Did you know it's Independent Booksellers Week?

I really value independent bookshops, so have copied a press release I was sent... (see this link for more)

Independent Booksellers Week June 14th – 21st 2010

Bookshops all over the country are hosting hundreds of promotional events this week during Independent Booksellers Week (June 14th to 21st), a major marketing drive championing the energy and fun to be found amongst the long-established and new-generation booksellers operating on Britain’s high streets.

Customer-focused, commercially-savvy and digitally-aware, booksellers are carving an invaluable niche for themselves in their local communities, despite difficult trading conditions. Consumer spending on books is down by 5% in value year on year to £2208m and by 1% in volume in 2008/9. The independent sector, however, held up with an increase of 1% in volume over the same period.

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