Skoob Books
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail Bookshop |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | 66 The Brunswick, off Marchmont St, London, WC1N 1AE, UK |
Number of locations | 1 shop |
Area served | London, UK |
| Products | Books |
| Website | Skoob Books |
Skoob Books is a bookshop selling secondhand books focusing on academic subjects, located in the Brunswick Centre, in Bloomsbury, central London, UK.[1][2]
Overview[edit]
Skoob Books has over 70,000 titles within their two shops and around 100,000 online.[3] The shops are based in a basement of the Brunswick Centre and in a retail space on its ground floor. It has secondhand[4] works on politics, history, literature, art, philosophy, to the natural sciences.[5][6]
Included within this are also postcards and photographs.[7][8]
The main shop itself is underground, sprawling out into distinct sections from sci-fi, social sciences, arts, and natural sciences.[9]
Its warehouse is based in Oxfordshire where it holds over a million books.[10]
History[edit]
Skoob Books originally (1979) started in Sicilian Arcade while Pooles Books was closing down, by staff from the Tottenham Court Road shop. Later they moved to a ground floor unit at the Brunswick Centre. Subsequently the shop moved to the basement of the centre in 2008.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Skoob Books opened their ground floor retail unit once more as a pop-up shop.[11]
In 2010 the Times Out magazine voted Skoob Books "the best bookshop in London".
Gallery[edit]
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Skoob Books' front door. -
Floor mosaic showing the Skoob Books' logo.
References[edit]
- ^ Skoob Books. "Skoob Books – London's Broadest Selection of Secondhand Books". skoob.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ National Book Tokens. "Skoob Books". National Book Tokens. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ National Book Tokens. "Skoob Books". National Book Tokens. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Refinery29. "I'm A Literary Scout For Film & TV & These Are My Favourite Books". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Brunswick Shopping Centre. "Skoob Books – THE BRUNSWICK SHOPPING CENTRE". Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ The Guardian (5 December 2012). "The secret contents of secondhand books". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ The Guardian (21 January 2020). "Dedicated followers: collectors of book inscriptions share their notes". the Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Los Angeles Times (25 October 2014). "From Foyles to Hatchards, slip between the covers of London bookshops". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Washington Post. "In London, it's easy to find a bookstore that floats your boat. (Really. One is on a barge.)". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Time Out. "Skoob Books". Time Out London. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Skoob Books. "Locations – Skoob Books". skoob.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.