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In the 1990s, this design was changed to a "currency-style" voucher, available in a number of different denominations. [5] After a redesign in 2003 the Book Tokens scheme was relaunched as National Book Tokens, with new vouchers designed by LMC Design. [6] In 2010, the paper vouchers were phased out.
It operates the National Book Token scheme in the UK and sponsors the Whitbread Award [1] The BA represents 95% of British retail booksellers. [2] The BA operates the Batch payments system, an electronic purchasing interface for independent bookshops.
Book Tokens Ltd (part of the Booksellers Association Group of Companies) was established as the sole issuer of book tokens in the UK. They have now grown into one of the largest multi-retail gift cards in the UK and Ireland and were renamed "National Book Tokens" in 2000, the year the tokens were also sold online for the first time by firstbookshop.com.
In 2016, the awards are presented in seven categories of Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, Children's, Beautiful Book, Breakthrough Author and Readers' Choice. [ 3 ] In 2017, there are three more categories presented which are Novel, Young Adult and Middle Grade.
Since then every child in full-time education in the UK and Ireland is entitled to receive a £1/1,50€ World Book day Book token every year. They can swap their WBD token for one of specially-produced WBD books or they can get £1/€1 off a full-price book or audio book priced £2.99 or euro equivalent.
Skoob Books has over 70,000 titles within their two shops and around 100,000 online. [3] The shops are based in a basement of the Brunswick Centre and in a retail space on its ground floor.
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Stuart Turton (born 1980) [1] is an English author and journalist. His first novel, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018) was a bestseller internationally and won a number of awards including the 2018 Costa Book Award for First Novel. [2]