What criteria are used to decide on the books to be sold and displayed in the Scottish Parliament shop.

Space restraints within the Parliament Shop ensure that only small selections of any product can be stocked. There are a number of other excellent bookshops in the vicinity and book sales make up less than 5% of total Parliament Shop sales. As a result, the current range is restricted to a limited selection of popular titles.As with all shop products, the Retail Manager makes the final decision on which titles are stocked with regard to overall retail suitability within the core market. The general public and visitors make the majority of book purchases from the shop and the range of titles in stock has been selected to appeal mainly to this market. It covers Scottish history, modern political writing, a children's section and some fiction. Scottish history is the most popular section. The shop offers a book ordering service to internal customers which can provide most popular titles on any subject within 24 hours of ordering.