BLAQ BOOKS!!

WE'RE BACK

2011-02-27T10:50:00.000+10:30

It's been a while, but WE'RE BACK!! New stock has just been added, and there's plenty more where that came from. Spread the word - BLAQ BOOKS IS BACK and ready to rock and roll!!!

Pop by the Facebook page or pop by the site proper - today will see a great collection of rare Flying Saucer books, some boxing, movie and bios, porn stars and, of course, plenty of rare cricket books, including an account of the Bodyline series by D.R. Jardine himself. Pop by and have a peek!

Closing Down Sale - 50% Off EVERYTHING In Store, One Day Only

2010-05-12T17:40:00.000+09:30

This Saturday will mark the last day of the physical shop front, after which time all of the stock moves on-line and Blaq Books will become an on-line store only. Saturday will be everyone's last chance to snare a genuine bargain as EVERYTHING instore will be a massive 50% off the marked price. This sale will happen for one day only - Saturday 15th May, 2010, after which the shop shuts for good, so don't pop by on Sunday trying to get in as we'll be moving things out. The books are out and there's a few hundred books and magazines that we've put out on the shelves and on a table, and all over the place that have never been on sale in the shop before. Spread the word, this is going to be huge!

This Saturday, 15th of May, 2010, from 10am to 5pm only.

Miss this and you'll be kicking yourself.

Blaq Books: 20% Closing Sale

2010-05-03T18:28:00.000+09:30

It's with a major degree of sadness that, due to high costs and not that many people coming in, we've decided to pull the plug on the shop known as Blaq Books. We'll be closing the physical store and going to an on-line and show presence only. That is the web-site and eBay auctions will remain and we'll be going to shows such as the Camberwell Fair in Melbourne, and various shows around Adelaide to set up and sell our usual high quality fine stock.

To that end we'll be doing 20% off for the next two weekends - but watch this space we fully intend to go out with a major bang at the end of May! So if there's a book that you've had your eyes on, then now's your time to come in and get it, otherwise you'll have to take your chances and buy it on line.

Come by and just say bye, if you want. Blaq Books, closing as a store, but remaining active in the marketplace both as a bookseller and also as a publisher!

Blaq Books Exclusive BATMAN Display

2010-03-21T15:13:00.001+10:30

Our exclusive BATMAN display, featuring some rare, vintage items, a Batmobile phone once owned by Batman artist Norm Breyfogle, books and much more. Pop by a check it out.

New Stock, 20th March

2010-03-16T14:47:00.001+10:30

New stock that'll be in the store this weekend. They're already up on the web-site, with prices, so sneak in and pre-order and grab them straight away. Otherwise visit the site and do a search.

