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The Bookseller's 2011 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 2010, sales in 2011 were:
Up
Down
About the same
3.
Can you say by how much sales were up, or down, on 2010?
4.
What particular titles and genres fared the best? Any surprise hits?
5.
What else surprised you this Christmas?
6.
What were the biggest factors that affected Christmas trading this year?
7.
Were there any problems with supply, or availability of titles?
8.
Would you like to say anything else about Christmas 2011, or the general state of bookselling?
9.
How optimistic are you about 2012? What are the main threats and opportunities?
10.
How do you think digital developments have affected your business in 2011?
11.
Are you getting enough support from publishers?
12.
Are you confident about the long term future of the high street?
13.
Thank you for completing the survey. Please leave your email address here, if you would like to receive the results of the survey on email.