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A Chat with Alan Mordue for Libraries Week
It’s Libraries Week – our Sales Director Alan Mordue is the perfect person to chat to!
He’s always in the know about books and how to sell them.
We wanted to know how libraries influenced his decision to work in sales.
1. What was your favourite book to read when you were little?
There were no books around when I grew up, so I didn’t read books until I was about 12 when I insisted that I wanted to buy a book on the 15th century explorer. I was then hooked on various books on history, with my main passion being archaeology and ancient history. It wasn’t until many years later that I started to read philosophy and theology in that order.
2. Which library did you visit most often growing up?
Durham City Library- which was an incredible library and had a huge range of books for me to get my teeth into.
3. How did a love of reading influence your decision to sell books?
It was the main reason for me working in Durham University bookshop and then moving into sales in publishing. I could see a new world in books and to be honest they totally changed my life for the better, in ways I can’t even begin to explain.
4. What advice would you give someone who would like to work in book sales?
You have to have a passion for books and want to sell books you believe in to the general public, so I would suggest that anyone interested should think it through very carefully.
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