A Ray of Sunshine :)

[Astro Pen]

In a glimmer of silver lining, apparently people are reading more books.
Let's hope the habit sticks around.

Coronavirus: People 'rediscovering books' as lockdown sales jump

The publisher Bloomsbury, best known for the Harry Potter titles, has seen profits rocket since March.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Jo Zebedee]

In a glimmer of silver lining, apparently people are reading more books.
Let's hope the habit sticks around.

Coronavirus: People 'rediscovering books' as lockdown sales jump

The publisher Bloomsbury, best known for the Harry Potter titles, has seen profits rocket since March.

www.bbc.co.uk

Goodo. Let’s hope the indie shops see some of this - digital products have killed the educational market.
Anyhow, anyone looking for an alternative to Amazon have a look at bookshop.org

 

[BigBadBob141]

If I ever stop buying books from Amazon I think their share price would go through the floor!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Here’s the link to our shop if anyone is interested in how it works The Secret Bookshelf Bookshop UK

 

[biodroid]

Can you download onto Kindle from bookshop.org?

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Can you download onto Kindle from bookshop.org?

Sadly not - it’s physical books only.

 

[biodroid]

Sadly not - it’s physical books only.

LOL, I saw when I went to the site, I thought it might be alt site for Kindle owners.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

LOL, I saw when I went to the site, I thought it might be alt site for Kindle owners.

No it’s one for physical bookstores to try to bolster them vs Amazon

 

[Montero]

Jo - question - if someone were to want a book not in your catalogue, could you get it for them and what would that cost?

Taken a look on the website, yours and in general, and I can't see any link for delivery charges so you can look them up without having to put things in your basket.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Jo - question - if someone were to want a book not in your catalogue, could you get it for them and what would that cost?

Taken a look on the website, yours and in general, and I can't see any link for delivery charges so you can look them up without having to put things in your basket.

Hi Montero - You’re not limited to what’s on the list but it is linked to a wholesale inventory - if it’s a title not in their stock range it won’t come up (which doesn’t mean it can’t be got - just that it might not be as easy). There should be a search bar that says ‘find a book’ for that.
There is a fixed postage cost for either first or second class which is the same regardless how many books are bought, iirc. I think it’s around 4.00 for first class but not sure about second.

We don’t have a sales website as such but I can be messaged and have a search ?