Turnaround Books
I know that I keep saying Dr Master and other Independent books seldom,if ever,get onto our shop shelves. So imagine my surprise when I visited the Cinebook table at the Expo and Olivier,between selling books,introduced me to Claire Thompson of Turnaround Publishing Services Ltd..
There,on their table,was Wing Shing Ma’s “Chinese Hero”,the King Of Fighters book and even Four Constables. And the prices were very reasonable.
Who are Turnaround? According to their site:
“Since 1984 Turnaround Publisher Services has provided a sales and distribution service for a variety of British, European and North American publishers to the
The April-September 2008 New Titles Catalogue is a 112pp eye-opener and it just proved my point that comic shops can get Independent titles if they want to!
If you are an Independent comic shop then contact Turnaround;if you keep getting told by your local retailer that they cannot get the books you want –tell them to try Turnaround!
Still no luck –contact Turnaround to see if there is a retailer they supply with the books you want in your area.
Their site is:
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