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The Bookseller's Christmas Trading Survey
Welcome to The Bookseller's annual Christmas survey: please answer as many questions as you can
Responses will be used for an analysis of Christmas trading within the independent book trade sector to be published in print and online in January.
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1.
Please leave your name, bookshop, and contact details here:
(Required.)
2.
Compared with Christmas 2009, sales in 2010 were:
Up
Down
About the same
3.
Can you say by how much sales were up, or down on 2009?
4.
What particular titles and genres fared the best?
5.
What surprised you this Christmas?
6.
What were the biggest factors that affected Christmas trading this year?
7.
How badly did the weather affect Christmas trading?
8.
Were there any problems with supply, or availability of titles?
9.
Would you like to say anything else about Christmas 2010, or the general state of bookselling:
10.
How optimistic are you about 2011? What are the main threats and opportunities?
11.
How do you think digital developments have affected your business in 2010?
12.
Will you sign up to Google's e-book platform next year, if, as expected, it allows you to sell e-books?
13.
Thank you for completing the survey. Please leave your email address here, if you would like to actively participate with us in building up our services for independents.