Founded by Rachael Iversen and Lesley Fisher, who bring over forty years of combined experience in the New Zealand book industry, Blue Duck Books is a specialist wholesale book distributor rather than an over-the-counter retail shop. They supply and replenish titles directly to leading book retailers throughout the country, focusing on trade stockists, retailers, and trade accounts rather than selling directly to the general public. In book distribution, having established relationships across publishers and local retailers is what ensures new titles and essential backlists stay stocked on local shelves without delay.
Based on William Pickering Drive in Albany on Auckland's North Shore, the operation works with stockists via trade application and email updates. While retail shoppers looking for a browse will need to visit the local stockists they supply, retail bookshops and stockists across New Zealand can set up an account directly through their online application.