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Books ‘exempt from US tariffs’ – but booksellers and distributors still anticipate ‘major supply chain issues’


Books ‘exempt from US tariffs’ – but booksellers and distributors still anticipate ‘major supply chain issues’

Books ‘exempt from US tariffs’ – but booksellers and distributors still anticipate ‘major supply chain issues’

She added: “Bookshops in the UK and Ireland continue to punch above their weight – over delivering in terms of the value they bring to shopping destination economies, local communities and national creative industries – despite many operating within increasing fine financial margins.


Lorraine Kelly, Mike Gayle and LD Lapinski named ambassadors for Independent Bookshop Week 2025

Lorraine Kelly, Mike Gayle and LD Lapinski named ambassadors for Independent Bookshop Week 2025

In 2024, approximately 700 independent bookshops participated with the Booksellers Association, via Books Are My Bag, providing each with a kit containing bunting, posters, bookmarks, postcards and shelf strips – alongside a suite of digital assets available in English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish.