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The Mentor's Notebook

#UCTmentor catch-up: re-opening our bookshops

  • Posted by admin@Unwin
  • On 2nd July 2020
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Since the lockdown, the Unwin Charitable Trust has quickly moved to offer more bespoke help and mentoring for booksellers. This includes a 30-minute chat that can be booked at short notice for specific challenges, general advice – or just to talk through practicalities and experiences now that we are slowly emerging from lockdown. On Monday […]

How can independent bookshops benefit from pre-orders? #UCTmentor Chat

  • Posted by admin@Unwin
  • On 25th July 2019
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For some titles, pre-orders account for up to 30% of total book sales. It’s definitely time for independents to get the benefits from taking pre-orders from their customers. We invited Nic Bottomley (of Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath, UK, and current BA President) and Christine Onorati (owner of WORD booksellers in Brooklyn, […]