Dafydd
Charles Jones, Manager of the Distribution Centre.
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WHOLESALE
DISTRIBUTION
- The
Welsh Books Council’s Distribution Centre provides
a wholesale distribution service for the book trade
in Wales. Its purpose-built Centre houses an extensive
stock of Welsh-language books and Welsh books in English.
- Upwards
of 1,300 new Welsh-language and English-language titles
of interest to Wales are published every year. The
Distribution Centre aims to keep in stock every Welsh-interest
title possible, where publishers are able to offer
wholesale terms. Publishers with suitable titles to
offer may contact the Manager, Dafydd Charles Jones
(contact details below).
- Information
about every title held in stock at the Distribution
Centre can be found on the Council's information and
ordering site, www.gwales.com.
- Over
800 outlets have accounts at the Distribution Centre.
A next-day delivery service is provided if orders
are received before 12 noon. There is a delivery charge
on orders to the value of less than £66.66 net.
Booksellers may apply to open an account by contacting
the address below.
- The
Distribution Centre distributes books on behalf of
350 publishers. For a select list of publishers in
Wales, click the Links
button above.
- 776,032
items were sold through the Welsh Books Council’s
Distribution Centre in 2007/08, amounting to £5.5
million (gross). This represents an increase of 13.38%
on the previous year.
Sales through the Council’s Distribution Centre
have increased steadily since 1990 and the Centre
is meeting its annual targets. Sales increased by
25.35% over the last two years.
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Titles are distributed to over 800 outlets on behalf
of 350 publishers.
- The
Distribution Centre is self-supporting and receives
no subsidy from public funds.
All
enquiries should be addressed to:
Dafydd Charles Jones (Manager)
Welsh Books Council Distribution Centre
Glanyrafon Enterprise Park
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion SY23 3AQ
Tel: 01970 624455 Fax: 01970 625506
e-mail: distribution.centre@wbc.org.uk
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