Primarily, people offer their own work. All are welcome. When Oudoline played I think there were five people in the band! What are the difficulties in running a bookshop like yours? And what makes it worthwhile? The main difficulty is economic. Austerity has seen sales — which had been slowly building over the first couple of years trading — plummet. Many people suggest that online sales are the issue, but in truth they too are much lower each year.
I may no longer be able to think of a reason! Your answer to the last question makes me worry on behalf of book-buyers like myself. The answer, obviously, is to come to your shop to buy books so I hope we all do that. What do these changes mean for writers, publishers and booksellers? Saleswise, the biggest change has been that traditional non-fiction bestsellers, such as Cookery, Health, Gardening and Sports, have ground to a virtual halt.
The relatively high number of foreign language students in Hastings has led to higher sales in Classics and Poetry than one would expect, but as their numbers are dwindling, so are the sales.
Nonetheless, we stock most of the Wordsworth Editions classics range. Romance fiction is hard to sell, which surprised me. Shockingly quiet! What you are saying suggests that people including children are reading less. What about the book trade generally? Hastings is lucky to have you.
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