Cropping Gross Margins, 17th January 1995
Just about every part of this piece of mail is incorrect, or poorly targeted.
Tag Archives: Behind the scenes
Valuation organising, 23rd July 2004
The email thread of Tilly organising a valuation for the shop, from home.
Communications book, May 2008
Selected pages from the communications book from 2008. Pertinent issues of the day: pest control(!), author signings and events, birthday cake, ecological initiatives (shrinkwrap and power departments) and requests for…
Weekend Book, 2007
Selected pages from the “Weekend Book” of 2007 – used by weekday staff to communicate with weekend staff (and vice versa) about important topics like late deliveries; new books; knobbly…
Staff Meeting Agenda, 5th May and 10th June 2003
Monthly meeting agenda examples from 2003. Key issues are new or updated procedures, Harry Potter embargo protocol and changes to supplier details.
What to Expect: The Tammy Years 26th October 2000
Tammy Ruffell needed to steal a copy of one of the books on her publishers list, “for her own sanity” – but she paid for it. This is not what…
Peter Ireland letter, 28th July 2016
A letter from Peter Ireland to Tilly Lloyd putting straight some things that had been misreported in her radio review of Labour: The NZ Labour Party 1916-2016 by Peter Franks…
Philokalia Bibliographics, 17th December 2003
The fruitless search for Philokalia volume 5 continues with the unfortunate and somewhat illogical news that despite never actually having been available, it is now out of print.
Complaints Department, 29th November 2000
Sometimes we receive the most ridiculous material as book-protection, and are compelled to make the worst possible use of it. I’m certain this improved productivity.
