Tuesday, January 18, 2011

CAMBO – Campaign For Real Books




In the UK and increasingly right across Europe, beer drinkers are familiar with CAMRA, which since it was formed in 1971 has grown from strength to strength CABRA campaigns rigorously for real ale and has had a dramatic influence on beer producers, pubs and promoting ‘real’ beers that were either in danger of dying, or were waiting to find their audience.

In the last of the ‘Book and Magazine Collector’ a new campaign CAMBO is promoted selling and encouraging real books, or those that are not digital.

Within a week of the first Kindle TV advert the CAMBO campaign started and was greeted with a ground swell of support from used and rare book dealers, to organisations such as the PBFA and the ABA, dealers and even new book shops. CAMBO is more that just a web site. Within two weeks one hundred bookstores had signed up and the organiser even sold a rare copy of Casino Royal to get it off the ground.

Each CAMBO bookstore will be displaying a CAMBO sticker and it may say more about the store than anything else moving forward.

Members pay £15 a year for a card which entitles them to 10% discount at participating bookstores. This new book token can also be used online. CAMBO's aims are simple; to help bookshops survive and to promote independents over chains; to preserve, protect and promote physical books and finally, to protect jobs that with go with the digital books. To some these may sound futile sound bites and are doomed to fail, but to others, they make the same sense that CAMRA had some forty years ago.

We all accept that physical books aren’t going to disappear, but that the market from them and channels supporting them will shrink. CAMBO do not deny this, but through their campaign focus on supporting those who wish to enjoy and appreciates their paper ‘brew’.

Below are some of the bookstores who have made the commitment and we would suggest that these should be joined by others who feel passionately about the paper book.

