Comments on: Watkins Bookshop: 1897-2010 http://enfolding.org/watkins-bookshop-1897-2010/ tantra, history, gender, occulture & other queer assemblies Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Phil Hine http://enfolding.org/watkins-bookshop-1897-2010/#comment-76 Phil Hine Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:50:25 +0000 http://enfolding.org/?p=1032#comment-76 Good news! Waktins re-opened on the 13th March and will trade five days a week. It will remain as a specialist bookshop. For more details see <a href="http://www.thebookseller.com/news/114687-watkins-re-opens-under-new-ownership.html">The Bookseller</a> Good news! Waktins re-opened on the 13th March and will trade five days a week. It will remain as a specialist bookshop. For more details see The Bookseller

]]> By: Steve13 http://enfolding.org/watkins-bookshop-1897-2010/#comment-70 Steve13 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:14:27 +0000 http://enfolding.org/?p=1032#comment-70 The little place up on St. James Street in Brighton is stopping selling occult books. My concern is that thse places are more than bookshops. You can het to meet people face to face in them. Who knew? Here's hoping Atlantis weathers the storm. The little place up on St. James Street in Brighton is stopping selling occult books.
My concern is that thse places are more than bookshops. You can het to meet people face to face in them. Who knew?
Here’s hoping Atlantis weathers the storm.

]]> By: Phil Hine http://enfolding.org/watkins-bookshop-1897-2010/#comment-68 Phil Hine Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:33:23 +0000 http://enfolding.org/?p=1032#comment-68 According to <a href="http://www.thebookseller.com/news/114252-watkins-books-finds-cecil-court-white-knight.html">The Bookseller</a> a local entrepreneur, Etan Ilfeld, of the gallery <a href="http://www.tenderpixel.com/exhibitions.html">Tenderpixel</a> has put in an offer for Watkins. The administrators, Harris Lipman, have not yet (as far as I'm aware) officially confirmed the deal. According to The Bookseller a local entrepreneur, Etan Ilfeld, of the gallery Tenderpixel has put in an offer for Watkins. The administrators, Harris Lipman, have not yet (as far as I’m aware) officially confirmed the deal.

]]> By: Simon http://enfolding.org/watkins-bookshop-1897-2010/#comment-67 Simon Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:07 +0000 http://enfolding.org/?p=1032#comment-67 It's the same story everywhere. Independent book sellers today have to sell primarily online, store sales being secondary to their income. Stores with an interesting history such as this one should consider trying to find a means of cashing in on that history via tourism (while concentrating actual book sales on online sales), although I would suppose that any such "occult tourism" would require a concerted effort from several establishments of various sorts. Just an idea. It’s the same story everywhere. Independent book sellers today have to sell primarily online, store sales being secondary to their income. Stores with an interesting history such as this one should consider trying to find a means of cashing in on that history via tourism (while concentrating actual book sales on online sales), although I would suppose that any such “occult tourism” would require a concerted effort from several establishments of various sorts. Just an idea.

]]> By: thomé http://enfolding.org/watkins-bookshop-1897-2010/#comment-65 thomé Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:05:02 +0000 http://enfolding.org/?p=1032#comment-65 Sad to see Watkins go, both for those who shopped there like me, and even more for the people who worked there. It's easy to blame the supermarkets, but apparently Watkins had plenty of other problems, such as their huge tax debt. How come an ultraspecialised bookshop like Watkins has to rely on big bestsellers like The Da Vinci Code anyway? I understand general independents need those, but for a specialist in occult books in a part of the city rife with general bookstores it sounds self-evident they would never be able to make it on the likes of Jamie Oliver... Sad to see Watkins go, both for those who shopped there like me, and even more for the people who worked there.

It’s easy to blame the supermarkets, but apparently Watkins had plenty of other problems, such as their huge tax debt.

How come an ultraspecialised bookshop like Watkins has to rely on big bestsellers like The Da Vinci Code anyway? I understand general independents need those, but for a specialist in occult books in a part of the city rife with general bookstores it sounds self-evident they would never be able to make it on the likes of Jamie Oliver…

]]> By: Marysia http://enfolding.org/watkins-bookshop-1897-2010/#comment-64 Marysia Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:01:14 +0000 http://enfolding.org/?p=1032#comment-64 It should be against the frickin' law to underprice goods lower than the wholesale price. Bloody supermarkets. It should be against the frickin’ law to underprice goods lower than the wholesale price. Bloody supermarkets.

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