Beautiful Books launches summer campaign

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 24/05/2011 - 08:46 Beautiful Books has launched its own summer reading campaign, providing POS material and an extra 5% off the selected titles ordered by independent bookshops. The four titles being promoted through the Go Against the Grain campaign, all from debut authors, are Flick by Abigail Tarttelin; A Clockwork Apple by Belinda Webb; We Did Porn by Zak Smith; and Dog Binary by Alex Macdonald. The campaign will run from mid-June through to the end of August. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]

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