Amwell Book Company
53 Amwell Street, London , Greater London EC1R 1UR
Books & Bygones
40 Hollow Lane, Shinfield, READING, Berkshire RG2 9BT
C P Books
9 High Street, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 5AB
Camden Lock Bookshop
Old Street Station, 4 St. Agnes Well, Islington, London, City of London EC1Y 1BE
Ceres Bookshop
20 London st, swaffham, Norfolk PE377DG
Chorleywood Bookshop
4 New Parade, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire WD3 6BP
Colin Page Books
36 Duke Street, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1AG
Eastleach Books
3 Preston Place, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2SE
FALCONWOOD TRANSPORT & MILITARY BOOKSHOP
Gerrards Cross Bookshop
12a Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 7QE
hellenic bookservice
49/51 Fortess Road, London, Greater London Nw5 1AD
Idle Hour Book Inn
1192 Eruera Street, Rotorua, Other 3010
Jade Mountain Bookshop
17-19 Highland Road, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 9DA
john carpenter bookshop
city of london school, queen victoria st, london, Greater London ec4v 3al
Magazero
Unit 6, Trafalgar Mew
Martello Bookshop Ltds,
Brighton, East Sussex BN1 4EZ
26 High Street, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7JJ
MSR Books
16 Laxton Gardens, Paddock Wood, Nr. Tonbridge, Kent TN12 6BB
A Book for all Reasons
6 Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HS
a novel idea
36a regent street, great yarmouth, great yarmouth, Norfolk nr30 1rr
BECKHAM BOOKS LTD.
CHILTON MOUNT, NEWTON ROAD, SUDBURY, Suffolk CO10 2RS
Bookbarrow
93, Cam Causeway, Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB4 1TL
Childrens Books Ltd T/A Letterbox Library
Letterbox Library, 71-73 Allen Road, Stoke Newington, London, Greater London N16 8RY
Church Street Books
Church Street Books, Church Street, Diss, Norfolk IP22 4DD
Churchgate Books
Churchgate Books, 47 Churchgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 1RG
John Underwood Antiquarian Books
Hill House, Chapel Street, New Buckenham, Norwich, Norfolk NR16 2BB
Oasis Christian Books
88 Norfolk Street, WISBECH, Cambridgeshire PR13 2LF
Peter Moore Bookseller
Unit 7, The Old Maltings, 135 Ditton Walk, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB5 8PY
Quest Booksearch
24 Hawthorne Road, Stapleford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22 5DU
Red Lion Books
125 High Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1SZ
Sarah Key, The Haunted Bookshop
9 St. Edward's Passage, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3PJ
St Paul's Street Bookshop
7 St Paul's Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE( 2BE
the Old Station Pottery & Bookshop
The Old Station., Maryland., Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1LY
Much Ado Books
8 West Street, Alfriston, East Sussex BN26 5UK
Muswell Hill Bookshop
72 Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill, London, City of London N10 3HN
MY BACK PAGES
8-10 BALHAM STATION ROAD, LONDON, Greater London SW12 5SG
Nineteenth Century Books
St Marys Cottage, 61 Thame Rd, Warborough, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7EA
PERIWINKLE PRESS
BAGHAM BARN ANTIQUES CENTRE, CANTERBURY ROAD, CHILHAM, CANTERBURY, Kent CT4 8DU
Ripping Yarns
355 Archway Road, London, Greater London N6 4EJ
Robert Temple Books
65, Mildmay Road, London, Other N1 4PU
ruskin books
42 red lodge road, joydens wood, bexley, Kent da5 2jp
Stephen Foster
95 Bell Street, London, Greater London NW1 6TL
The Book Castle
12 Church Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 4RU
The Book Nook
1 St Johns Place, First Avenue, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2FJ
The Bookroom
The Bookroom, 146 Chiltern Drive, Surbiton, Surrey KT5 8LS
The Bookshop on the Heath Ltd
74 Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London, Greater London SE30BW
This Way Books
PO Box 3224, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 6JZ
two jays bookshop
119 HIGH STREET, EDGWARE, LONDON, Greater London HA8 7DB
Aucott & Thomas
57 High St., Suite 8, Ibstock, Leicestershire LE67 6LH
BLACK CAT BOOKSHOP
BLACK CAT BOOKSHOP, P O BOX 8662, WIGSTON, LEICESTER, Leicestershire LE18 9BB
Books at Al's
127 Greenhill Road, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 4RN
Books at Star Dot Star
Flat 23 Salisbury House, Lily Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands B71 1QD
Burway Books
10 Beaumont Road, Church Stretton, Shropshire SY6 6BN
EVERGREEN LIVRES
Evergreen Livres, 2 Talbot Court, The Square, Stow-On-The-Wold, Gloucestershire GL54 1BQ
Forest Books
7 High Street West, Uppingham, Rutland LE15 9QB
Gladstone Books
The Shambles, 4 Westgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 3AS
Harrowden Books of Finedon
61 High Street, Finedon, Northamptonshire NN9 5JN
Jane Badger Books
The Manor House, 77 High St, Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN29 7AA
KEITH SMITH BOOKS
78B THE HOMEND, LEDBURY, Herefordshire HR8 1BX
Maynard & Bradley
1 Royal Arcade, Silver Street, Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 5YW
Petrsbooks
Osborne House, Ash Lane, Hopwood, Nr. Alvechurch, Worcestershire B48 7TT
robert mansfield
ivy cottage, 27 rosemary lane, whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 1EG
Sedgeberrow Books
25 High Street, Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 1AA
Shepshed Books LTd
Shepshed Books Ltd, Unit 4,14-20 Field Street, Shepshed, Leicestershire LE12 9AL
STEVE BROWN (BOOKS)
2 Curorough Cottages, Watery Lane, Curborough, Lhfieldic, Staffordshire WS13 8ER
Tin Drum Books
Tin Drum Books, 68 Narborough Road, Leicester, Leicestershire LE3 0BR
uncel phil's books
R/O 21 Holbrook Lane, coventry, West Midlands cv6 4ad
WHITE RABBIT RECORDS AND BOOKS
MARKET HALL, CLAREMONT STREET, SHREWSBURY, Shropshire SY1 1QG
Acanthophyllum Books
121 Telegraph Road, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside CH60 0AF
Acanthophyllum Books
243 Pensby Road, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside CH60 0AF
Barry McKay Rare Books
Kingstone House, Battlebarrow, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria CA16 6XT
Book Bargains Ltd
31 St Andrew's Road South, Lythams St Annes, Lancashire FY8 1PZ
Bridge Bookshop Isle of Man
Bridge Bookshop, Shore Road, Port Erin, Isle of Man, Other IM9 4PB
