The Milestone Press visits Mathilda’s Markets
On Sunday, Milestone Press braved the bucketing rain to have a stall at Mathilda’s Markets in Hawthorn, Melbourne. Annabel and I don’t do markets very often. We have a great group of stockists whom we don’t want to compete with, and once you have specialised in wholesaling, retailing adds another complicated dimension.
I was able to sell boxes of dinted and scratched books and finally clear them out of my study. I am sure I will find some other junk to take their place! The best thing about selling at a market is communicating with the public. The recognition of our products gives us a real buzz. One mother jokingly compared The Master Plan with heroin, once you start it you can’t stop! A normal diary doesn’t have the space that the Master Plan has to coordinate multiple schedules. And it was good to know that we aren’t the only mothers who are crazy busy at the moment. Term 4 at school is just non-stop, so looking forward to the holidays when maybe I can give The Master Plan a rest for a couple of days lol!