ASA self-publishing workshop
30 July 2018
Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is running a two-day workshop that will cast light on the myths and realities of self-publishing in 2018 and increase your chances of publishing success....
National Library of Australia calls out to self-publishers for legal deposit
29 June 2018
For many self-publishing authors, the true reward of publishing a book lies not in fame and fortune, (which is found by relatively few) but in sharing ideas, experiences and stories with...
Register your interest for inaugural Indie Publishing Forums
29 June 2018
The inaugural Indie Publishing Forums are coming soon to Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. The forums will provide an unmissable evening of advice and insider knowledge from a range of publishing...
ASA ‘My Patch of Red Dirt’ competition: entries close 19 March
22 February 2018
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is running a writing competition in March, as part of Red Dirt Writers’ Week. Entries to the 'My Patch of Red Dirt' competition close 19...
New editions of ISBN Standard and ISBN users’ manual released
18 January 2018
A new edition of the ISBN Standard has been published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The new fifth edition of the Standard has been in the process of...
ISBN agency Christmas closing times
18 December 2017
The ISBN agency will be closed from midday on 22 December 2017 to 2 January 2018. Throughout this time, however, you will still be able to purchase ISBNs, barcodes and...
Bowker connects users to StreetLib publishing platform
18 December 2017
Visitors to the Thorpe-Bowker website, www.myidentifiers.com.au, will now be able to access StreetLib, a publishing platform offering all the essential book publishing tools in one place. StreetLib supports authors and publishers by...
Changes to the National Library of Australia’s CiP service
6 November 2017
The National Library of Australia will launch the new Cataloguing in Publication (CiP) service, renamed the Prepublication Data Service, on Monday 27 November. The changes, which began in August this...
