Allen & Unwin establish Alliance Distribution Services
In 1998, Allen and Unwin established Alliance Distribution Services in Australia to take care of the distribution of titles under their agency.
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Demon Profession recall, 18th June 1998
Sometimes we are asked to remove books from sale because of inaccuracies or actual or potential litigation. This example is from HarperCollins, publishers of The Demon Profession by Michael Laws….
Parallel Importing Press Release, 21st May 1998
Tilly Lloyd issued this statement on behalf of Unity Books after rules about parallel importing were relaxed.
Books of the Year, 18th December 1997
These were Tilly Lloyd’s Books of the Year for The Dominion in 1997.
Noel Hilliard death notice, 1st December 1996
News of the death of author Noel Hilliard is announced in the December 1996 issue of Booksellers News.
Bookselling Strategies, 29th November 1993
This summary of various ways to improve profitability in bookselling is taken from an article in Publishers Weekly.
“Books Fatal to their Authors” exhibition, National Library, 20th March onwards, 1993
Beheaded, exiled, murdered, whipped, burnt, mutilated, stabbed, imprisoned, starved or dead from grief. Who knew books could be so dangerous? (We knew).
“Service is Key” article, The Bookseller, 4th December 1987
An article in The Bookseller stresses the importance customers place on personal service in bookshops.
Thorpe Bowker Industry Awards 1997
Both Wellington and Auckland won, were runners-up or were nominated for many categories in the 1997 D W Thorpe Book Industry Awards (nominated by book publishers). In 1997, Unity Auckland…
Political Parties and Bookshops analogy, Brian Easton, 29th July 1996
A paper presented at Booksellers Conference by Brian Easton compares the variety of bookshops to the then small selection of political parties contesting the imminent election and draws some interesting…
