S10: Pioneering a literary revolution, with Andy Hunter, founder of Bookshop.org
Conversations of Inspiration
Holly Tucker MBE
5.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
With a highly innovative business model that has thrived during the pandemic, Andy shares with Holly where his love of books first originated, how he is creating a movement for socially conscious consumers and the importance of independent bookshops within our high communities across the world.
If there was ever a call to action to support our independent businesses and to continue the drive towards a culture of ethical, conscious consumerism, it’s this.
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| 0:00.0 | It was wonderful to have the opportunity to speak with Andy Hunter this week, |
| 0:04.4 | founder of the pioneering Bookshop.org. |
| 0:07.9 | Nothing excites me more than speaking to a founder that has sought to shake up an industry, especially during a global pandemic. |
| 0:15.6 | To revolutionize a space dominated by Amazon and to make it a success takes guts, |
| 0:22.2 | determination and an unwavering belief in the power of small |
| 0:26.4 | independent businesses. |
| 0:28.6 | We spoke of how a childhood passion for books has led to a lifelong quest to ensure that future generations |
| 0:35.1 | will live in a thriving literary world whilst having the opportunity to shop |
| 0:39.6 | responsibly with such shared values and a determination to change the world for the better is why it was such a privilege to be inspired by Andy this week. |
| 0:50.0 | Bough your head and let your eyelids close on down where we're going you won't need to bring your frown. |
| 0:57.6 | I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to conversations of inspiration. |
| 1:02.2 | Back in 2006 I founded not on the high street from the kitchen table and since then I've gone on to launch Holly and co. |
| 1:10.0 | I'm the UK Ambassador of Creative Small Businesses and I believe that having a business |
| 1:16.5 | doing what you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life. My dream is to help |
| 1:22.4 | everybody start theirs. I'm here to offer advice, |
| 1:26.4 | inspiration, wisdom and encouragement and in my view the best way to do this is by sharing stories. |
| 1:34.0 | So I've reached out to my favorite small businesses, |
| 1:37.0 | entrepreneurs and those who simply inspire me |
| 1:40.0 | and ask them to share theirs |
| 1:42.0 | with thanks to NatWest, who have helped bring this free |
| 1:45.1 | podcast to life. Here are my conversations of inspiration. |
| 1:49.7 | Hi Andy, it's really such a pleasure to meet you today, albeit virtually, the moment I heard about Bookshop, I just absolutely was desperate to interview you because it was genius. I just told everybody, anyone I meet, I just tell them about this. |
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