ONE QUESTION that I never saw addressed during Scotland’s independence debate was what would be the implications for the numerous small UK-wide organisations and projects such as this, the UK Christian Bookshops Directory, if the Yes campaigners had won? Whilst the big players were huffing and puffing as they tried to blow one another’s houses … Continue reading
JULY was another busy month on the UKCBD updates front, with 61 entries updated including 5 new listings (marked *) for a handful of shops that had somehow slipped through the net. If your local Christian bookshop isn’t listed — or if its details are out of date — please give me a shout… CLC … Continue reading
Update, 30/6/2012: I’m pleased to report that 123-reg.co.uk eventually made contact on 25/6/2012. Whilst they were most apologetic for the problems they did not offer any explanation. UKCBD is now therefore hosted elsewhere (with simbahosting.co.uk, a much smaller organisation but one that offers a more personal and prompt service). The site is also backed up … Continue reading
IF YOU’RE BRAVE OR FOOLHARDY ENOUGH (take your pick) to follow my personal blog, you’ll know that I’m laid up at the moment with a broken ankle, which is a wee bit of a nuisance when it comes to important things like carrying mugs of coffee from A to B. The situation does have its advantages, … Continue reading
SOMETIMES, IN RUNNING UKCBD/THIS BLOG, I want to make like Elijah: to simply run away, hide in a cave and wait for the inevitable. Unlike Elijah, however, I’m not being pursued by an angry Queen who wants to chop me into pieces: on the whole the Christian book/retail trade remains a very positive area to … Continue reading
THANK YOU to everyone who has sent in bookshop updates over the last few weeks: this post is simply to confirm that those updates are in progress. As with any voluntary project, however, these things take time: depending upon other commitments (such as church, family and earning a crust to keep the wolves from the … Continue reading
THANK YOU to everyone who has responded to my earlier shout out about UKCBD updates, with particular thanks to Mike Norbury and Jacques More for their efforts in supplying me with updated info on many shops. I’m pleased to report that those updates are well underway, with 28 entries updated so far this month and more to … Continue reading
IT’S ALL BEEN HAPPENING THIS WEEK: from Thomas Nelson publishing being swallowed up by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp to CLC Wholesale announcing plans for a trade website. In the meantime, with the busiest time of year upon us, it’s more important than ever to make the most of every opportunity to connect with customers and … Continue reading
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN — out come the dusters and the cobweb brushes as I make my annual (and always ongoing) attempt to bring all the UK Christian Bookshops Directory records up to date! Over the last year we’ve seen a lot of shops come and go, as well as change hands, and … Continue reading
IF YOU’RE OBSERVANT you may have noticed a couple of new/resurrected links in the menu bar across the top of each page: 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, … Continue reading