Batman: Gothic Trade Paperback
Phoenix: Warsong Trade Paperback
Spider-Man's Tangled Web Volume 2 Trade Paperback
The Book of Bond, James Bond Softcover
Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley Softcover
Harold Robbins: The Man Who Invented Sex Hardcover
Bud: A Life by Charles Tingwell Softcover
BOFFO!: How I Learned to Love the Blockbuster and Fear the Bomb Softcover
Net, Blogs and Rock 'n' Roll: How Digital Discovery Works and What it Means for Consumers Softcover
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice Softcover
Men of Air: The Doomed Youth of Bomber Command Softcover
The VICTORS : Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II Softcover
I Wake up Screening: What to Do Once You've Made That Movie Softcover
Blood Brothers : The Anzac Genesis Softcover
Wrestling at the Chase: The Inside Story of Sam Muchnick and the Legends of Professional Wrestling Softcover
This Thing Called Sex Softcover
Decision Marker: An Umpire's Story Softcover
Comic Book Movies Softcover
Alby Mangels: Beyond World Safari Softcover
My God! It's a Woman. The Autobiography of Nancy Bird Softcover
Chopper 4: For the term of his unnatural life Softcover
Flying Stumps and Metal Bats: Cricket's Greatest Moments by the People Who Were There Hardcover
American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock 'n' Roll Empire Softcover
Searching for the Beaumont Children: Australia's Most Famous Unsolved Mystery Softcover
Metallica: This Monster Lives: The Inside Story of Some Kind of Monster Hardcover
Spotless Softcover
Position Of The Day Playbook: Sex Every Day In Every Way Softcover
Van Gogh's Flowers Hardcover
Underbelly 11 Softcover
Tracy Softcover
Driven: Inside BMW, the Most Admired Car Company in the World Hardcover
The Big Ship: Warwick Armstrong and the Making of Modern Cricket Softcover
Bradmans Of The Bush Softcover
Osama: The Making of a Terrorist Softcover
Sean Penn: His Life and Times Softcover
Tennis Confidential: Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies Hardcover
Leadership Sopranos Style: How to Become a More Effective Boss Softcover
Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales Softcover
No Turning Back Softcover
EJ: The Ted Whitten Story Softcover
Out of the Rough: the Jack Newton Story: The Jack Newton Story Softcover
Blessed: The Autobiography Softcover
One Hit Wonderland Softcover
Lunatic Soup Softcover
Voice of an Angel Hardcover
Office Pastimes: 50 Things to Do in an Office That Won't Get You a Pink Slip Softcover
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Hardcover
Positively Page: The Diamond Dallas Page Journey Hardcover
Fish Tales Softcover
Cutting It Fine Softcover
The Uncensored Story of Martin Cash Softcover
Behind The Bestsellers Softcover
Blockbuster Softcover
Tortured Genius: Martin Crowe Hardcover
Calypso Summer Softcover
The Harry Gordon Story; How I Faked My Own Death Softcover
Festive Wit Hardcover
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guy Hardcover
The Diary of Jack the Ripper: The Chilling Confessions of James Maybrick Hardcover
Darwin Awards 2 Softcover
Mein Kampf Softcover
Wine Dogs Deluxe Edition Hardcover
Dictionary Of Sport Softcover
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Softcover
The Ashes Captains Hardcover
The Magpie Years Vol IV Softcover
Guns n' Roses Hardcover
How To Take Great Photographs Hardcover
Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui Softcover
Going for Black Belt Softcover
Go Well: One Hundred Years Of Shell In Australia Softcover
Cold War Hardcover
Healing the Mind: A History of Psychiatry from Antiquity to the Present Softcover
Howard Hughes: The Secret Life Softcover
Past Forgetting: Memoirs of the Hammer Years Hardcover
The Battle For The Ashes 2005 Softcover
Star Trek Memories Softcover
Thirty Something and Over It Softcover
The Truth Will Out: Unmasking the Real Shakespeare Softcover
The Raptor & the Lamb: Predators & Prey in the Living World Hardcover
The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity Hardcover
Cat Detective Softcover
Eclipse: The Celestial Phenomenon That Changed the Course of History Softcover
The Flight Of The Eagle Softcover
Stiff Upper Lip Softcover
Preacher Of Death Softcover
The Cricket War: The Inside Story of Kerry Packer's World Series Softcover
Picasso : A Biography Softcover
Hamburg -- The Cradle of British Rock Softcover
The Shakespeare Conspiracy Softcover
Rupert's Adventures in China: How Murdoch Lost a Fortune and Found a Wife Softcover
Indy: The Race and Ritual of the Indianapolis 500 Softcover
Jonah: My Story Hardcover
The Bold and the Beautiful: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration Hardcover
Kylie: Showgirl Softcover
Provence Hardcover
The Joy Of Art Hardcover
Bradman: A Biography Softcover

BLAQ BOOKS WEB-SITE ON LINE NOW

2010-03-07T11:04:00.003+10:30

http://www.blaqbooks.com.au

Have you visted the new site yet? If not then you're missing out. All of the shop stock is slowly, but surely, going up on-line and it's going as fast as we can list it. Pop over to the main site and browse the books that are already there, make an order and pop in and pick it up! As always feel free to contact us to ensure that a book is still in stock.

Remember, there's a 10% discount for anyone who mentions the magic word TWITTER.

Each week several hundred books are listed, so it's worth checking it out on a regular basis. The address is:

http://www.blaqbooks.com.au

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS

2009-12-22T17:37:00.002+10:30

A very merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous 2010 to of our customers, past, present and future!!

Blaq Books will be open on the following days over the holiday season

WEDNESDAY 23rd DECEMBER: 5:30pm to 7:00pm
THURSDAY 24th DECEMBER: 5:30pm to 7:00pm
SATURDAY 26th DECEMBER: 11:00am to 5:00pm
SUNDAY 27th DECEMBER: 11:00am to 5:00pm
SATURDAY 2nd JANUARY 2010: 11:00am to 5:00pm
SUNDAY 3rd JANUARY 2010: 11:00am to 5:00pm

There'll be no buying or exchanging on the 2nd and 3rd of January though. Why? Because we're off to Queensland to pick up a large cache of books for the store! In the meantime, pop by and get that last minute present of a book, CD, DVD or some darn fine jewelry!

