Atherstone, a fledgling booktown adventure
March 22nd, 2006 by Mr Booktown
Mark Maddox shares his thoughts about Atherstone Book Town’s leaflet and suggests a more cooperative approach, which could equally benefit other communities of bookshops.
I doubt that anyone would disagree that James Hanna, of Blaenavon Booktown fame, has a special talent as a publicist, but he is surely missing a trick in his new booktown venture in Atherstone, Warwickshire. The basic requirement for a successful bookshop must be to get people in through the door, ‘footfall’ in business terminology.
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12.01.06
Mark Maddox shares his thoughts about Atherstone Book Town’s leaflet and suggests a more cooperative approach, which could equally benefit other communities of bookshops.
I’ve just checked the Atherstone Book Town website but all the Links are still dead. TheBookGuide