Blast from the past...

What a comparison. The other day we unearthed a copy of our 1996 catalogue and have had great fun reading it and seeing how much it has changed in the last 17 years!

Postal Origami!

Today we have Ashleigh and Gemma in the shop to help tackle the plethora of catalogues that need to be folded and put into envelopes. They are real troopers and we are very grateful for their help!

Children's selection, ready to go

Our summer catalogue children's selection (plus a few others), all together. We've got thrillers, humor, architecture, science, natural history, craft, graphic novels, poetry and mystery.

 The catalogue will be in store tomorrow and in the Nelson Mail on Wednesday.

The Sharp Pencil at Work

The proofs for our Christmas catalogue are back from the printer. These need to be checked very carefully before they are signed off (then it will be too late to fix anything). The only space large enough to spread these out is on the floor upstairs.

Unpacking & Stacking

Thanks to the excellent efforts of some muscle power (Peter) and some brain power (Elizabeth) the pallet of books was unpacked, sorted and stacked upstairs. It smells wonderful - that lovely scent of many new books!

Tha biggest single delivery of the year

Today we received a whole shrink-wrapped pallet-load of books: 44 cartons of Christmas catalogue stock!
The chain-gang moving the cartons to the pad included a very obliging lawyer (who needed to get her car out).

Catalogue Layout

In between chasing up endless Luminaries orders, Thomas is busy tweaking the catalogue layout. Placing 140 titles across around 10 genres is a juggling act requiring courage and fortitude. And regular short black coffees.

Catalogue preparations, Part 2 (Thomas and the boxes)

Thomas and the boxes

40 boxes of catalogue stock arrived this morning, all of which needs to be carted upstairs. Anyone need some exercise?

Catalogue preparations, Part 1

Oscar

Each Summer catalogue is made up of 140 titles, which equates to over 3000 units. This requires a lot of space to be made in the stock room upstairs before the stock starts arriving in early November. Oscar has been drafted in to help tidy, and as you can see, he might be up there a while.