Hello – At DRAKE we try to be a good champion of independent publishers and authors. Currently we are a little overwhelmed with self published and independent authors asking us to stock their books. So we have taken the decision, for the time being, to focus only on authors from the Teesside Area and can only consider submissions made through the form below. If you fill the criteria please read on….

If not -we’re really sorry but we just can’t accommodate your book at the moment – but wish you the best of luck with it!

Have you written a book and are looking to get it stocked in at DRAKE – The Bookshop?

Firstly, congratulations! Writing a book is a fantastic achievement and we have a huge amount of respect for this. 

If you would like us to stock your book in our shop, in addition to the points below please read THIS GUIDE from the Booksellers Association. The guide provides information on how to approach booksellers and what to expect when working with retailers. All bookshops work differently, so please note that how we choose to process submissions may differ from other Independent bookshops.

PLEASE READ THE TERMS BELOW and if you haven’t already please read THIS GUIDE.

Once you have done all of that please fill in the form below. We will get back to you if your book is something we can hold in our shop for THREE MONTHS.

TERMS

Our terms are 40% and we take books on a consignment basis for three months.  If your book sells within that time, we will contact you and we will need you to send us an invoice.  Note that no payment will be made before the book is sold.   

Our initial order will be for three copies of the book.  However, if it sells quickly, we may request multiple copies when reordering. 

If we have not been in touch within those three months we would ask you to get in contact to arrange collection of the book. You will have one month from that point to collect your book. If we don’t hear from you we will donate the book(s) to charity .

Please don’t be disheartened if you don’t hear from us. What works in some shops will not work for others, and all bookshops must be selective with stock to best fit their customers. If you don’t hear back, we wish you the best with your writing career.

Please don’t drop books in to us unless we have asked you to.

Finally, if we don’t decide to stock your book please do not think this is a personal reflection on you or your work, we are a small shop and we can only hold so much.