NEW STOCK IN: 17th December, 2009

2009-12-17T18:17:00.005+10:30

NEW STOCK IN: 12th December, 2009

2009-12-12T11:05:00.008+10:30

Like reading about music? Then prepare to be amazed - we have over 500 separate issues of music magazines, high quality issues of Q, Mojo and Uncut are on offer, along with vintage editions of NME and much more.

For the automotive collectors, we have a copy of LOTUS CARLTON - the incredibly rare, and highly desired numbered edition. Expect this one to go quickly.

NEW STOCK IN: 5th December, 2009

2009-12-04T18:05:00.009+10:30

NEW STOCK IN: 21st November, 2009

2009-11-20T17:38:00.004+10:30

Here's a selection from the many new books about to hit the shelves this weekend. Also, if you're interested in attending our second W(h)ine and Cheese Night, to be held this Saturday, 21st November, then join up on Facebook and request an invite - it's really that simple. Remember, it is an invite only affair, so time is running out.

See you all in the morning!

Blaq Books: Open This Weekend

2009-11-15T09:04:00.001+10:30

It's a weekend of extreme heat in Adelaide, so this is a reminder that Blaq Books is not only open all weekend, but is a very chilly place to be! We have a brilliant, and reliable, air-conditioning unit, so you can browse in comfort.

It's too hot to do much of anything else, so why not beat the heat and buy a book?

More Stuff On The Shelves: Comic Book Related

2009-11-07T11:43:00.003+10:30

A tiny, tiny selection from the bay of trade paperbacks and assorted comic book related material we currently have in stock...

NEW STOCK IN: 7-8th NOVEMBER, 2009

2009-11-06T18:07:00.005+10:30

Just for kicks here some of the cream from the new stock about to go into the shop. Just remember, we're open all weekend and we have air-conditioning! No need for town hall sales here, we just offer brilliant prices of quality books all the time!

1st edition, hardback with dustjacket @ $30

1st edition, hardback with dustjacker @ $25

Just Print This Out And Bring It In - Valid For 1st Of November Only!

2009-10-31T22:27:00.003+10:30

LIKE IT SAYS - JUST PRINT THIS VOUCHER OUT AND BRING INTO BLAQ BOOKS ON SUNDAY, 1st OF NOVEMBER AND RECEIVE 10% OFF ANY PURCHASE.

Valid for the 1st of November, 2009 only. Blaq Books will be open from 11am to 5pm and discount will only be given with a print out of this voucher - one voucher per person, good for one purchase per person only.

NEW STOCK IN THIS WEEKEND

2009-10-26T19:44:00.006+10:30

Just for fun - here's a random selection of the 100+ books tyat will be going into the store over the weekend. We've had a great buying run through Victoria and have returned with a huge amount of books that haven't been avaliable in the store thus far. There'll be new stock in the music, biography, sports (cricket, AFL, soccer, boxing and more), movies, motoring and loads more.

Until Saturday, get yourself ready by checking these out. I might post some more scans later in the week.

Saturday Update 24/10/2009

2009-10-24T06:33:00.003+10:30

As I type this the sun is rising...in MELBOURNE!! We've driven over for some personal reasons but we're also going to attend the Camberwell Collectors Fair while we're here. We've brought over approximately 5,000 comic books - give or take a few hundred - and hopefully have something to appeal to everyone. We've also brought over the EFTPOS machine, so fret not if you think you've brought enough cash. Pop along, introduce yourself and browse the stock.

The shop in Adelaide will still be open though. We've tapped one of our crew on the shoulder and the utterly wonderful Ali will be on site to serve and greet you as you walk in. There'll be no buying or exchanging this weekend though, but you're very welcome to purchase a book.

And wait until you see the wonderful goodies that we've managed to pick up on the trip so far. We've got five boxes of books in the car already, all prime material and some rare, and highly desirable, items indeed. Did someone ask for cricket books by Bradman, Lindwall and Oldfield? Or motoring books on Ferrari and Lotus? Watch this space for updates.

Blaq Books Facebook Group

2009-10-20T07:45:00.001+10:30

Keep up to date with events and more at the BLAQ BOOKS FACEBOOK GROUP! We run it and there's an event already posted that you can ask to be invited to.

Blaq Books: Saturday 17th October

2009-10-17T10:33:00.002+10:30

Annnnnnd we're open early! Yes, if you're reading this then we're open half an hour earlier. It'll be easier to find us by the way, as we now have the A-Frame in place on the side of the road, which you can't miss, so keep an eye out for it and stop when you reach us. For everyone's convenience you can use the car park next door.

