Last Updated August 31, 2010
As more and more of us are connecting with our customers and one another via facebook, I figured it was about time to compile an index. If your company is on facebook but not listed here, shout out and I’ll update the list; and if you’re not there yet, why not? There are paid options available but a basic presence is free, easy to use and a great way to keep up with your customers and colleagues.
Some of us have set up groups, others have created pages, profiles and/or events: which way did you go and why? Which would you say has proved most effective in reaching your customers? If you’re about to start out on facebook and are not sure which way to go, check out the resources section below.
If you’ve got a tale to tell of how using facebook has helped — or hindered — your company, whether by connecting with your customers or suppliers or in some other way, please leave a comment. Anyone else too, for that matter: it’s an open book, waiting to be written, and we’re all in it together.
Trade Groups
- BA Christian Booksellers Group: Open to all, BA membership not required — a great opportunity for non-BA members to discover what they’re missing!
- Christian Authors, Booksellers and Publishers: Private group providing a space for anyone involved in the Christian book trade to meet online, exchange ideas/information and offer one another mutual support.
- Support your local Christian Bookshop: Open group for anyone interested in keeping face-to-face bookselling alive on the high street.
Bookshops/Retailers | Facebook Search: Christian Bookshop
- Ards Evangelical Bookshop (Page)
- Ark Angel Trust (Group)
- Christian Books (Dunstable) (Page)
- Christian Resources Project (Page)
- Cornerstone Books (Group)
- Cornerstone Bookshop North Finchley (Page)
- Croeso Bookshop (Group)
- Faith Mission Bookshops (Group) | we LOVE music (Group)
- GLO Bookshop (Page)
- The Good Book Shop (Group)
- Good News Christian Bookshop (Page)
- Havering Christian Bookshop (Group)
- The Hub, Walsall (Group)
- Illuminate, Friends of (Group)
- Keith Jones Christian Bookshop (Page)
- Keith Jones Christian Bookshop, Yeovil (Page)
- Living Oasis
- LST Books & Resources (Page)
- Maranatha Christian Bookshop (Page)
- My Word Christian Bookshop (Page)
- The Olive Bough (Group)
- Origin Christian Books & Media (Page)
- Perivale Christian Bookshop (Page)
- Rehoboth Bookshop (Profile)
- Roots Bookshop (Group)
- Sarum Books (Group)
- Sarum College Bookshop (Page)
- Shepherd’s Christian Bookshop (Group)
- Shoemakers (Page)
- [SPCK Bookshops] (Group)
- St Andrews Bookshops Ltd (Page) | St Andrew’s Bookshops Summer Events work (Event) | St Andrew’s Events (Group)
- Unicorn Tree Books: Group | Page
- UK Christian Bookshops Directory (Page)
What happened to Wesley Owen? Since last year’s demise of their parent company, IBS-STL UK, most branches of Wesley Owen have reopened under the Living Oasis banner: listed above.
- Wesley Owen Books & Music (Group for current and former staff)
- Wesley Owen branches:
- Birmingham (Group)
Looking for Christian bookshops in the USA? Search for Christian Bookstore.
Publishers/Suppliers
- Abingdon Press (Page)
- Abingdon Press | Fiction (Page)
- Alban Books Ltd (Page)
- Augsburg Fortress (Profile)
- Authentic Media (Page)
- Ave Maria Press (Profile) | Ave Maria Press (Page)
- Baylor University Press (Group)
- Baylor University Press (Page)
- Caritas Music Publishing (Page)
- Concordia Publishing House (Group)
- Darton Longman Todd (Profile)
- Destiny Image Publishers (Page)
- Eerdmans Bookstore (Page)
- Eerdmans Publishing Company (Group)
- Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (Page)
- Heartworks (Page)
- Hodder Bookclub (Group)
- Hodder Faith (Page)
- IVP (Page)
- IVP Academic (Page)
- IVP Authors (Group)
- IVP Employees (Group)
- Kevin Mayhew Ltd: Page | Profile
- Lion Childrens (Profile)
- Moody Publishers (Group)
- Multnomah Publishers ‘Alumni’ (Group)
- Orbis Books (Page)
- Scripture Union: Groups, Pages and more (facebook search)
- Shiloh House-Distribution (Marketplace) | Shiloh House Distribution (Page) | Tim MacLeod (Profile)
- Thomas Nelson (Page)
- Toybox (Group)
- Tyndale House Publishers (Page)
- Westminster John Knox Press (Page)
- Wild Goose Publications (Page)
- Wipf and Stock Publishers (Group)
- Zondervan (Page)
- Zondervan Academic (Page)
- Zondervan Teen Fiction (Page)
Others
- Cafedirect (Profile)
- MV DOULOS Returns to Hong Kong 2009 (Group)
- PLANET BB: The Boys’ Brigade around the world (Page)
- Test of FAITH (Page)
Finally, a word to the wise: if you haven’t set up your own facebook group or page yet, the very least you should do is run a facebook search for your company name to find out what others are saying about you…
- How to Market Your Book Using Facebook: A FAQ: Ellen A Feldman, 27/02/2010 – aimed at authors but just as useful for the rest of us. Includes simple advice on whether to use a facebook group, page or profile.
