Name of company:
Blue Duck Books
Contact(s) and details:
Rachael Iversen, Director
Email: rachael@blueduckbooks.co.nz
Address and location:
Unit 2, Building G, 27-29 William Pickering Drive, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand
On N shore of Auckland harbour, 20 minutes by car from Auckland CBD
Website address:
Geographical coverage:
New Zealand
General description including areas of specialism, if any:
- An independent distributor of children’s books established in 2005
- Specialising in mass-market lists
- Strong international representation, mostly UK
Warehousing facility and location:
Multi-product outsourced warehouse located near Auckland airport enables speed to market
Policy and criteria for distributed list selection, if any:
- Children’s books only
- Seeking more ‘must-have’, ‘door-opening’ lists
Sales and marketing team details:
Three commission sales representatives
Customer base:
All market channels, with special focus on gift fairs, school and kindergarten supply, school bookfairs
Normal business model(s) for distributor trading:
Buy-and-sell, commitment to holding local stock. Pricing to market on a net-pricing basis rather than a discount off overseas retail price.
Stocking and replenishment policy: mostly sea freight, special use of drop-shipment from East Asia printers, notably Hong Kong
Use of local printing and Print on Demand (POD):
None at present
Lead times for new title information ahead of overseas pub:
Five months
Attendance at international bookfairs:
FBF, LBF
Sales conference season if any:
N/A