Sad news to report - one of the giants in American comic books, George Tuska, passed away in his sleep last night. Our condolences go out to his family and close friends.

Our eBay auctions are about to end today but fret not. We do have some doubles of some of the items up and what doesn't sell will end up in the store at some point. Having said that there's a lot of watchers and interest on a lot of the items we have listed, so it might be prudent to get in and grab a bargain while you can. As always, anything won on eBay can be picked up in the shop on weekends, thus saving you a lot of postage. Just email for more details.

So there's funky music playing, the heaters are on and it's toasty an dry inside, so what are you waiting for?

New ebay Auctions: AFL, Adelaide Crows and Rare Motorcycling!

2009-10-12T18:39:00.003+10:30

We've listed yet more items today on eBay at very reasonable opening prices. Todays items include some rare sporting magazines consisting of Adelaide Crows and Port Power items, along with other AFL/VFL programmes and invites (including a dinner menu for the 1999 Copeland Trophy) and much more, so have a look and begin to bid!

You can find our auctions here, or do a search for any of the items listed below, or click on the relevant links. Good luck!

HARLEY DAVIDSON 1931 Rider's Hand Book Supplement
A beautiful, rare, original 1931 Harley Davidson brochure. The auction also included are genuine Harley Davidson SHOP DOPE sheets dating from the 1940s - #251, 252, 252A, plus an undated three pager.

AFL Football Record 2004 GRAND FINAL PORT POWER LIONS
The Power's first ever Grand Final victory.

COLLINGWOOD FC 1999 Copeland Trophy Dinner Menu

PORT ADELAIDE GREATEST TEAM CELEBRATION DINNER MENU 2001

AUST DAY CARNIVAL 1995 NTFL v FREMANTLE
Early Fremantle game.

ADELAIDE CROWS FC Oct 1998 Magazine

AFL PORT v NORTH MELB PRE-SEASON PROGRAMME 1997
Port Power's second ever official game!

AFL Football Record 1998 GRAND FINAL ADELAIDE NORTH MELBOURNE
Includes an original 1998 AFL Grand Final Luncheon menu and the large poster intact - very hard to find.

VFL Football Record 1987 GRAND FINAL CARLTON HAWTHORN

VFL Football Record 1986 GRAND FINAL CARLTON HAWTHORN

New Stock In Store Now

2009-10-11T13:07:00.003+10:30

Just a small heads up - we've just place another 80+ books out on the shelves today in the following categories: Biography, Sports (AFL & Cricket), Music, War, Art and True Crime. Pop by and see what's new and grab yourself a bargain!

Remember, we're open every weekend from 11am to 5pm, and public holidays. New eBay auctions will be going up each week - this coming week will see a host of rare AFL memorabilia and programmes - links will be posted when they go live.

EBAY UPDATE: New Items Listed, Friday 9th October, 2009

2009-10-09T20:25:00.003+10:30

We've taken a few items out of the store and decided to list them on eBay at very reasonable opening prices. This weeks items include some rare sporting magazines, two brilliant - and very rare - motoring manuals, a set of Adelaide Crows and Port Power yearbooks and much more. We've also got some left over Australian comic book stock about to end, so have a look and begin to bid!

You can find out auctions here, or do a search for any of the items listed below, or click on the relevant links. Good luck!

SPORT MAGAZINE May 1961 RON BARASSI

SPORTS NOVELS March 1954 SIR DONALD BRADMAN
Includes a rare BRADMAN 3 page article!

MORRIS OXFORD & COWLEY 1928 Maintenance Manual
You may never see another one of these in any condition, let alone complete.

AUSTIN A40 1948 Maintenance Manual w Booklet
Complete with sales booklet!

ADELAIDE CROWS FC 1991 YEARBOOK

ADELAIDE CROWS FC 1993 YEARBOOK

PORT ADELAIDE POWER FC 2001 YEARBOOK

Friday's News!

2009-10-09T10:14:00.001+10:30

Blaq Books will be open today, that's Friday the 9th of October, from noon to 4pm - pop in and see the elephants* and the new window display. The G-Man will be behind the counter as I attempt to get work done.

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*may not contain actually traces of elephant

This Week's New Arrivals: JAZZ, MOVIES & MORE!

