Author Submissions
If you are a local author who would like us to stock your book, please read the following before you get in touch using our submission form below.
After receiving your submission, we will get back to you if we would like to stock your book. Please bear in mind that we are a very small team and receive a lot of requests from authors, therefore we are unable to guarantee a reply to all submissions.
Before submitting the form, please read this guide from the Booksellers Association. The guide provides information on how to approach booksellers and what to expect when working with retailers. All bookshops work differently, so please note that how we choose to process submissions may differ from other independent bookshops.
Before Reaching Out
Please do not bring items directly to the store without prior request.
We value collaboration with authors and artists who take the time to promote our bookshop through their networks such as schools and community groups, social media, and by engaging with our community programs like book clubs or writing groups.
To sell your items, we need our business to stay open! Don’t be shy about asking us about our stock and our customers, or join one of our bookclubs or writing groups in order to get to know our customer base.
Our Terms
All items are stocked on a 'payment on sale' basis. We take a 35% commission on all sales, which helps cover our operating costs. Rates are negotiable for not-for-profit works, and smaller project runs.
Our initial order will be for a single copy of the book. If it sells quickly, we may request multiple copies when reordering.
We ask that you check in every few months for sales updates. After sales figures are confirmed, we require an invoice to proceed with payment via BACS transfer.
Submission and Promotions
If you would like to host an event surrounding your book, please reach out via our space hire submission form to discuss the details.
Please note that while we are happy to showcase your items, promotional marketing for individual items is not within our responsibilities or capabilities. We will market to the best of our abilities but we are a small team with multiple additional jobs so our resources for individual promotion are limited.
We reserve the right to decline any stocking enquiries at our discretion and we will usually prioritise collaborations with authors who actively engage with and support our shop and business ethos.
Due to a lack of space, if your work hasn’t sold after 90 days then we will ask you to collect it. We will still consider future work from you, it may just be that the particular theme of those specific items did not suit our customer-base.