Scholastic Australia

Name

Scholastic Australia

Legal name

Scholastic Australia Pty Ltd

Website

https://scholastic.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Book Retailers and News Dealers (459210)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Services-Educational Services (8200), Book Printing (2732)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Educational & Curriculum Publishing (MPAJAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Core Subject Textbooks (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies) (EDAGAAAA), Educational & Academic Publishing Distribution (Textbooks) (CRAOALAC)

Keywords

• Children's book publishing
• School book distribution
• Educational literacy programs
• Book fairs services
• Children's content publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisarow

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Book Publishing and Distribution: Australia's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, releasing approximately 500 books annually under five imprints (Scholastic Press, Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia, Koala Books, and licensed books). Represents nearly 30% of Australia's best-selling children's titles.
2. Book Club: School-based program where children and parents purchase books through catalogues, available in over 90% of Australian primary schools. Revenue from book sales to parents and educators.
3. Book Fairs: School-based book fairs generating commission revenue. Over 6,000 fairs conducted annually in Australia. Schools earn commission on sales.
4. Foreign Rights Licensing: Licensing rights to international publishers in over 30 countries including USA, UK, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, and Korea. Rights team attends major book fairs (Bologna, London, Frankfurt, New York).
5. Education Programs: Instructional literacy and numeracy programs aligned with school curricula including Pr1me Mathematics and Decodable Readers. Revenue from school subscriptions and purchases.
6. Australian Standing Orders: Subscription service to school libraries offering new releases from all publishers with comprehensive teacher notes. Recurring subscription model for school libraries.
7. Retail Sales: The Scholastic Outlet shop and warehouse sale events sell books and products directly to consumers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Scholastic Australia is a children's book publisher and distributor that publishes approximately 500 titles per year under five imprints and runs school-based reading programs across Australia. Its core commercial channels are Scholastic Book Club (operating in 90%+ of Australian primary schools), Scholastic Book Fairs (over 6,000 events annually), Scholastic Education instructional programs (Literacy Pro, Decodable Readers, Pr1me Mathematics), and Australian Standing Orders library subscriptions, with the Scholastic Outlet and Warehouse Sales serving direct consumers.

Product overview

Scholastic Australia operates a diversified children's publishing and education business with a platform-plus-services architecture. The core offerings include Scholastic Book Club (available in over 90% of Australian primary schools), Scholastic Book Fairs (6,000+ annual events), and Scholastic Education (literacy and numeracy programs including Literacy Pro, Decodable Readers, and Pr1me Mathematics). Supporting these are digital platforms: Scholastic Learning Zone (online learning management), LOOP (parent ordering portal), School Essentials (teacher resource platform), and Book Fairs Online Tools. The company publishes approximately 500 books annually under five imprints: Scholastic Press, Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia, Koala Books, and licensed books. Australian Standing Orders provides library subscription services, while the Scholastic Outlet and Warehouse Sales serve direct consumer channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Scholastic Press: One of five publishing imprints under Scholastic Australia, publishing children's books.
• Omnibus Books
• Koala Books
• Scholastic Education
• Scholastic Book Club
• Scholastic Book Fairs
• Australian Standing Orders
• School Essentials
• The Scholastic Outlet
• The Book Bunker

