QBD Books To Start Selling Vinyl

Popular bookstore QBD Books has partnered with Sony Music and is expanding to the music market, selling vinyl records in 30 stores across Australia.

On Monday, 13 November, QBD Books will take over the old Dymocks Booksellers shop at Sydney’s Broadway Shopping Centre, with grand opening proceedings commencing from 10 am AEDT.

“Our industry is worth around $1.7B and supports over 10,000 jobs - and in fact, we’re now seeking new full-time and casual staff to join QBD Books Broadway in the leadup to the busy Christmas trading period,” QBD Books CEO Nick Croydon commented in a statement.

“At the same time, our bookstores have become an avenue for associated industries to thrive, and to this end, we’re excited to announce that we are partnering with Sony Music to stock vinyl records in up to 30 of our stores, including Broadway.”

Croydon added, “We find that vinyl record consumers and book readers have similar interests, and so for us, the alignment with Sony is a natural fit. This adds another string to our bow, following the partnership we agreed in 2020 with Australian Geographic to stock their products in our stores, after the Curious Planet chain closed.”

While the Sydney Broadway site will be the first QBD Books store to stock vinyl, the press release doesn’t hint at the other 29 storefronts that will sell records.

However, Croydon did mention another bookstore opening in Melbourne before the end of 2023 and promised further expansion and refurbishment for existing storefronts.

On Friday, 13 October, former Silverchair members Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou will host a signing for their new memoir, Love & Pain, at the Rundle Mall QBD Books store. The pair will be signing copies of the book from 3 pm AEST.

Silverchair’s Frogstomp is also one of the albums that will be sold at QBD Books sites, amongst P!nk’s Trustfall, Harry Styles’ Harry’s House and Britney Spears’ Greatest Hits: My Prerogative.