In the last episode of this series of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with two booksellers, Janet Brakspear adn Helen Simmons from The Corsham Bookshop in Wiltshire.

We talked about how Corsham being used as a film set (it is very picturesque Olde England) brings both customers and books and how the bookshop best serves its customers. Helen and Janet talk us through a typical day in the shop, consider the embargo question, talk a lot about children's bookselling, and admit which of their favourite books are always in stock.

Titles and bookshops mentioned that you may find interesting are:

Secret Underground Corsham, by Nick McCamley (Folly Books)

The Rebetsky March by Joseph Roth

Diary of a Provincial Lady by E M Delafield

Little Toller Books in Bridport, Dorset and The Folde Bookshop, in Shaftesbury, Dorset are both groovy and curated independent bookshops that specialise in nature books.

You can find The Corsham Bookshop on Facebook, otherwise at 16 Martingate, High Street, Corsham, Wiltshire, UK, and you can email them at info@corshambookshop.co.uk.

For more information about Handheld Press, go to www.handheldpress.co.uk. You can email this podcast at podcast@handheldpress.co.uk.

This episode was edited and produced by Kate Macdonald. The jolly intro and outro music is 'Feels Like Home' by Avocado Junkie, sourced through Podcastle.

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In this episode of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with audiobook producer Arran Dutton from Audiofactory, an audio studio in Somerset.

The conversation roams from the rise of the audiobook, how an audio studio works, how an audiobook is made, whether an author should narrator their own book, and why fantasy fiction costs more to narrate.

Arran talks a lot about No Dig by Charles Dowding. You can find him and the audiofactory team at audiofactory.co.uk.

For more information about Handheld Press, go to www.handheldpress.co.uk. You can email this podcast at podcast@handheldpress.co.uk.

This episode was edited and produced by Kate Macdonald. The jolly intro and outro music is 'Feels Like Home' by Avocado Junkie, sourced through Podcastle.

If you like this podcast, please leave a review on your podcast provider! And tell your friends: word of mouth is the best way to get new folk listening.

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In this episode of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with Nick Parker, Director of Two Rivers, a subsidiary of Ingram Publisher Services, possibly the biggest books distributor on the planet.

Warehousing, consignment, wholesalers, shipping, carton sizes, and the sad, sad story of the books that get hurt. Discover the mysteries of book distribution, probably the most invisible but also the biggest component of the book trade network.

You can find out more about Nick and the Two Rivers team: https://www.tworiversdistribution.com/about/meet-the-team.

For more information about Handheld Press, go to www.handheldpress.co.uk. You can email this podcast at podcast@handheldpress.co.uk.

This episode was edited and produced by Kate Macdonald. The jolly intro and outro music is 'Feels Like Home' by Avocado Junkie, sourced through Podcastle.

If you like this podcast, please leave a review on your podcast provider! And tell your friends: word of mouth is the best way to get new folk listening.

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