Companies Working At Bookmongers

Despite the success this shop has enjoyed, the fact remains that Bookmongers is one of the UK’s 987 remaining independent bookshops, with just 115 of those being located throughout London. Even fewer of those are secondhand stores, which exclusively sell used material. All secondhand bookstores are independent, but not all independent bookstores are secondhand. Nonetheless, both types of shop are equally in danger, they face the same pressures and threats.
The well-loved store was opened by Patrick Kelly and his first dog and business partner, Leo, in 1991. However, the man behind the counter today is Robert Coyne, 46, who has been working at Bookmongers for 14 years. With soft gray eyes and a peaceful air about him, Coyne is a very approachable

It’s a really big issue now that Brixton’s become more ‘fashionable’. Everything has changed so drastically in only five years.” However, Bookmongers has managed to thrive in this situation, with Coyne saying that, “In the short term, business has been really good here, but in the long-term, it’s worrying.” After a brief pause, he adds that, “A lot of people will stop in while walking to and from the tube or when they’re exiting the market. We’ve been lucky to get a lot of business because of

The shop closed in March of 2014 after being in business for 76 years. She contends that Amazon killed her shop, which The New York Times backed up in an article including a survey taken by the Codex Group in October 2011. The survey revealed that 39% of people who bought books from Amazon in that month had looked at them in a bookstore first. In 2011, Amazon started a policy where they offered people a 5% discount through scanning an item using the company’s “Price Check” smartphone app, therefore giving customers incentive to purchase exclusively on Amazon, taking revenue away from secondhand