior year period, when a number of large project orders were received, while aftermarket input was up 6%. On a sequential basis, like for like input was 20% higher than the fourth quarter of 2012, supported by a number of original equipment orders which had been delayed pre year-end and which were subsequently received in the first quarter of 2013, and good aftermarket growth. Strong activity levels continue to be seen in Africa and South America, with both regions recording year on year input growth in the first quarter. Project activity in Australia remains at low levels, impacted by conditions in the coal and iron ore markets. Global aftermarket activity benefited from the growing installed base and strong production volumes with spares volumes increasing through the period. We continue to see a solid pipeline of future opportunities with a clear switch towards smaller brownfield projects. In general, projects are progressing at a slower pace than in prior years resulting in delivery dates for a number of projects in the order book being delayed until the second half of the year. Our guidance for full year divisional revenues and margins remains unchanged. OIL & GAS Reported order input was in line with our expectations, down 15% on the prior year period and 21% on a like for like basis. Original equipment input was 42% lower on both a reported and like for like basis. Aftermarket input was up 7% against the prior year period (down 4% on a like for like basis). On a sequential basis, like for like input was 11% higher than the fourth quarter of 2012. Input from Mathena was in line with expectations and integration is progressing as planned. Upstream markets remained challenging with average US rig count 12% lower year on year and remaining around 2012 year-end levels. As anticipated, Pressure Pumping market conditions improved slightly in the first quarter with input levels increasing through the quarter as customers aftermarket inventory levels continued to normalise. First half Pressure Pumping operating margins will be impacted by up to $10m of one-off costs in relation to the closure of two small manufacturing facilities, with the resultant operating efficiencies from centralising activities in Fort Worth, Texas, supporting higher second half margins. First half Pressure Pumping margins will also be impacted by the sale of the remaining stock of legacy fluid ends and lower margins on new frac pump orders. Margins on all other product categories continue to be in line or ahead of expectations. Like for like Pressure Control (Seaboard) input was down on the prior year period, but up on the last quarter of 2012, reflecting lower end market activity levels and slight delays to the roll out of new product initiatives. Services and Downstream operations each recorded positive input growth in the period. Full year divisional revenue and underlying operating margin expectations remain unchanged. POWER & INDUSTRIAL Order input for the 13 weeks was down 27% on the prior year period, which included substantial nuclear valve and hydro refurbishment orders. Excluding this nuclear contract, underlying valve orders increased by 8% on the prior year period with strong emerging market growth. Input was slightly lower than expected due to a number of project delays, which are now expected to be delivered in the second half of the year. Original equipment input was 30% lower and aftermarket orders 23% lower on the prior year period, impacted by the timing of service contract awards. We continue to see good opportunities in emerging markets with good underlying order growth in control and isolation valves. Our guidance for full year divisional revenues and operating margins remains unchanged. NET DEBT Net debt at 29 March 2013 was higher than that reported at 28 December 2012, primarily reflecting completion of the acquisition of Mathena, Inc and the R Wales group of companies and the translation of US dollar denominated debt. Notes: 1.Financial information is given for the 13 week quarter ended 29 March 2013 2.Where growth is provided on a like for like basis, like for like is defined as comparison of current year results to the equivalent prior year period for those businesses that have been part of the Group throughout the current and prior year reporting period, on a constant currency basis. 3.Order input is reported on a constant currency basis A conference call for analysts and investors will be held at 8 a.m. (UK time) on Wednesday 1 May to discuss this statement. Participants can join the call on +44 (0) 1452 555 566 using the conference ID 59146028. 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By Frank Michael Russell, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.
Jul. 27–Here's some news you may have missed last week, based on staff and wire reports.
This should make for some exciting board meetings: After months of drama (and accusations) over the possibility that Redmond, Wash., software giant Microsoft would acquire all or part of Yahoo, the Sunnyvale Internet content powerhouse reached a truce with dissident shareholder Carl Icahn. The activist investor agreed to drop his proxy fight to take over Yahoo's board of directors. In exchange, Yahoo gave Icahn three seats on the board.
Apple, meanwhile, reported skyrocketing sales and profit for its latest quarter. The Cupertino company sells a lot of iPods, and its magical new iPhone 3G has attracted plenty of media attention. But Apple's flagship "I'm a Mac" computers are driving the company's results. Apple sold nearly 2.5 million Macs in the quarter, up 41 percent from a year earlier. Profit jumped 31 percent to $1.07 billion. Sales climbed 38 percent to $7.46 billion. Apple, however, offered a disappointing forecast for its current quarter. Even more worrisome to investors, the company declined to comment on the health of Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who battled pancreatic cancer successfully four years ago but appeared disturbingly thin at an event in June. "Steve has no plans to leave Apple," Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said, according to a Mercury News report. "Steve's health is a private
And as if it wasn't busy enough for a Monday, pharmaceutical giant Roche offered to pay about $44 billion for the 44 percent stake it doesn't already own in South San Francisco biotech pioneer Genentech.
