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- Bookseller Report: All but one Wesley Owen Bookshop likely to close
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- UKCBD entry for The Word Christian Books & Cards, Bedford, updated: http://t.co/8xNkmwjs: loving what they're doing with customised fb pages 18 hours ago
- RT @notbovvered: Great to discover Bedford's The Word Christian Books & Cards facebook page: another new UKCBD favourite :) http://t.co/ ... 19 hours ago
- The Hub, Walsall @thehubwalsall is NOT closing down: "The rumours of our demise have been greatly exaggerated..." http://t.co/aqhGrQnC 19 hours ago
- RT @eddieolliffe: #NLD12 National Libraries Day is tomorrow - Saturday 4th February - http://t.co/RTb2rwQH A celebration of UK Library s ... 1 day ago
- RT @notbovvered: Another UKCBD update: Revelation Chippenham (@revelationcrc) now with shop photo and description: http://t.co/2MqxgYEq 1 day ago
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August 14, 2008 at 1:12 pm
[...] and anyone wishing to contact Mark for up to date information is welcome to send a message via this site’s contact page. STETS, referred to in Mark’s message, is the Southern Theological Education and Training [...]
January 9, 2009 at 5:34 am
[...] Over the next few weeks I’ll be making a concerted effort to update as many Directory entries as possible. Please help by checking your shop’s entry and letting me know if any changes are needed, either by leaving a comment on this post or by sending me a private message. [...]
April 2, 2009 at 9:01 am
[...] taking responsibility for the environment. Could you be our next Guest Post contributor? Please let me know if you have an idea for a [...]
May 7, 2009 at 7:32 am
[...] I trust that this clarifies the situation but if you have any further questions about these matters, please either leave a comment on this post or contact me privately. [...]
October 21, 2009 at 10:46 am
[...] you’re a retailer, please take this opportunity to check your entry’s accuracy and let me know if any changes are needed; if you’re a prospective customer, please remember that it’s [...]
December 23, 2009 at 7:02 am
[...] offered free of charge, but donations towards the costs of running UKCBD are always welcome: please get in touch if you’d like to [...]
March 5, 2010 at 12:47 pm
[...] I’m still working my way through the UKCBD entries for the current and former Wesley Owen stores: my apologies in the meantime for any inconvenience caused to anyone for any out of date info. If anyone out there would care to sponsor the project to enable me to give it more time, please get in touch. [...]
March 19, 2010 at 7:32 am
[...] location. If it’s complete and up to date, fine; if not, please either leave a comment here, send me a private message or — best of all — send in an update request via the Shop [...]
March 20, 2010 at 11:53 am
[...] become aware of whilst using the Directory. Anyone else who notices any out of date info, please do let me know. [...]
March 26, 2010 at 7:32 am
[...] will have been updated. If you haven’t checked your shop’s entry yet, please do so and let me know if any changes are needed. If there’s no date against your entry, it hasn’t been [...]
April 2, 2010 at 7:33 am
[...] of other stats are available: if you want to know more or would like to sponsor a page, please get in touch. [...]
June 19, 2010 at 8:25 am
[...] you promoting this offer? Leave a comment or let me know if you’d like to be added to this [...]
July 9, 2010 at 7:33 am
[...] very welcome to lift code for text links, buttons or banners from the UKCBD Link to Us page: please let me know if you do this — I’ll gladly reciprocate where [...]
July 28, 2010 at 6:32 am
[...] who’d care to join me in finalising and submitting a formal complaint to the OFT, please get in touch. Thank [...]
August 3, 2010 at 7:31 am
[...] or someone you know — or if you’d simply like to explore possibilities with Gill — please get in touch and I’ll pass your message on to Gill. [...]
August 6, 2010 at 7:31 am
[...] if you’d like to discuss any of these ideas, put forward your own or make a proposal, please get in touch or, of course, leave a [...]
August 12, 2010 at 7:32 am
[...] Publishers: new and, to be more precise, Publisher Profiles: a growing library of information from publishers telling us who they are and why. If you’re a Christian publisher who hasn’t been featured yet, you’ll probably be hearing from me soon, but if you’d like to get a head start, please feel free to get in touch… [...]
September 15, 2010 at 7:32 am
[...] you’ve got news you’d like to share about your shop or staff, please leave a comment or contact me direct to be included in the next [...]
February 26, 2011 at 10:12 am
[...] If you’ve got news you’d like to share about your shop or staff, please leave a comment or contact me direct to be included in the next News Roundup… Don’t want to comment here? Join the [...]
March 3, 2011 at 2:38 pm
[...] NEWS? If you have news you’d like to share about your shop or staff, please leave a comment or contact me direct to be included in the next News Roundup… Don’t want to comment here? Join the [...]
March 5, 2011 at 8:31 am
[...] NEWS? If you have news you’d like to see included in the next News Roundup, please get in touch. Eden Commentaries [...]
March 18, 2011 at 9:34 am
[...] doesn’t matter which way you go in) — and let me know, either via a comment on this post or directly, if it needs [...]
March 21, 2011 at 8:32 am
[...] Thank you to everyone who has provided information for these updates: if you have news you’d like to see featured in the next roundup, please get in touch. [...]
May 20, 2011 at 8:30 am
[...] old, new and forthcoming. Don’t forget to give me a shout anytime you have news to share: here, on facebook or via [...]
May 20, 2011 at 7:56 pm
[...] old, new and forthcoming. Don’t forget to give me a shout anytime you have news to share: here, on facebook or via [...]
August 18, 2011 at 4:01 pm
[...] are always welcome, from authors, booksellers, publishers, suppliers and other commentators: please contact me if you’d like to contribute… Follow [...]
November 4, 2011 at 10:01 am
[...] I come across stories around the web — if you’d like to see your news or website featured, give me a shout here or mention @UKCBD in a [...]
November 25, 2011 at 1:01 pm
[...] entry looks a little threadbare by comparison or it’s a while since it was updated, please give me a shout or leave a comment on the Latest Updates page; but please be patient when you do: UKCBD is a 100% [...]