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World Book Night 2012: What are your plans?
Tonight, Monday April 23, is the return of the annual celebration of books and promotion of adult literacy, with a diverse range of events to attend and free books to collect. World Book Night is ...
Penguin Children’s art director: New talent and digital publishing are refreshing cover design
Book nest has previously looked at the role of cover design in book sales. But how is it developing in the digital age? Penguin books are helping to encourage up ...
Coffee, cards and chocolate: how diversification is helping booksellers
Daisy Wyatt talked to three independent bookshops about the affects of diversifying their businesses Greetings Cards: Walkers Bookshops Walkers Books is a family run bookshop with four stores serving towns in Lincolnshire and Leicestershire. ...
Bookshop closures among the highest in 2011
Seventy two bookshops closed in 2011 although 57 opened, giving an overall reduction of 15 according to the Local Data Company on behalf of Price Waterhouse Cooper. Multiple retailers closed 14 stores a day on ...
Interview: Mainstreet Trading Company
The Mainstreet Trading Company won Best Bookshop in The Telegraph’s Small Shop Awards 2012 last week. Owner Rosamund De La Hey speaks to Jen Bowden about destination bookselling, increasing sales and social media marketing. How ...
Guest post: A foray into translated fiction
Belgravia Books in London specialises in translated fiction. Emily Boyce, Bookseller and Translator, explains how the bookshop began and the success it has had so far After five years of publishing the best French translation ...
News: The Telegraph’s top independent booksellers
An independent bookshop in the Scottish Borders has been named best bookshop in the Telegraph’s Small Shops in Britain Awards, Jen Bowden reports. The results, announced in London on Friday, saw Scottish independent bookseller The ...
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- @Ronnniejohns great, have emailed you again at your mabecron books email address on your card
- @Ronnniejohns hi Ron, we would like to do a post about High Tide for our blog. Emailed you yest but it might've got lost in spam!
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