As the on-again, off-again takeover drama unfolded, Yahoo tried to carry on with its business, even though the economic downturn cut into advertisers' enthusiasm to spend money. Yahoo's sales for its latest quarter came in at $1.798 billion, up 6 percent from a year earlier but ever so slightly lower than in the previous quarter. Profit, meanwhile, was down 18 percent year over year to $131.2 million.
Speaking of Yahoo and Microsoft, we're not sure if this is an odd twist in the takeover saga, or merely a coincidence: Microsoft's top online executive, Kevin Johnson, who led the attempt to buy Yahoo, decided to leave the company. The next day, Sunnyvale network-equipment maker Juniper Networks (whose headquarters, oddly enough, are just a short half-mile walk from Yahoo's) announced it had hired Johnson as its CEO.
And speaking of the Internet, Facebook has been the next big thing for quite some time. The Palo Alto social-networking upstart has become such a powerhouse that it drew hundreds of programmers to its f8 developers conference in San Francisco, our always lovely (if somewhat smaller) neighbor to the north. Returning from an around-the-world vacation, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's 24-year-old sweatshirt-clad founder and chief executive, presented his vision for the site's continued growth: "to provide people the power to share and make the world more open and connected." Conspicuous by its absence, though, was the expected announcement of a payment plan that would help Facebook make more money from its millions of members. Zuckerberg said Facebook was considering its options. "It's pretty clear we haven't figured out a way to do this," he said.
It's official: Microsoft no longer has any interest in acquiring Yahoo, CEO Steve Ballmer told analysts. "It didn't work out," he said, according to a report in the Merc. "Fine. We're done. We can move on." (Trust us, we're ready to move on, too.)
We love Netflix, but we've been so busy lately (now that we can watch all the "South Park" and Conan O'Brien we want on the Internet) that we've downgraded to the $4.99, two-a-month plan. The Los Gatos online-DVD company more than made up for In Hindsight's lost business by adding 168,000 new customers in its latest quarter. Netflix said its profit edged higher to $26.6 million. Revenue jumped 11 percent to $337.6 million, in line with Wall Street forecasts.
A good week for: Frank Quattrone
The legendary Silicon Valley tech investment banker's career was derailed for a time by that pesky obstruction-of-justice case. But Quattrone was "back in business" last week (at least according to one of the Merc's legendary headline writers), dispensing advice to start-ups at the AlwaysOn technology conference at Stanford University. "It feels great," Quattrone said, according to a Merc report. "I feel like I'm a kid in a candy store."
A bad week for: struggling borrowers
The Silicon Valley housing downturn has been unpleasant for many of us, but it has been truly painful for homeowners who can't afford their monthly mortgage payments and can't sell at a price high enough to pay off their loans. Owners in Santa Clara County lost a record 1,560 homes to foreclosure in the second quarter, according to DataQuick Information Systems.
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The Australian team's success so far in the ongoing seven-match ODI series has not come as a surprise to followers of the game. The Aussies, without the services of regular skipper Michael Clarke, have done wonderfully well to go 2-1 up in the series.
Led by George Bailey, the visiting side has played some outstanding cricket though it started with a defeat in the lone Twenty20 International.
There are many factors that have made this team excel in Indian conditions. The planning has been meticulous, the execution nearly flawless and most importantly the dressing room atmosphere is very good. The credit for the rise should go to the captain and its coach Steve Rixon.
Rixon's role
More than the captain, the coach would have played a big role with his valuable inputs on the strengths and weaknesses of some of the Indian players and formulating the right strategy for each game.
Both Rixon and Bailey have been associated with Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Their knowledge of the CSK players in the Indian team, including captain M.S. Dhoni, has come in handy for the Australians in the current series. Having worked closely with Dhoni, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina, Rixon would have a strategy in place for each of these players.
The Australian players Shane Watson and James Faulkner (Rajasthan Royals), Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson and Nathan Coulter-Nile (Mumbai Indians) also must have gained immensely with their experience in the IPL and Champions League.
Under pressure
With four matches remaining in the series, Australia has already put India under pressure. With their all-round strength, the Aussie side will hope to turn the tables on the Indians.
Unless the playing conditions, especially the pitch, turn in favour of the Indians, it appears that the Aussies have a distinct edge.
It is difficult to imagine this Indian team quickly learning to negotiate the short-pitched balls. As former India captain Sourav Ganguly said at the beginning of the series, India's strength was spin bowling and any deviation from this would give the visitors the advantage.


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Anderson, who died in 1837, completed his oil painting The Battle of the Nile in 1801, three years after Nelson's victory over Napoleon's fleet. It depicts HMS Culloden stranded on a shoal off Aboukir Island as the battle rages in the distance.
The signed canvas was sold at Bonhams sale of Marine Paintings in London. The previous record for a work by Anderson was £36,000, in 1989.


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Galax scored twice in the first three minutes and was never threatened in rolling to a 48-14 victory over Carroll County in the annual benefit game between the nearby rivals.
