Philip King, University Bookshop (UBS) Canterbury, is a trade legend for his entrepreneurial flair.
Which is no doubt why the University of Canterbury bookshop has an active promotional program, and why its city satellite store at Christchurch Hospital does 70 percent of its business in general bookselling.
King (pictured) was a young teacher in Tokoroa when he opened his first bookshop, continuing to teach for the first year while his wife Linda ran the store; then there was a role swap and he left teaching to mind the store while his wife worked as a nurse.
