Hello and Welcome

After years of expressing my views through occasional letters to the editor of The Bookseller and Horace Bent, and of course to anyone who will listen in the pub, I've increasingly found myself commenting on The Bookseller site and other blogs. However commenting on others views isn't half the fun as starting the conversation. I've therefore decided to enter the blogosphere where I can spout my views, however nonsensical, and they can be ignored more easily.

Should you be passing, please feel free to comment. I'd welcome it. Despite years of experience there are many gaps in my knowledge regarding the business of publishing and bookselling and I'm hoping visitors will feel free to correct and educate me during their visit.

Despite the fact that in creating this blog I expect to be writing more about publishing than book retail many of my initial posts will be about the selling of books. The current economic climate is dominating most discussions and the focus is on retail.

I hope you find the blog interesting, vaguely amusing in places and hopefully infuriating enough to provoke a response.

Chris Nichol