have created an account with spreadshirt

http://www.spreadshirt.net

these guys run a site that lets your customers buy products with your images on them. You get a commission. This way we can have a massive range of products, test out what works if we start selling them, and then go into our own printing, which'll be cheaper...

McDonalds

McDonalds have banned me from using McKittens. this is actually good news. I've ammended the page in question and now I have a PR story - "McDonalds sensor McKittens"

rubber stamps

http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/vp/general_stamps/product_page.aspx?xnav=TsrItem&xnid=aGeneralPurposeStampsRubberStampsLabels&dng=1021817

useful for company documentation, envelopes etc

Better news

Bertrams THE have said yes to the kitten books!

this is good news!

They also work to 55% not 60% so we get a little more money. terms are 90 days

our contact us a guy called Alex Haslam

Should be able to apply for the bank account tomorrow

meeting up with dave cunnington - my company secretary - tomorrow. We should have all the documents necessary to apply for the alliance and leicester business builder account.

I've also written back to the tax man and our financial year is from Nov1 to oct 31.

Tomorrow I have a day off so the investor pack will be sorted, plus I have to finalise the covers etc of Kitten 2 and 3

not such a setback after all

Waterstones will still order the books if you're on their system, and you don't have to be in stock at gardners.

The way ot works is you fill out a waterstones from and send it to garners - then if a store wants a copy of the book, they order it from gardners, who order it from us.

I have now acquireda list of every waterstones and ottakars in the UK.

Bit of a setback

rejected by Gardners - one of the two distributors I was going for. I've written askng for more specific reasons, but it looks like February may be about getting enough online orders to get offline retail to take notice. I will also submit to another few distributors...