Back at work in Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate today, we were closed for three days because of the bank holiday and being closed on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. We went to some of the charity bookshops during the break, mainly to stock up on books we have been asked for but haven't had on the shelves. We do buy a lot of our stock from walk in customers, but it makes a pleasant change to be on the other side of the counter.
I have been working through the military history section in the bookshop today, checking the books for condition and to make sure our prices are competitive. On the whole I haven't seen any sign of price inflation with secondhand books, either online or in the dedicated charity bookshops. The most notable thing all the way through this is that Amazon is much more difficult to use for secondhand books than it was a few years ago.
Link to the books we put out today
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