Distant customers

See how far folk will travel to get to Cotswold Bookstore!

Here's Pam and Gary, all the way from the other side of the 'Beeg Vawter' just to buy our books.

Local ones too! Rebecca Tope's first Cotswold murder mystery, Cotswold Killing,  is going down well with Pam and Gary found himself The Remains of Sherlock Holmes by Moreton author, Paul W. Nash.

I hope you are enjoying them folks and thanks for the photos.

Games Workshop in Moreton

 Finally we are up and running with our new (ad)venture. Cotswold Bookstore is now an official stockist of Games Workshop products.
We have taken quite a while to decide on this venture but we like to think that many of the customers for this product, may sometimes like to buy a book too.


Here's the new stand, full of Games Workshop games, miniatures and paints.

The three worlds are all represented, that's Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and Lord of the Rings.

Tony is a fan of the latter, though he's into modelling and painting, rather than the actual gaming.

Perhaps the prices are not visible in this photo, but we are extremely competitive, even with that minor competitor of ours - Amazon.



Here are some of Tony's Lord of the Rings models in our window display (top). The models below his have been loaned to us and assembled by Ben and painted by Mike. Thanks guys!

(Remember, click the pic for enlarged copy)

This is not just a game for children. Indeed, it would be the ideal hobby for kids and Dads to share. There's a big kid inside every Dad (or Granddad, in Tony's case) and we know a good few adults who are proud of their vast armies of Space Marines, Empire Cavalry or Uruk Hai.

Do pop in for a chat about this very social hobby and check out our prices. We even have a special spray-paint service for beginners. We'd also like to meet those experts among you for we could do with plenty of advice from the other side of the counter.

One last thing - If you would like to see YOUR painted Games Workshop models in our window and on this blog, do call in and show us them.

Bookzone4boys

There's some news of the launch of Thyme Running Out on that excellent review blog bookzone4boys.blogspot.com

Just scroll down a little to see the news and also, how the fiendishly clever Panama Oxridge has planted even more clues under our noses.

Meantime, in Cotswold Bookstore, we are sending out hundreds of postcards across the world to those who bought Justin Thyme from us inviting them to buy a signed dated copy of Thyme Running Out.

If you are expecting to hear from us but don't receive a card, please let us know and we can put you on the ever expanding list.

Five Star Books

Well, now we've just about stopped being the 'Justin Thyme Bookstore', (we only have 1 more to post out) we can get back to the real job and sell some different books.

The two illustrated are my favourites over the past month or so and you'll find a 'review' for each in our latest Book News leaflet as well as on this blog - see Reviews.

More cup-cakes

A quick thank-you-very-much to Christine, who popped in with a bag of cup cakes for David and I. She must have thought we needed fattening up. (It's often like Test Match Special in here) Lovely, Christine - thanks.

Rocknpop or is it Popnrock? Either way, they're great!

After only 4 weeks, we've had to rush another order to Santoro Graphics for some more of their new 'Popnrock' cards. At £4.99 each, you would think them a slow seller but they are flying out. I've dropped inm a photo but look at http://www.santorographics.com/shop/popnrock/ for the other designs
It seems that Popnrock have won the 2010 Gift of the Year award in best Card & Wrap category. Hardly surprising, they are great.