Books Asia

read moreOur 12 Non-Indic languages include Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian and Turkish. We offer generous discounts ranging from 15% to 40%, depending upon the languages required, and your annual spend. Books Asia is the only foreign-languages supplier to be awarded BIC's prestigious e4libraries accreditation, a testament to our investment in Library technology. We work closely with BIC, Nielsen, BDS and the key LMS vendors to bring you the highest levels of expertise.

read moreNo surprises with Urdu, with the large Pakistani community in the UK. However, in recent years, Polish has caught up with Urdu as the 2nd most requested language. We expect Arabic to make an appearance in the list over the next couple of years (although demand may have been high recently due to the Syrian crisis). As our ethnic communities become more elderly, non-fiction requirements are changing. At one-time, Religious and Political books were the most popular. Now we see high demand for Health and Fitness (diabetes, exercise, blood pressure etc) and Food and Drink (healthy cooking, celebrity chefs etc).

read moreThe UK's Public Libraries procure foreign-language stock from Books Asia, CILLA (a consortium of 7 Indic booksellers), and a handful of specialist suppliers. Buying from Books Asia could save your library over 2,000 per year in fees alone. That's equivalent to an extra 150 books for your readers.

read moreWe've listened to our Customers and Communities and setup a portfolio of companies with expert teams and amazing technology. Our mission is to ensure that Foreign stock can be procured and processed in the same manner as your Mainstream stock. The Alexandria Library is an exciting new Bookshop in the heart of multi-cultural Manchester. Located on the 'curry-mile', it is ideally placed to meet the needs of a very diverse community. We are delighted to work with the team at Alexandria, and will exclusively offer our wide range of languages through this retail outlet.

read moreNAG provides the Standard Guidelines for UK's Public Libraries (you'll find it in the Downloads section). Books Asia then takes your exact specification and provides customised labels for your library (often referred to as 'Stationery On Demand'). Indic-sourced books are inspected from cover to cover. Where necessary, we reinforce the structure of the book to ensure library shelf-life can be sustained.

read moreWe are regarded as the Supplier Selection experts, with many years of experience working with Profiles, Budgets, Check-out Stats and Demographics Reports. We review requirements regularly, and adjust supplier-select profiles accordingly. If your library uses collectionHQ (SmartSM) or Bertrams Engage, we can also utilise this readership data in our stock selection profiles. We supply the library in accordance to the Profiles and an agreed Schedule. Our Selections are reviewed quarterly against subsequent issues stats.

read moreSince 2009, Books Asia has donated over 100,000 worth of foreign-language books. We are constantly working with Charities, Support Groups and Local Hospitals - ensuring that all sectors of the community, irrespective of age, gender or means, have access to home-country media. After the closing of the Greece-FYROM border in March 2016, over 50,000 asylum seekers remain in Greece, waiting to have their asylum claims heard and processed. The ECHO Refugee Library project exists to provide them with opportunities to equip themselves with skills and knowledge for the future that lies beyond this long wait.