The Joy of Summer

All is very exciting for Eye Books - we have been selected by T.H.E. (who are one of the 3 main wholesalers in the book trade) as their publisher of the month for June this year.
Wholesalers sell to (predominantly) smaller independent bookshops who prefer having 1 main supplier account to reconcile rather than with 1000's of individual publishers each month.
As a small independent publisher, we have a massive mutual respect for independent bookshops - we all know what happens to the underdogs. However, whilst this respect is real, the reality is that we are not in a position to service them as we do not have a rep force who travel around the country and present and tell these special little shops what we do. As a result, many have never heard of us and rarely support or get behind any of our books.
By T.H.E. choosing us as publisher of the month, I have had the chance to go and present to their rep force who will in turn, visit all their customers and, assuming I managed to enthuse sufficiently, tell them about our books.
So here is the challenge - please go and visit your local bookshop in mid June and ask for one of our books.
If we can show these people that our books are enjoyed and supported, then they will continue to stock them. I am convinced (and suspect that many of you already buy from Independents) that our books work best in shops where they can be given a little love and attention and people get what we are about.