New: we've got your paper voucher return costs covered

Introducing pre-paid envelopes for your paper voucher returns.

We've listened to your feedback and made it easier for you to return any paper vouchers that you redeem – at no cost to yourself.

We recently sent a mailing to all independent bookshops which included two free postage-paid envelopes, alongside this year's updated Bookseller's Guide to National Book Tokens and information about our new gift cards and Christmas ordering.

If you redeem any paper vouchers, just put them and a completed exchanges form into one of these pre-paid envelopes. You can then just pop this into a post box, or hand it in at the counter of your local post office.

Please note:

We can only provide 2 envelopes per bookshop, per year. As such, please send your paper vouchers in 6-monthly batches. 

Please ensure the envelope weighs no more than 100g (UK) or 50g (Ireland).

You can download the exchanges form from our Bookseller Zone under 'Help and resources'.

If you didn't receive your free envelopes, please get in touch at egiftcard@booktokens.co.uk.

Return your paper vouchers in 3 simple steps

1. Download, print and complete the exchanges form.
2. Insert this and your redeemed paper vouchers into the envelope (but keep the token/voucher stubs if there are any).
3. Pop your envelope in the post, ensuring it weighs no more than 100g (UK) or 50g (Ireland).

Help your younger customers win £250/€250 to spend on books!

We're helping students and young people write their next chapter – with the chance to win one of five £250/€250 National Book Tokens.

We're asking book lovers to n?????ominate someone special and give them the opportunity to choose the books that will help them on their next adventure.

Download free banners to share on your social channels, and send your customers to nationalbooktokens.com/student-books to enter.

Find out more

Find out which schools won £1,000/€1,000 for their libraries

Our annual competition gave schools across the UK and Ireland the chance to win £1,000/€1,000 in National Book Tokens so they could rebuild their libraries and encourage reading for pleasure.

The five winners were announced this autumn, with all the prize money being spent with their local bookshops.

We've made some changes to National Book Tokens Local, our free email marketing platform for booksellers

Here's what you need to know

We're pleased to let you know that we've made a range of improvements to National Book Tokens Local, your free email marketing tool, with even more upgrades coming soon.

These changes are designed to give you more control, make managing listings easier, and help more local book lovers discover your bookshop.

Download our simple guide to the changes that you can expect to see when you next log in to your Bookseller Dashboard, including:

• Clearer data about how customers are engaging with your bookshop and listings
• A simpler listings process
• New: send reminders
• No more duplicated descriptions
• A 'news' category for your bookshop updates
• More help and inspiration
• Greater visibility for your listings on the National Book Tokens stockist search

Take action if you have live listings

Please note, we've removed the confusing start/end/expiry dates from listings.

If you have live listings, please log in as soon as possible and go to 'My Bookshop Listings' to add detail to the new date/time field, which you'll see below the field for your listing name.

It's also a great opportunity to clean up any old events!

Not yet using National Book Tokens Local?

It's easy to get started – just register with your Booksellers Association account number (GLN) and email address, and start uploading your events and offers!

How does National Book Tokens Local work?

1. You upload your events, offers and updates.
2. We send an email to our book-loving subscribers who live near to your bookshop.
3. Our email lands in local book lovers' inboxes, and your listings also appear on the National Book Tokens and Books Are My Bag websites.

Plus: each month, we select a bookshop that's been making brilliant use of the platform to be crowned our Bookshop of the Month, winning a luxury food and wine hamper and promotion to 90,000+ followers across National Book Tokens' social media channels. Could you be next?

"National Book Tokens Local helps us to showcase all that we're doing [...] it's easy to use, and often results in bringing new customers to our shop."

- Fleur, Sevenoaks Bookshop

"We love to shout about all of the things we do and so having access to the much wider demographic of National Book Tokens customers [through National Book Tokens Local] has been invaluable to our business in spreading
the word!"

- Leanne, Bookbugs & Dragon Tales

Order our new flyer to promote National Book Tokens to local schools

We've created a handy new flyer for you to give to local schools. It includes all the key information about the bespoke National Book Tokens available via your bookshop, as well as telling schools just why their local bookshop is the best place for all their reward solutions.

If you'd like to order copies for your shop, please email our customer service team. You can also download a digital version to share by email.

Please note: at present, this flyer is intended for UK bookshops only. If you're an Irish bookseller please get in touch if you'd be interested in a flyer for your bookshop.