Support your local Bookshop while supporting TARDIS Guide!

We have affiliate links on all collectables so you can search Amazon or eBay for a book or CD and give us a small kickback, but those are multi-billion companies you may not want to be supporting.

Well starting today, on a Collectable page you’ll find a new link that says Search local Bookshop!

You can find the title on there, and actually order direct from your local bookshop. I get a whopping 10% commission for sending you there! That’s way better than I get from Amazon. It’s a win-win!

You can also bookmark the TARDIS Guide bookshop here and start your search here whenever you want to buy a book (they also have CDs):

https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/tardisguide

Here’s what they say about themselves:

We believe that bookshops are essential to a healthy culture. They are where authors can connect with readers, where we discover new writers, where children get hooked on the thrill of reading that can last a lifetime. They are also anchors for our high streets and communities – owned, staffed, run and full of real people who have a genuine love of books and reading.

As more and more people buy their books online, we wanted to create an easy, convenient way for you to get your books and support independent bookshops at the same time. If you want to choose a specific bookshop to support, choose them from our map and they’ll receive 30% of the cover price (or almost all of the profit) on your orders for a year. Otherwise, 10% of the cover price of your order will contribute to an earnings pool that will be evenly distributed among participating independent bookshops each month. Either way, your order is sent straight to your address, and all in-stock items arrive in 2-3 days.

I think it’s a great idea!

Currently UK only (sorry international fans, and whilst there is a USA version, I can’t create an affiliate there, but if you like the sound of the site I encourage you to use them too!).

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I’ve been wanting something like this for ages!

I really wanted to support the site when buying stuff, but I don’t shop at Amazon.

This changes all that!

Now, if you don’t mind, I’m off to give this feature a look!

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Wooooo!

Now, all you UK fans, please do me a favour: shop a lot through that link, so you cover the shopping costs I would have if I could use the site!

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Brilliant idea, I love bookshop.org and have mine set to a local store :slight_smile:

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I wish I could set up a USA affiliate account but I need a USA bank account :persevere:

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This is brilliant. I really should try to use more local bookshops although sadly the dilemma of paying a higher price vs getting more bang for my buck leads me to the big companies. That said, I only use Amazon if I have a voucher now after a bad experience with them a few years ago.

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