Name of company:
NewSouth Books
Contact(s) and details:
Nella Soeterboek, Director
Email: nella.s@newsouthbooks.com.au
Kathy Bail, CEO, University of New South Wales Press
Email: kathy.bail@unswpress.com.au
Address and location:
NewSouth Books
UNSW Randwick Campus, Building R1F, 22-32 King Street, Randwick, NSW, 2031
Ph: +61 (2) 8936 1400 Fax: +61 (2) 8936 1440
Website address:
https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/
Geographical coverage:
Australia
General description including areas of specialism, if any:
- A wide-ranging general and specialist sales, marketing and distribution force, wholly owned by University of New South Wales Press, representing publishers from Australasia, the USA, Canada, and the UK
- Sends out monthly kits in (1) Fiction and Entertainment (2) Non-fiction (3) Children’s and Young Adult (4) Academic and Specialist
- UNSW bookshop within the group, opening Feb 2019 with cafe and event space sells general and textbooks, non-book items: www.bookshop.unsw.edu.au
Warehousing facility and location:
TLD Warehousing, Moorehead, NSW
Policy and criteria for distributed list selection, if any:
- Lists must fit the NSB portfolio and contribute a quantum
- Clusters or alliances of publishers considered
- Interested in expanding children’s lists ex-UK
Sales and marketing team details:
Product Manager, 2 publicists, 8 payroll sales
representatives
Customer base:
1500 accounts
Normal business model(s) for distributor trading:
Consignment
Stocking and replenishment policy:
Consolidated air freight and sea freight shipments
Use of local printing and Print on Demand (POD):
UNSWP Production manager can assist with POD and local printing for clients
Lead times for new title information ahead of overseas pub:
Four months
Attendance at international bookfairs:
FBF, LBF
