About Me - My Biography

Tony Nash started his first internet business in 1996. He has been working with his brother, sister and brother-in-law since 1998.

He started Booktopia on a $10 per day budget back in February 2004. It took 3 days to sell the first book. Ten years on Booktopia now sells one book every ten seconds.

The business has had no external investment. In 2007 it started stocking its first title. There are now 70,000 titles and 500,000 units in stock. Five years ago Booktopia was based in 450 square metres of office and warehouse. In June 2014 moved to a new Headquarters and Distribution Centre with a floor space of 10,000 square metres and 12 metre ceilings.

Booktopia currently has revenues of $40 million and employees 100 people. In 2014 Booktopia won the Telstra Medium Sized Business of the year award for NSW and the Smart Company Community Award for its philanthropic program supporting literacy, writers’ festivals and readers’ conferences.