Thank you Booksellers Association & Publishing Scotland for a fantastic Scottish Book Trade Fair & Conference. Feeling truly spoiled! #scotbookconf

Thanks to all at Booksellers Association and Publishing Scotland for organising and running #scotbookconf Great networking and discussions, I've come away with lots to follow up on.

I’m also big believer in importance of “thank you” - a key takeaway from #ScotBookConf . So a huge THANK YOU to Publishing Scotland Booksellers Association for organising, to all speakers & sponsors, & especially big thanks to our #NapierPublish students who worked to make it such a fab day!

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Today's top story:

BooksellingIreland has warned that shops will shut and that Irish bookselling risks being 'hollowed out' when Amazon opens an Irish site next year

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To wrap the day up we got an inside look to publishers on the shopfloor AND a wonderful in conversation with Hebridean Baker !

What a whirlwind of a day. We can’t believe another year is over
Until next time!
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Thank you Hebridean Baker !

“One of my favourite things about writing cookbooks is finding recipes that have a great story behind them.”

- Coinneach MacLeod (Hebridean Baker Black & White)

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Angus Robertson Now we are talking about what happens when publishers spend a day in bookshops! #Scotbookconf

Angus Robertson And now finally, our keynote, Hebridean Baker, talks about his success & love of food. #Scotbookconf

We've had a fantastic day at the Scottish Book Trade Conference! Publishing Scotland #scotbookconf

Our final panel of the day with Peter Rome - The Bookhouse, Emily Dewhurst and Nadia Mawji - The Kitchen Press and Meryl Halls, MD of the Booksellers Association.

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Jim talking about Sparsile's exciting new autumn/winter titles at the Scottish Fever Pitch session.
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Caroline Gorham from Canongate tells the delegation a little about their brilliant B Corp UK accreditation #scotbookconf

Our round-table bookseller sessions discussing themes including Ensuring Your Bookshop is a Safe, Accessible and Inclusive Space; Events 2024: Challenges and Opportunities; and Smarter Ordering and Subscriptions.

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Making our way into the afternoon and we are welcomed with two hot subjects:

🤖 AI
🌎 Sustainability

Both very interesting topics and great things have been discussed. Another short tea break and we are in the last leg

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