Wednesday, 1 October 2008

War in the Bookshop

Today pictures of the military books on the shelves in the bookshop, you have to appreciate that this doesn’t include military maritime or military aviation.

Book prices in this section vary between about £1 and about £15 the average probably being about £5, I am always keen to buy this type of quality military books, I also offer an exchange voucher scheme and pay more in exchange than in cash.

Some of the books in this section are new but reduced considerably in price, I tend to buy up reps samples bankrupt stock and the like, as I can’t get enough secondhand stock to supply the demand.

We are still busier than usual something I can only put down to the economic downturn, I think several things are happening because of it. The person who wouldn’t have thought twice about going to Waterstones or Smiths a couple of months ago and spending £20 to £30 on a military book, is now making the extra effort to come here and buy similar much cheaper. I am getting offered better stock as people sell their books to pay for essentials. People are going out less and therefore doing more reading.

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