2009-09-30T15:34:00.003+09:30

All of these books, and many, many more, will be in store this weekend. We've just taken delivery of around 50 entertainment books, ranging from movies through to music, from Jazz through to rock and roll. The Jazz collection consists of some very hard to find, out of print and rare books, so get in before they fly off the shelves.

Remember, Blaq Books is open all this long weekend, including the holiday Monday!

New Arrivals 27/09/2009: Highlights!

2009-09-27T12:16:00.003+09:30

Some of the stock that's come in this week, that hasn't already been bought include:
STAR TREK NOVELS - we now have Log 1 through to 8, and Star Strek 1 through to 12 inclusive, along with a few reference books in as new condition.

MUSIC - Another pile of Q and Mojo magazines to add to the already large collection on offer. Over 250 different music magazines on sale right now.

ART - Massive VAN GOUGH volume, published in England in 1947. Brilliant stuff, large sized with both colour and B&W plates.

BIO - New Barbara Streisand & David Carradine

MISC - The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare. A huge and dense volume indeed, hardback.

SPORT - vintage cricket autobiographies by Wally Grout, Ken 'Slasher' McKay, Dennis Lillee and Keith Miller. New AFL books and much more.

Plus new CDs, trade paperbacks and much more. Pop by before they all run out the door.

New Opening Times

2009-09-25T13:50:00.001+09:30

Due to circumstances beyond anyone's control, for the time being we'll only be open on weekends and public holidays. The good news is that we'll be open from 11am to 5pm on those days. There might be a few week days that we'll open, but they'll be at random so it's no use putting that on the window.

Mind you, if you wander past and look in and see something you want, drop us a line and we'll arrange an on-line transaction!

The Advertiser, page #98, What's On Section

2009-09-19T07:54:00.000+09:30

Blaq Books Is Now Open!

2009-09-18T15:37:00.004+09:30

Blaq Books is now open for business...and able to take EFTPOS and all major credit cards. Pop along, visit, browse and hopefully buy!! Until we see you, here's a few photos of the store. Pity you can't hear the music in the background...

Progress!

2009-09-11T07:46:00.002+09:30

The store is coming along nicely. We have almost all the fit-out done (some painting and shelves to go up) and now it's the massive task of organising the stock. The stock is pretty much all in - I'd say that we have 90% of the stock in the store right now, which would represent around 200% more than we actually need! So this weekend it'll be a case of sorting, sorting and then more sorting.

What it all means is that we're right on target to open next week! We may open for the two days before the Friday evening launch, but that remains to be seen. So bookmark Friday the 18th of September as the fun and games will more than likely commence on that day!

eBay Entries #3: Movies & Sports!

2009-08-25T20:10:00.003+09:30

This week will see us list a pile of motion picture and sporting magazines and books. We've got some rare movie programmes coming up, including a James Bond and a pile of epic productions. There's also some USA Picture Show magazines dating back to the late '40s and early '50s and a rare souvenir program from the Original Broadway production of the new 1943 edition of the "ZIEGFELD FOLLIES" at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City starring Milton Berle. All will be listed by Thursday.

The shop now has a physical address and phone number, which can be seen on this page. This weekend will see us moving stock over from storage into the building and hopefully bookshevles going in. Loads of work and I have to arrange a van, so if anyone (hey there Chad) wants to chip in then we won't say no. In the meantime, click on the links and place a bid!!

MOVIE LIFE August 1958

PHOTOPLAY December 1953

MOVIE LIFE May 1957

MELBOURNE OLYMPIC GAMES OPENING CEREMONY 1956 PROGRAMME

CASSIUS CLAY by Claude Lewis 1st Ed 1965 P/B

The Shop!

2009-08-21T21:18:00.004+09:30

Well the lease was signed this morning at 11am and the keys handed over. Time to start work and to reveal the actual location.

The store is located at 71 Payneham Road, College Park (it's the one on the left). There's a bus stop directly out in front and the shop is also straight across the road from SportsMed. You couldn't miss it if you tried. It's about 5 minutes out of the CBD by car, 10 by bus and anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes by foot, depending on how many pies you've eaten. Very exciting times indeed and we're all jazzed!

Now to get in, set it up, throw some paint at it (that red door is going to be the first thing done) and turn it into a funky little store. I'll post photos as we go, showing the progress of the store, from empty to opening, so stay tuned.

eBay Entries #2: Carl Barks Donald Ducks

2009-08-17T06:03:00.002+09:30

Everyone loves Donald Duck and Carl Barks? Of course they do. So I've dug about in the boxes once more and found these three 1959 Australian printings of Donald Duck, all of which I believe feature the art of the legendary Barks. All are on eBay at the moment, complete and are in a strong Very Good Plus condition (if not better) and with an insanely cheap opening bid. Go ahead, click the links, bid and treat yourself.