- Mashable: The facebook Guide Book: Mashable is widely recognised as the social media guide: miss Mashable at your peril.
Where Next?
- Tweet Tweet: Who’s Twittering in the Christian Book Trade?
- Using a Store Facebook Page, Christian Book Shop Talk, 27/08/2010
July 21, 2009 at 8:48 am
Lion Children’s Books has a facebook page too!
July 21, 2009 at 12:13 pm
We at Shoemakers have one too!
July 21, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Both added: thanks
August 16, 2009 at 11:30 pm
And the GLO Bookshop in Motherwell!
September 18, 2009 at 5:13 am
Now added to the list, Andrew: apologies for the delay!
Anyone else out there?
September 29, 2009 at 10:50 am
Hi. The new book
Planet BB: The Boys’Brigade around the world (see Oct ed. of Christian Marketplace) will have a website very shortly. planet-bb.co.uk will feature all you need to know about this title, designed to raise money for the BB abroad. See facebook group (same as title) for more info
260 ordered so far (2 months before publication!!!)
February 15, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Hi Phil
Can you please add Caritas Music Publishing to the Publishers / Suppliers list on fb please when you get time?
Many thanks
Katharine
February 15, 2010 at 2:35 pm
We are only a Saturday Market Stall but we aim to serve the people of Monmouth with Christian literature,gifts and cards. We also get a lot of tourists, many of whom are pleased to see a Christian winess in the marketplace. We have recently started a FB group but struggling to get people to sign up.
February 15, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Let me know your group’s URL, please, Margaret, and I’ll add it to this list…
February 15, 2010 at 7:43 pm
The Olive Bough now added
February 28, 2010 at 11:18 am
Some helpful tips on facebook marketing from Ellen A Feldman: How to Market Your Book Using Facebook: A FAQ – aimed at authors but just as useful for the rest of us.
February 28, 2010 at 11:59 am
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April 11, 2010 at 7:24 pm
We have a facebook page – please add us to your list. Many thanks.
Jenny
April 11, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Hi Jenny – I found your page for the college, but not one for the bookshop. If you’d like create a facebook page for the shop (or provide the URL if you’ve already set one up), I’ll gladly add it. Thanks.
April 17, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Now found you: added.
Anyone else who’d like to be added, please remember to include the URL for your page or group.
April 17, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Kevin Mayhew Ltd has both a page and a group
April 18, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Thanks Mike: found page and profile, have added those, but couldn’t find a group?
April 23, 2010 at 5:22 pm
We have a facebook group, The Hub Walsall.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=308508572460
April 23, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Thanks Luke: added; and joined
August 28, 2010 at 7:57 am
Great post from Paul in Canada at Christian Book Shop Talk outlining some of the ways we can use facebook to connect with our customers: Using a Store Facebook Page.
August 31, 2010 at 9:25 am
We have now deleted the group ‘Friends of Cornerstone’ and instead have a page ‘Cornerstone Bookshop North Finchley’.
August 31, 2010 at 10:06 am
Thanks John – updated.
Pages are better, I think, especially given the stats analysis that facebook provides. Wondering what others think?
September 2, 2010 at 9:52 am
The group never really worked for us – (possibly because I never really thought through how best to make it work.) A page seems a better way to go – I think it’s more open in that ‘liking’ a page seems less of a major decision than joining a group, and (so far) I think the page is also easier to manage.