Products and services

• Scholastic Book Club A school-based reading program for Australian primary schools, operating in over 90% of them, that allows children, parents and teachers to order Australian and international children's literature through termly catalogues and the LOOP parent ordering platform.
• Scholastic Book Fairs A school-based book fair program running more than 6,000 fairs annually in Australian schools, providing hands-on book purchasing experiences for children; schools earn commission on sales, and fairs are managed through the Book Fairs Online Tools platform.
• Scholastic Education Instructional literacy and numeracy programs aligned with Australian school curricula, including Literacy Pro, Decodable Readers and Pr1me Mathematics, sold to schools through Territory Managers and PR1ME Product Experts.
• Scholastic Learning Zone An online learning platform for schools that delivers digital literacy and educational resources, allowing teachers to assign content, track student reading progress and manage classroom work.
• Australian Standing Orders A subscription-based service for Australian school libraries that delivers new releases from all publishers along with comprehensive teacher notes for classroom activities.
• LOOP Parent Platform A parent-facing digital platform that enables families to order Book Club books and track their Book Club orders online.
• School Essentials A teacher-facing e-commerce platform for purchasing classroom resources, books and educational materials for use in Australian schools.
• Book Fairs Online Tools An online management platform that allows schools to organise and run Scholastic Book Fairs, including setup, inventory, payments and reporting for each fair event.
• The Scholastic Outlet A direct-to-consumer online retail store selling best-selling children's books and toys at shop.scholastic.com.au.
• Trade Parade A monthly highlights service for Australian retail booksellers that showcases Scholastic's new trade titles, supported by marketing assets, backlist curation and a dedicated trade sales contact line.
• Rights Licensing and Permissions An international rights licensing service that licenses Scholastic Australia children's titles to publishers in more than 30 countries (including USA, UK, Italy, France, Germany, Japan and Korea), attended at major book fairs (Bologna, London, Frankfurt, New York).
• The Book Bunker A hospital library program operating Book Bunker libraries in major Australian children's hospitals (Westmead, Queensland Children's Hospital, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Perth Children's Hospital), providing 8,000-20,000 books each, volunteer librarians and Softlink-powered bedside lending technology; lends thousands of books monthly to inpatients.
• Children's Book Publishing (Scholastic imprints) Scholastic Australia's original children's book publishing output, releasing approximately 500 titles per year under five imprints (Scholastic Press, Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia, Koala Books and licensed books), representing nearly 30% of Australia's best-selling children's titles.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $13 million in Scholastic Rewards given to schools in one financial year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The Royal Children's Hospital MelbournecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Book Bunker opened May 2016 in partnership with RCH. Vibrant library 'dripping' in literacy with 8,000+ books using Softlink lending technology.
• Queensland Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Second Book Bunker established October 2009. Home to over 8,000 books, managed by volunteers including qualified librarians. Lending 11,000+ books monthly.
• The Children's Hospital at WestmeadcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997First Book Bunker opened August 1997 by Mem Fox. Library with 20,000 books, 33 volunteer librarians, lending 1,000+ books monthly to hospitalized children.
• Starlight Children's FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership delivering literacy live stream events with Captain Starlight. Helps sick children feel happier and more confident through fun literacy activities during hospital treatment.
• Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScholastic Australia is the major business partner of APPA, the national professional association for primary school principals representing affiliated state and territory governments, Catholic and Independent primary schools.
• Books in Homes AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides books of choice to families and children living in remote and low socio-economic circumstances, ensuring early literacy engagement and development of reading skills.
• Let's ReadminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerScholastic supports this program with thousands of books read and enjoyed by children in remote communities across Australia.
• Variety - The Children's CharitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStaff volunteer annually at Variety Kids Christmas Party. Donated over $500,000 in books, helping 60,000 special needs, sick and disadvantaged children.
• Camp QualityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAussie Joke Books series has contributed more than $85,000 to assist Camp Quality in improving quality of life for children with cancer and their families.
• Koala Kids FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides books and resources to help distract children undergoing cancer treatment. Partners since 2007.
• Perth Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMost recently established Book Bunker location, fully owned and maintained by Scholastic.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Allen & Unwin: Allen & Unwin is one of Australia's largest independent trade publishers with a strong children's list, distributing through the same bookseller and school channels as Scholastic. Their children's and picture book programmes directly compete for the same school and parent audience.
• HarperCollins Australia: HarperCollins Australia is a major children's and general trade publisher operating across the same Australian wholesale and school distribution channels as Scholastic. Both compete on children's bestsellers, licensed publishing programs, and rights acquisitions.
• Walker Books Australia: Walker Books is an established Australian children's picture book publisher and a direct competitor in school and trade channels. Both companies produce illustrated children's titles aimed at the same primary-school reader age range.
• Penguin Random House Australia: Penguin Random House Australia is the largest trade publisher in Australia and a direct competitor in the children's, education, and trade book categories where Scholastic operates. Both companies sell through the same retailer and school channels and compete for author and illustrator signings.
• Hachette Australia: Hachette Australia is a major trade publisher whose children's and education divisions overlap with Scholastic's book publishing, school distribution, and curriculum-aligned programmes. Both compete through the same trade retailers and rights markets.
• Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand: Oxford University Press ANZ publishes children's readers, dictionaries, and curriculum-aligned educational resources for Australian primary schools, directly competing with Scholastic Education's Literacy Pro, Decodable Readers, and Pr1me Mathematics programmes.
• Pearson Australia & New Zealand: Pearson ANZ is a major educational publisher and assessment provider with curriculum-aligned literacy and numeracy programmes that compete with Scholastic Education's PR1ME Mathematics and Literacy Pro offerings for the same Australian school customers.
• Hardie Grant Children's Publishing: Hardie Grant is a leading Australian independent children's publisher whose picture book, middle grade, and YA programmes compete head-on with Scholastic's imprints for authors, shelf space, and school purchases.

Emerging players

• Booktopia: Booktopia is Australia's largest online book retailer and a key trade distribution partner for Scholastic, but also a competitor in direct-to-consumer book sales and warehouse sale-style events. Direct overlap exists in the home delivery of children's titles.

Regional players

• Campion Education Australia: Campion Education supplies educational and library books directly to Australian schools through a national distribution network, overlapping with Scholastic's school library subscription (Australian Standing Orders) and classroom resource distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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