Planning the 35th anniversary catalogue, 2002
Simie Simpson’s checklist of books, authors & reviewers (and whether the reviews had yet been written). This was part of the preparation for the “books that stand the test of…
Tag Archives: Alan Preston
Kay from BDNZ retires, 2002
A “happy retirement” fax from the crew at Unity Books to Kay at Book Distribution New Zealand. She really was the Queen of customer services.
Christmas activity poll, 2001
Democracy in non-action! Despite the votes, Laser Force was the ultimate winner.
Waiting for the paperback, 2000-2004
Alan Preston was keen to get a copy of Western Front From the Air by Nicholas C Watkis (Sutton Publishing) in paperback. Despite the hardback coming out in 1998, there…
“Mailorder with knobs on”, The Bookseller, 31st March 2000
An article in The Bookseller features a quote which could have, but didn’t, come straight from Alan Preston: “The internet is just an extension of the telephone and the telephone…
Jo Breese farewell, 1st September 1999
An invitation from Booksellers NZ to a farewell for Jo Breese.
Sue Beaton in Plymouth, UK, 8th August 1999
An email from Sue Beaton (in Plymouth) discussed some kind of wizardy book for children, along with a bit of local astronomical trivia and a request for book trade gossip…
Bookseller of the Year 1999, July 1999
Booksellers News reports on our win as Bookseller of the Year with a photo of our cheesy grins.
Perrett’s Corner lease documents, 1st July 1988
The Deeds of Lease for the shop at 119 Willis Street (also known as Perrett’s Corner).
Behind Closed Doors recall, 19th April 1996
The Office for Film and Literature Classification ruled that Behind Closed Doors, a book distributed by Hodder Moa Beckett was objectionable. The publishers wrote to Alan Preston to advise him…
