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Christmas Trading Survey 2013

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:

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* 2. Compared with Christmas 2012, sales in 2013 were:

Up

Down

About the same

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* 3. Can you say by how much sales were up, or down, on 2012?

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* 4. What particular titles and genres fared the best? Any surprise hits?

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* 5. What are your thoughts on the Books are My Bag Campaign, did it influence footfall and sales? If so, by what percentage? (estimate)

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* 6. The Chancellor George Osbourne has pledged to increase business rates by 2% next April, lower than last year's 3.2%. What effect will this have on you?

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* 7. Have you seen any evidence of publishers being more flexible on margin and payment terms over the last year? Would you like to?

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* 8. Did you sell e-books this year? How successful was this? Which platform did you use and how successful was this?

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* 9. Have you been working with publishers directly to sell e-books to customers?

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* 10. Are you seeing increased awareness among customers of the need to support independent shops, or a backlash against using Amazon? Can you tell us more?

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* 11. Were there any problems with supply, or availability of titles?

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* 12. What were the biggest factors that affected Christmas trading this year?

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* 13. How optimistic are you about 2014? What are the main threats and opportunities?

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* 14. What exciting, innovative or quirky new promotions or sales initiatives are you using which you can share with The Bookseller's new 'Bricks and Mortar' page, dedicated to physical book selling?

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* 15. 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.