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Hello! We are Sonja and Ivan. And this is our Bookstore Guide - an amateur guide to book shopping throughout Europe. We hope this Guide will help you find the book(stores) you are looking for. Unfortunately, the bookstores are no longer uploaded and may be out of date

Bildband,Berlin



Where? Berlin, Germany





NB: The Bargain Bookshop is now BILDBAND BERLIN!!!

Recommended by Cheryl Gant
   

Cheryl said: "You should add this relatively new store to your list of stores in Berlin. Two locations now of Bargain art, design, cookbooks and children's books.  The owner Max Erbe has had a very successful career selling art books to buyers around the world before moving back to Berlin to open his bookshop. Now he's open a second location as well."

The Bargain Book Shop started off as a pop-up store (for those who still haven't heard of such a concept, it's simple: a bookstore appears at a place for a while, usually the owner has a lease for a couple of weeks/months, and then it changes location). Luckily, if a location turns out to be a good one, the bookstore just might find its permanent place there. And this is exactly what happened to the Bargain Book Shop. What's more, it now has two locations in the German capital of Berlin (the main one in the neighborhood of Prenzlauer Berg, the other one near Kreuzberg). The store opened its doors in December 2011 and the owner Max Erbe definitely tries his best to offer the artsiest of the books at very affordable prices.

This post was about a bookstore which is no longer called The Bargain Book Shop. The new bookstore focuses solely on PHOTOGRAPHY and is called Bildband.


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Bildband Berlin is a bookshop opened by Joe Dilworth and Thomas Gust in January 2015 to stock the best in photo books, and host photographic exhibitions from the books we love. We stock books from small independent publishers and the big publishing houses, everything from reissues of great classics from the past, to new self-published limited edition photo books. We sell prints and special editions, rare and signed books, as well as good quality reduced price books on photography, design, architecture and art.
Bildband

Address:  Immanuelkirchstraße 30
10405 Berlin












Website: https://bildbandberlin.com/

Phone and Email:
030-47 377 014
bildbandberlin@gmail.com

Working Hours:
Mon-Fri 12-20
Sat 12-18

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Elephant Bookstore, Sofia

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Where?
Sofia, Bulgaria


Recommended by Kris from Sofia

Kris said: "Elephant Bookstore (no relation to Barcelona's Elephant Books, apparently - which I sadly never managed to visit) is a newly opened second-hand English bookstore in Sofia. Located in the arty Tea House, this small bookstore is charm itself. You have to go through the actual tea house, past the bar and into a blue corridor. And there it is: a single tiny room, overflowing with books and warmth. Immediately the urge to dive in is irresistible and you are almost always certain to come out with an unexpected treasure in your grasp. What it lacks in floor space it makes up in height, with books climbing and shoring up the ceiling itself. The books are strictly second-hand and strictly in English. This means that prices on offer are very friendly (generally between the 2-4 € range). Despite its humble size, the bookstore has admirable diversity, including some quality non-fiction and modern literature books, which are otherwise nearly impossible to find in Sofia (and even if you do, they would be at least three times the price)."

The services of The Elephant Bookstore are not limited to Sofia. They engage all their fans on their Facebook site and more importantly, also offer the possibility to order books online through their website, which are delivered all over Bulgaria at a very reasonable shipping price. The bookstore is run by two people, Max Breeds, an English expat in Bulgaria since 2005 and Antonia Tosheva, a local enthusiast of the English literature and language, which seems to be just the right combination. They opened The Elephant Bookstore in Sofia in December of 2011, after already having acquired some experience with running the first Elephant Bookstore in the town of Yablanitsa, 80 km east of Sofia. However, beware - they have moved to another location within Sofia in 2013. They are now located in Tsar Shishman street (see map below.)

Although this bookstore is far from huge, the stock of ca. 10 thousand books makes it the undisputed top source of books in English in Bulgaria and perhaps even beyond. The bookstore seems to fit perfectly within the Tea House and will surely make the visitors stay longer. Another advantage of this combination is the long working hours, so you can drop by after work for a cup of tea and some browsing without any rush. Judging by the enthusiastic online reactions a bookstore of this kind is what many people in Sofia have been longing for and the fact that The Elephant Bookstore provides a quality selection of titles in English at accessible prices in a very charming location proves that good things are really worth waiting for.

elephant bookstore sofiaAddress:
Elephant Bookstore
Tsar Shishman 31
Sofia 1000
Bulgaria
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Website:
http://elephantbookstore.com

Phone and Email:
Max +359 (0)885 902 913
Antonina +359 (0)887 607 471
Matt +359 (0)886 373 851
elephantbookshop@gmail.com

Working Hours:
Tue-Fri 12-21
Sat-Sun 11-20



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