Shakespeare & Company In Paris Launches New Website

Book2Book Wednesday 04 Mar 2015

Shakespeare & Company, the famous Paris bookstore, now has a new digital presence. The staff of the independent bookshop and antiquarian bookseller has not only redesigned their website, they've also introduced a place for news and updates called "Le Blog," started a Tumblr called "Down the Rabbit Hole," and created the capability to send physical books from Paris to customers worldwide.


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'A Message of Warmth and Solidarity'

"Here, you're not likely to find cut-rate bargains, but you may find something you didn't even know you were seeking, like a rare title recommended by our biblio-insatiable staff. Or you may discover a first edition that we ourselves discovered in a private collection, a book hitherto tucked onto a shelf of an elegant Parc Monceau flat. Or you may read on our blog about a singer/songwriter's passion for Swedish literature and then decide to sample a new author or two.

"In return for your online purchase, we'll endeavor to give your books that certain je ne sais quoi. It could be with the bookstore's official stamp, a vintage postcard of Paris we found in a second-hand book, or a pocket-sized poem typed by a Tumbleweed at the desk looking onto Notre-Dame. Each package will be carefully, beautifully boxed and shipped, sent like a message in a bottle to you or perhaps to a friend, a message of warmth and solidarity that wherever you may be, in whatever town or city, there's always a home for readers and literary wanderers at Shakespeare and Company."

--The Shakespeare & Company, Paris, France, blog announcing the store's new website.

via Shelf Awareness