Want to get auto-approval for NetGalley?

If you’re an independent bookseller and you’d like to request auto-approval for HarperCollins titles on NetGalley, email us on independentthinking@harpercollins.co.uk with the email address you use for NetGalley and your shop name Browse titles across HarperCollins on Netgalley 4th Estate and William… Read More

Indie Networking Grants for New Booksellers

With restricted opportunities to meet over the past 18 months, we haven’t enjoyed the usual opportunities to catch up with all the fantastic booksellers that have opened a new bookshop or recently started work at an established independent. We very much hope to see many of you at our next… Read More

Indie Reading Packs

Independent bookshops can subscribe to receive our new Indie Reading Packs. Packs will be sent quarterly through 2022, with each pack including proof copies of up to five new titles from across the HarperCollins group, each chosen by the Independent Thinking team. Indie Reading Packs offer: 100 subscriptions availableFirst access… Read More

The Indie 50

The Indie 50 is a tailored list of 50 frontlist books from across the HarperCollins group, chosen by the IndieThinking team specifically with independent bookshops in mind. Indie 50 titles are available to order with extra discount during the promotion dates. The Indie 50 offers: Two Indie 50 promotion waves… Read More

Author Events Forum

Our authors love visiting bookshops and working with independent booksellers, and author events remain a fantastic publicity and sales opportunity for us all. With bookshop events now returning and important learnings to consider from the rapid shift to digital events over the past 18 months, the Author Events Forum will… Read More

HarperCollins Independent Bookshop Initiative 2022 Terms & Conditions

HarperCollins Independent Bookshop Initiative 2022 Terms & Conditions General Terms The HarperCollins Independent Bookshop Promotion 2022 promotion (“the Promotion”) is promoted by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (“HarperCollins”), The News Building, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF.The Promotion is open to all independent bookshops in the United Kingdom and Republic of… Read More

Host Your Own Event with a video by Joanne Owen!

Follow along with Collins author, Joanne Owen, in this pre-recorded video as she teaches you how to write awesome stories. Perfect to send to your customers over Independent Bookshop Week. DOWNLOAD ACTIVITY PACK Independent Bookshops are invited to use the video… Read More

Interested in becoming a stockist of The Times Literary Supplement?

About the TLS: The TLS is a magazine that brings together the world’s most interesting thinkers and stylish writers who believe in the importance of books and ideas, and the transformative power of art. A new content-packed issue is on-sale weekly on Fridays, and makes for perfect weekend reading. Read More

On the joy of railways – A letter from Julian Holland

THE TIMES: THE JOY OF RAILWAYS: Remembering the golden age of trainspotting 1st October 2020 Hardback Collins 9780008323769 RRP £30 Journey back to the 1950s and ’60s with this nostalgic look at Britain’s railways in their glory days. Packed with hundreds of photographs, trainspotting notebooks and ephemera. This is… Read More

Independent Exclusive Edition: Still Life by Sarah Winman

We cannot be more excited to announce an independent bookshop exclusive edition of the phenomenal Still Life by Sarah Winman. This indies-exclusive edition comes signed and with exclusive endpapers The stunning new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tin Man. We just need to know… Read More

Megamonster by David Walliams

The new children’s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams – a timeless adventure illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross. On a volcanic island, in the middle of shark-infested waters, stands The Cruel School. The lessons are appalling, the school dinners are revolting and the teachers… Read More