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Selling a million - #Boris versus #Bieber
Our latest four titles (including Boris) arrived at our warehouse today. This is great news, as the shortage of advanced copies has been a real pain. I can now start sending off review copies to those...
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Selling a million - highland jaunt
If we're going to sell a million copies of our green book, we'll need to reach even the remotest corners of Britain. Today I spoke to booksellers in the far reaches of Scotland. I came across some...
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#Selling-a-million - 'God save the village green...
I love fetes and fairs - they have this oldie world feel about them. I love poking around the bric-a-brac and second-hand book stalls; I like buying home-made cakes and chutneys; and I even like the...
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Selling a million - hooking up with Loch Fyne
In order to sell a million copies of Boris, it would help to have a little bit of press coverage and today I decided to try my luck with three very different different publications.The story I was...
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Selling a million - back to the grindstone
It's hard to regain focus after a holiday, even just a week at half term, and it's taken me three days to get back on track - there's all that unpacking and laundry and letter opening and email...
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Selling a million - on the telephone
I've now called 22 of the 90 counties listed on Wikipedia and spoken to, or emailed, their library stock selectors. (I thought Wikipedia might be more reliable than my jigsaw of the UK! - see earlier...
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Selling a million - another one bites the dust
At the weekend I dropped off more of our books with our editor Abi who is restocking for the Ardingly Arts Festival. I really fancied joining the Pop-Up Bookshop team at the Festival for a day, but as...
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Selling a million - Something to croak about...
If we're going to sell a million, we'll need a strong advertising campaign. We decided to start with an ad in Gardner's Select + magazine. It won't appear until September, but here's a sneak...
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Selling a million - Young at heart
Our editor Abi kindly sent this pic from Ardingly Arts Festival - it seems you're never too old for picture books!This blog describes the quest of a small independent publisher to sell one million...
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Selling a million - 'popping up'
Hot weather is good for sales - at least outdoor sales and we were pleased to see how popular Daisy White's pop-up indie bookshop was at Horsham market on July 13. Boris the Boastful Frog had already...
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Selling a million - What's in a name?
While William and Kate were busy thinking of a name for the new Prince we were busy trying to think of a pen name for our latest author (Don't get excited - it's not JK Rowling!). It's a surprisingly...
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Selling a million - Austen's powers
It was great to hear the news that Jane Austen is to be the face of the Bank of England's £10 notes in 2017. I can't imagine what she would have thought of the honour, although I'm sure she would have...
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Selling a million - Oyster Parade
The third instalment of The Granimal series arrived on Friday and I was looking forward to reading it on the beach at Whitstable on Saturday. Like all best laid plans, things didn't work out. The sun...
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Selling a million - pop-up web shop
Whilst it isn't bricks and mortar (rather canvas walls and trestle tables) - Daisy White's pop-up indie bookshop still follows the traditional model of books on display and face-to-face customer sales....
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Selling a million - EYE on a good book
Our first review of Boris has appeared - it was in Early Years Educator (EYE) and Martine Horvath (the reviewer) described the book as 'a superbly illustrated, funny story'. It had top billing too, but...
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Promo videos for books don't come much better than this! This jaunty jungle story set to a catchy tune is great entertainment for children and adults - I found myself humming it all day long. The...
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Selling a million - Tate that!
Today has been a good day! Our quirky pre-school book Mr White by Yiting Lee is to be stocked by the Tate Modern shop. This is thanks to Ellie - an undergraduate who joined us for some work experience...
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Selling a million - Poetry and Motion
Fantastic news -Inpress Books, which specialises in selling books (mostly poetry books) produced by small and innovative publishers, has agreed to add Hogs Back Books to its list. Children's books are...
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Kempe, a man, and Boris a boastful frog
Southwark Cathedral is London's only Gothic church. Standing at the oldest crossing point of the tidal Thames, it was once the only entrance to the City of London across the river. Buried here are John...
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Postcards from America
We are really pleased to announce that Three Silly Chickens was released this month in the USA and Canada through Trafalgar Square publishing. Details of this book and how to buy it are found here.The...
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Going Global
As of the beginning of October, the brilliant team at MMS are working across all the different sectors (trade, education, libraries) to sell our books. Their focus on children's books makes them a...
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