Post-Christmas Update
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It’s been over four months since my last Book Hero update so I thought it was the right time to celebrate some key milestones and reflect back on the busy Christmas period…...
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So, how are things going?
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As I reflect back on the first four weeks of Book Hero, I’m proud of what we’ve achieved as a team and I’m super optimistic for the future. Book Hero...
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Ready for Opening Week…
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With the warehouse leased and the shelves filling up it was time to turn our attention back to the Book Hero brand. Book Hero is all about books being a secret super...
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Stepping tentatively into the world…
This blog post was first published on 15 October 2024, before Book Hero was open... With a name, a team and a place to call home — the next step...
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The adventure begins…
This blog post was first published on 09 October 2024, before Book Hero was open... When I finished up at Mighty Ape I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted to do...
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Book Hero Origin Stories...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
By Dylan Bland
Fresh off the back of our Christmas Bookshop Day (only our second ever in-person event) it’s fair to say it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Book...
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One year on - and we’re just getting started
By Dylan Bland
Exactly one year ago today, the Book Hero website went live, and a hopeful but fragile idea transformed into a fully functional business with real people, real shelves, real books...
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What Does a Modern Bookshop Look Like? Celebrating NZ Bookshop Day
By Dylan Bland
Tomorrow is New Zealand Bookshop Day, an event championed by the Booksellers Association of New Zealand to encourage book lovers to celebrate their local bookshop. Having not quite achieved the...
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Welcome to our New Home
By Dylan Bland
We’ve done it — 40,000 books moved across a single weekend to our new home just around the corner at 8/4 Rawiri Place, Hobsonville. If you know Hobsonville, we are...
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Waving goodbye to Workspace Drive
By Dylan Bland
When we signed our lease at 2/6 Workspace Drive we intended to call it home for the next three years — but our growth during our first nine months has...
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Growing Pains
By Dylan Bland
I’m delighted to report that things are not slowing down at Book Hero. We delivered more books to customers in May than we did over the busy Christmas period in...
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