In other news we're picking the keys up this Thursday, so the weekend will be spent painting and moving stock into the store. It's all coming together...

Donald Duck's Good Companion J-14

Donald Duck D-34

Donald Duck D-32

Amazing Stories!

2009-08-15T16:50:00.002+09:30

We headed out to the two day Strathalbyn Antique's Fair today, for day one, essentially to have a good time and to also see if we couldn't pick up some good stock for the shop. We did well at an auction and have four boxes of fairly decent books waiting for us, but it was in the last hall we entered that we really hit pay dirt. In amongst a pile of Charlton comic books dating back to the late '60s and early '70s (still, nearly 40 years old and worth $2 each) were two issues of the Ziff-Davis pulp, Amazing Stories. The issue shown above, dated April 1940, has a stunning cover painting by H.R. Hammond, and was ours for a lovely price. I'm not sure if it'll be for sale in the shop as the condition is poor - it's missing it's rear cover, but the front cover image was worth the price alone and I just had to share it with you all. This is the kind of stock we're aiming to have on display, if not for sale, when the doors open in a few short weeks.

eBay Entries #1

2009-08-13T10:02:00.003+09:30

The first lot of eBay entries are up - this lot is a large selection of my own personal comic book stash - stuff I've been collecting for years now. It's hard to let some of this go but hey - you do what you gotta do.

Here's the link.

And here's some scans of what's on offer. Bear in mind that there's around 130+ comics up there at the moment, so this is merely a taste of what you'll find.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!

2009-08-12T13:48:00.001+09:30

So, what the hell is Blaq Books? Glad you asked....

Blaq Books is the newest and fairly much the most exciting venture that we've ever done. Blaq Books is the brainchild of Lyndal and Danny - that being us. Sometimes the time is just right to branch out into a life-long dream, for us that dream is creating Blaq Books.

Blaq Books is an all new and exciting little bookstore! We'll specialise in secondhand non-fiction books, magazines, comics and much, much more. There'll be all kinds of delights to be had and we're aiming to be open in the second week of September. Now this means there's a lot of work to be done, stock to be sourced and more. So where are we at?

We've registered the business name and located a shopfront (more on that later) which we just picked up the lease agreement for today. It's a fairly decent little shopfront, not too big, not too small and very managable. It's located a few minutes out of the CBD by car, a bus stops right out the front, it's on a major road and seriously, you could walk there from Rundle Mall in under 15 to 20 minutes. Blind Pew will be able to find us now. There's a lot of logistics to be sorted out, but we aim to be open from Wednesdays through to Sundays, weekdays from 11:00am through to 5pm, Saturdays from 11:30am through to 5pm and Sundays noon to 4pm. Otherwise the doors are shut. Unless we're away one of us will be in the shop at any given time. We don't bite, we've both had experience in customer contact (Danny especially) and we both know and love our books. Neither of us will tell you what's good or bad, just that every written word is precious!

What will we stock? Books! Magazines! Comics! CDs! DVD! Other stuff! Primarily we'll be focusing on pre-loved books, out of print material and hard to find items at affordable prices. Having said that we want to be open to new material, so if you're a small press publisher or an author with a book then get in touch and we'll stock it for you. If you've done your own comic book, magazine or fanzine, then drop us a line and we'll see what we can do. We want to be accessible to everyone. If you don't ask you'll never know.

So, what do we need right now? Well, in the coming weeks we're going to need a lot of assistance setting this thing up. We're not rich by any stretch of the imagination (Danny is selling off a large part of his own personal stash of Aussie comics to fund this venture) so any help is good help. Be it help with painting, moving stuff in and out, getting the fit-out ready or if you've got a pile of books that you were thinking of dumping, old comics, you name it - we'll take it, sort it and either give away what we don't need or fix you up with a credit note for the store for what we do need. Again, drop us a line and tell us what you can offer and we'll work you in. Everyone that helps will be invited to the gala opening, which will be the night before the store opens to the general public - a wine and cheese type affair.

These are exciting times for the both of us, so feel free to comment and/or pitch in with something and let's make this a success! As the shop develops we'll post photos and the like, plus updates and details, be they ever so small, on this blog. We'll also use this blog to make announcements and to advertise new and exciting stock as it arrives.

Cheers to all!