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Latest news 28th August. Not a lot happening this August, but we have some new pieces on display today. We are specialists in Catalogues, exhibitions, collections, auctions, etc., also books on Glass (over 1000), and Spain.
The best way to order from our site, because of recent credit card industry rules (that naturally favour the bigger supplier over the small business, even though it was the bigger businesses that created the problem - need I say more?) is to ring your credit or debit card through to us directly on 01273-691253 (Uk) or (0) 44 1273 691253 (from abroad). Otherwise, if you have Uk cheques available - click on that option in the shopping basket. We are no longer able to take credit cards via this site without paying an enormous sum to have our site checked out quarterly by pen-pushers, even though our site-suppliers are accredited. We are therefore PCI DSS compliant.
The Website. Studiobookshop.co.uk has been up and running since February 2005, and we are now averaging well over 100,000 hits a month. We are moving towards our 3rd million. Our thanks to all our customers for making the site such a succcess. We have 75 catalogues to choose from, from Africa to Women. Just click on the one that interests you most. We are constantly adding images of the books we have in stock to the website. If you would like to see before you buy, just email us on studiobookshop@btconnect.co.uk and we will send a jpg image directly to you. To see a small selection of our customer endorsements, both from our website, and from Amazon customers, please click on About Us in the menu.
The Bookshop. Studio Bookshop is run by Paul Brown, with experience in bookselling since 1985 in three bookshops and by mail order. Studio Bookshop is also a fully functioning ‘real’ bookshop, open to customers 6 days a week from 11 am to 5 pm daily, with the exception of Sundays. You may remember us from "Collected Works", in Dulwich or "The Bloomsbury Bookshop", or even earlier selling secondhand books from the backroom of the "Bec Bookshop" in Tooting Bec. You may order from us with confidence of a professional and efficient, but still personal, service with thousands of satisfied customers worldwide. The bookshop, however, is always changing, although being largest bookshop for books on Glass in Europe, we can no longer justify the space in the selling area of the bookshop this takes up. In future we will still have the best selection of glass books, but most will be in storage. Customers visiting the shop for our glass books are advised to ring ahead, so we can retrieve the items they want from storage first. These are all on site. The Bookshop has undergone a complete refurbishment in June 2009, come and see the difference!
Our Host Sites. Although the website is only just in its third year, we have had an internet presence via host sites since 1997, and still list our books on Amazon, Abebooks and others. We have a 5 star rating on Amazon after 5 years presence. We have been on Abebooks since 1998, with a 5 star rating.
The London Bookfair. We are regulars at the Bloomsbury Bookfair on the second Sunday of each month at the Royal National Hotel, Woburn Place. If you are based in London and would like to see any item of stock before you purchase, we would be happy to bring it along for you to view.
Links. We are always interested in establishing links to other websites with an affinity to our specialist subjects: particularly in the areas of glass and exhibition catalogues. Therefore if you are a glass dealer, or a gallery owner, we would be happy to exchange links with your website. Please see our current links from the menu on the left.
"Tell a Friend" Our clever administrators have developed a new system. You now have the option to "Tell a Friend" about items in our inventory. If you choose to use the "Tell a Friend" feature, then StudioBookshop.co.uk will present a link on the item description pages allowing you to "Tell a Friend" about the items in our store. When you use the "Tell a Friend" link you will be presented a form to complete that will send an email to the friend regarding the item listed for sale in our store. The email that is sent to your friend includes a link for the friend to click and visit our store to view the item. We hope you can use this new improvement. Let us know.
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