Bittern Books – Distributing books throughout East Anglia

Welcome

Bittern Books is primarily a wholesale business, distributing books and maps to retail outlets throughout East Anglia.

We specialise in local interest books, local authors, maps and guide books, distributing to bookshops and all kinds of retail outlets throughout the region. We deal with any retail business, however small and our field sales representative will be happy to call on you and recommend a range that will suit your situation.

Bittern Books has a close relationship with Poppyland Publishing, for whom we provide retail distribution. Full details of all their books can be found on their own website.

News

November 13, 2019

Christmas Gift Selection

We’ve put together a brochure of our favourite books from this year that will make great Christmas presents. Some of these are just released, while others have been out for a few months. We’ve tried to pick titles that will suit all tastes – take a look now. For our wholesale customers we have printed …

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October 22, 2019

2020 Tide Tables Now Available

Bittern Books’ 2020 Tide Tables for Norfolk and Suffolk are now available. These are a similar format to last year’s booklets, although slightly narrower to fit in a standard A6 display stand for easier merchandising. Single copies are available to order from our online shop, and discounted trade packs of 10 or 100, which come …

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August 31, 2019September 1, 2019

Could your shop be a bookshop?

Many small towns in rural areas no longer have any kind of book shop and this creates an opportunity for other retail outlets. With the growth in interest in family history encouraged by programmes such as the BBC’s ‘Who do you think you are?’ there is a demand for more information on local and social …

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About Us

Bittern Books is a division of Unilake Ltd, a private company owned and run by Steve and Liz Haines. For the last 15 years we have been running Coltishall Post Office and Stores and, in a small way, a seller of local interest and tourist books.

In 2018, when Tony Baker, of Linden Crescent Marketing told us he was retiring and running down his business we decided to set up Bittern Books to distribute books and maps to retail outlets in East Anglia. The book distribution part of his business was originally started by another subpostmaster, Owen Church, in Hemsby, Norfolk as 3C Books. Tony took it over six years ago and developed it further.

Steve has a background in IT and business management and intends to use his skills to create an efficient and service oriented business. His retail experience will be focused on finding products that will sell in your shop, not just fill shelves, and providing recommended ranges for all types of outlet.

Contact

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