Broadhursts of Southport Ltd
5-7 market Street, Southport, Lancashire PR8 1HD
C L Hawley
26 Belgrave Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1QB
Clitheroe Books
29 Moor Lane, Clitheroe, Lancashire Bb7 1BE
Copnal Books
18 Meredith Street, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 2PW
DAVID GRAYLING FINE SPORTING BOOKS
VERDUN HOUSE, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, Cumbria CA10 3NG
Fireside Bookshop
Fireside Bookshop, 21 Victoria Street , Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1AB
First Used Books
69 Kingsway, Vancouver, Other V5T 3J1
Henry Wilson Books
61 Main Street, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5AB
Innoworking
Quaintways, Marine Rd, Hoylake, Merseyside Ch47 2as
Lakeland village hall books
2 Timber Hill, Broughton in Furness, Cumbria LA20 6HX
Market Place Books (Cockermouth)
Market Place Books, 30 Market Place, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9NG
Nantwich Bookshop
46 High St.,, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 5AS
News from Nowhere Bookshop
96 Bold St, Liverpool, Merseyside L1 4HY
pritchards
13, Moor Ln.,, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside L23 2SE
Talisman Books
42 Town St, Marple Bridge, Stockport, Cheshire SK65AA
The Warrington Book Loft
The Warrington Book Loft, Quadrant House, Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire WA1 2TF
Tomes of Buxton
Pictures and Books at teh High Peak Gard, Hope Road, Bamford, Derbyshire S33 0AL
Westwood Books
Long Lane, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5AH
Barter Books
Alnwick Station, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 2NP
Chevin Books
Unit One, Bay Horse Court, Otley, West Yorkshire LS21 1SB
Cygnet Books
86 main Street, Swanland, East Riding of Yorkshire HU14 3QR
DAVID SPENCELEY BOOKS
75, Harley Drive, LEEDS, West Yorkshire LS13 4QY
East Riding Books
13 Westland Road, Kirkella, East Riding of Yorkshire HU10 7PH
Garforth Bookshop
15 Main Street, Garfrorth, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS24 1DS
Hoppers(Malton)Ltd
48/56 Market Place, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 7LW
Peter M Thornber: Bookseller
3 School Hill, SETTLE, North Yorkshire BD24 9HB
Rickaro Books
17 High Street, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF4 5AB
Solaris Books
Flat 4, 13 Lockwood Street, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire YO25 6RU
Swaledale Museum
Swaledale Museum, The Green, Reeth, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire DL11 6QT
The Book Case
29 Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 6EU
The Orchard Bookshop
347b Wakefield Rd, Denby Dale, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD88RT
Aye-Aye Books
350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire G2 3JD
Biblocafe Ltd
262 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire G3 6NE
Deeside Books
18-20 Bridge street, Ballater, Aberdeenshire AB35 5QP
East Neuk Books
East Neuk Books, 5-7 Rodger Street, Anstruther, Fife KY10 3DU
Elvis Shakespeare Ltd
347 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH68SD
Jane jones books
The old shop, Dinnet, Aboyne, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire Ab34 5 jy
Loch Croispol Bookshop, Restaurant & Gallery
2 Balnakeil, Durness, Sutherland IV27 4PT
masons of melrose
9 market square, melrose, Roxburghshire td69pq
Second Edition
Second Edition, 9 Howard St, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH3 5JP
Sweet Words
14 Atholl Street, Dunkeld, Perthshire PH8 0AR
Bailey Hill Bookshop
Fore Street, Castle Cary, Somerset BA7 7BG
Bath Old Books
9c Margarets Buildings, Brock St, Bath, Somerset BA1 2LP
Bishopston Books
259 Gloucester Rd, Bishopston, Bristol, Bristol BS7 8NY
Bookmark Children's Books
Fortnight, Wick Down, Broad Hinton, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4 9NR
Brendon Books
Brendon Books, Old Brewery Buildings, Bath Place, Taunton, Somerset TA1 4ER
Bristol Books Bristol
Champion House, Moorend Road, Hambrook, Bristol, Bristol BS16 1SP
Ellwood Books
truffles, bunny lane, Sherfield English, Hampshire SO51 6FU
Grahame Thornton Bookseller
Monghyr House, Spring Lane, Longburton, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 5NZ
Herb Tandree Philosophy Books
Fromehall Mill, Blk 2, Rm 9, Lodgemore Lane, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 3EH
Hunting Raven Books Ltd
10 Cheap Street, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BN
March House Books
38 Old Station Gardens, Henstridge, Somerset BA8 0PU
Newlyn Books
Newlyn Books, 9 The Old Posthouse, Chapel Street, Penzance, Cornwall tr184aj
paragon books
38 high street, sidmouth, Devon EX10 8EJ
Peter Goodden Books Ltd.
7 Clarendon Villas, Widcombe Hill, Bath, Somerset BA2 6AG
R and R Books
R and R Books, Nelson Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 2HL
Steven Ferdinando
The Old Vicarage, Queen Camel, Nr Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7NG
The Book Shop
14 South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NQ
The Book Shop
100 High Street, Crediton, Devon EX17 3LF
The Bookshelf
96 Fore Street, Saltash, Cornwall PL12 6JW
The Sanctuary Bookshop
65 Broad St, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3QF
Trilogy Group
43 Selkirk Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 2HJ
Words Etcetera
Words Etcetera, 2 Cornhill, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1BA
Broad Street Book Centre
6 Broad Street, Hay on Wye, Brecknockshire HR3 5DB
Hancock & Monks
6 Broad Street, Hay-on-Wye, Brecknockshire HR3 5DB
Llyfrau Ystwyth Books
7, Princess St, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire SY23 1DX
Marijana Dworski
Unit 9,, Broadaxe Business Park, Presteigne, Radnorshire LD8 2LA
Outcast Books
15A Broad Street, Hay-on-Wye, Powys HR3 5DB
Alan Hanna's Bookshop
270 Rathmines Rd Lr, Rathmines, Other Dublin 6
Alan Prim
6 south Main Street, Youghal, Co.Cork, Other .
doolin dinghy books
fisher street, doolin,
Newcastle West Bookstore Ltd
Market Yard, Newcastle West, Other N/A
The Blessington Book Store
Main St, Blessington, Other 0000
Tower Books
13 Hawthorn Ave.,, Inniscarra View Estate,, Ballincollig,, Other 00-353-21-






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