"Our biggest problem was we weren't getting guys lined up right," said Cavaliers' head coach Eddie Sloss. "We had some injuries late in the week and were relying a lot on tenth graders. We're asking our young kids to grow up fast."
There was a bright spot to that predicament, however.
"We've got to find some depth and this game gave a lot of kids an opportunity to play. We've been preaching all week that we have to get better as a team," Sloss added.
In addition, Sloss said you couldn't underestimate how good a team Galax is.
"Coach (Mark) Dixon is a great coach and I'm really impressed with his team. Some of his kids, at least six or seven, would start for any River Ridge District team," said Sloss.
Despite the lopsided loss, Sloss he was pleased with the way his team competed throughout the contest.
"We had a lot of kids play hard," he said. "I believe we'll be okay. Offensively, I think we'll be fine and defensively we've just got to do a better job of coaching them up."
Carroll's first scoring drive came late in the second quarter when the Cavaliers covered 64 yards in eight plays. James Dalton had an 11-yard pickup and Chase Goins a 28-yard scamper in the drive, which ended with Chase Robinson lofting a perfectly thrown pass to Jared Haga for the 26-yard score.
Carroll scored again late in the fourth quarter although not how they had intended. After moving 39 yards to the Galax 30, the Cavaliers' drive stalled and they lined up for a 47-yard field goal by Goins. The snap was high and wide, but holder Chase Robinson was able to grab the ball and pitch it to Goins, who then worked some magic, breaking at least three tackles and weaving his way 37 yards to the end zone.
Goins finished the game with 74 yards on three carries, caught two passes for 14 yards, kicked two extra points and made a touchdown-saving tackle in the final minute of the first half.
The Galax duo of Charles Harris and Joseph Dixon turned in impressive games. Harris ran the ball 10 times for 208 yards and a touchdown, while Dixon picked up 102 yards on 12 carries and scored twice. Harris scored a second touchdown by returning a Carroll fumble 29 yards for a score.
Carroll County will host Floyd County in its season opener Friday night at 7 p.m.
Galax 28 6 7 7 - 48
Carroll 0 7 0 7 - 14
First Quarter
G – Dixon 12 yd. run (Reyna kick)
G – Harris 29 yd. fumble recovery (Reyna kick)
G – Harris 76 yd. run (Reyna kick)
G – Spurlin 66 yd. pass from Orton (Reyna kick)
Second Quarter
G – Reyna 23-yd. field goal
CC – Haga 26 yd. pass from Robinson (Goins kick)
G – Reyna 35-yd. field goal
Third Quarter
G – Dixon 1 yd. run (Reyna kick)
Fourth Quarter
G – Boyles 7 yd. (Reyna kick)
CC – Goins 37 yd. run (Goins kick)
Galax CC
First Downs 12 7
Rushes-Yds. 35-421 24-152
Passing 2-3-0 6-17-0
Passing Yds. 137 60
Fumbles-lost 1-0 4-1
Penalties-Yds. 11-75 3-15
Rushing – Harris 10-208, Dixon 12-102, Boyles 11-90, Orton 2-21
Passing – Orton 2-3-0 137
Receiving – Dixon 1-71, Spurling 1-66
Carroll County
Rushing – Goins 3-74, Puckett 2-28, Dalton 4-19, Giles 3-14, Stiltner 9-10, Quesenberry 2-9, Davidson 1-(-2)
Passing – Giles 5-10-0 34, Robinson 1-7-0 26
Receiving – Goins 2-14, Davis 2-11, Haga 1-26, Carico 1-9


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Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! The Ogre
Help In Recruiting
So , here's the thing :
I Just Defeated Ogre and i dont know lots of japanese , so can anyone tell me where is these players ?:
1-Ogre's Captain
2-Ogre's FW ( Blue Hair , Girl )
3-Ogre's FW ( Dark Blue Hair , With black marks on eyes)
4-Masato/Canon ( If They're Possible )
5-Little Rococo
Thanks :D
1-Ogre's Captain-Easy. The place where you fight Ogre team in Present.. SHould be top right of north japan map.
2-Ogre's FW ( Blue Hair , Girl ) -movie password after beaten the game and it is a HE.
3-Ogre's FW ( Dark Blue Hair , With black marks on eyes) - movie password after beaten the game
4-Masato/Canon ( If They're Possible ). After you beaten the game, go to the future and beat ogee again (and you can recruit Ogre. Kanon will join before the battle.(It is the park area where you find the key for spark/bomber)
5-Little Rococo. Dream tournament.
If you download the the yami and world key, and beat the bottom line with S, you get little Rococo.
(Yami key only available before Feb 24.)
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Thanks NeoZero , but is there some action replay for the yami key ?
And another request :
- Orpheus (Italia) Captain , MF / Hidenakata ( and his friend if possible ^-^'')
None. I tried hacking on both spark, ogre and inazuma eleven.
It seemed some data can only enable from download to trigger from the save data and not from any AR/par.
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Oh , I see .
so there is any AR for Lil' Rococo ?
And discovered how to get nakata :D
and I still didn't got something - when i put the movie' password , how do I get the player after ?