Saddeparture of Basement Books

Hi all

For those in or able to access Melbourne, one of my old favourites - Basement Books downstairs from Elizabeth Street - is finally closing down. They are apparently havinga sale until the end of April. Hmmm ... must look at teh claendar and find a good excuse to go to town "for a meeting".

Kevin

Downstairs from Elizabeth Street?

Yes. At the end of the first block up from Flinders Street Melbourne (in Elizabeth Street), there is a small coffee shop and down the stairs, in the basement, is Basement Books. They've been there some years and they've been a great souce of credit card slips for me over those years with both very old crime and mystery books (which I collect) and lots of Renaissance Europe and Tudor/Stuart Engalnd history books which are my secret passions :)

Kevin

Copied from email I received - Basement Books is newly online:

Basement Books is pleased to announce that our new website and online bookstore
is finally up and running! As one of our valued customers, you are invited to be
one of the first to explore our detailed online catalogue of over 5000 titles
from our ever-changing range of discounted books. For the first time, you will
be able to make purchases online using our secure payment facilities.

Our in-store weekly specials will now also be available online, where each week
a different range of our most popular titles are available at drastically
reduced prices. The website will also showcase newly arrived additions to our
dynamic range, which we receive every day in a wide range of fields . You will
also be able to stay up-to-date with current in-store promotions and catalogue
sales. Check us out at http://shop.basementbooks.com.au

The Basement Books team is new to web selling and we are really keen to get
feedback about the site and your experience of it. Please note we are still
running a beta version of our website at this time, and ask for your patience as
we work on making it as easy-to-use as we can. If you experience any problems
with the site or would like to send us some feedback please email us:
web@basementbooks.com.au

We are really excited with this new way of offering you great books at great
prices and look forward to even more participation with the Basement Club
community in the future.

#4> Isn't that the Sydney Basement Books? Seller of inexpensive remainders? (And awfully dangerous to walk past, my wallet is usually fine afterwards but where do I put all the books???)

The Melbourne Basement Books' website is at: http://www.citybasementbooks.com.au/

Yes the Sydney store - double the temptation now - I'm off to see what the Melbourne store has that I "need"

everything 50% off until they close

I heard a few more things about the closure.
one, that on the last day, everything in the shop was $1. another, that there were loads of books in a skip after the closure.
and finally, from the ladies who run City Basement Books, that they planned to reopen once they have found new premisses.
I hope they do, since they are my favourite bookshop!

I was there around 5-5:30pm, they were $1.
Shame about the books in the skip. I remember overhearing while in line the person ahead of me asking about them and being told left overs would be pickedup by other shops.

it's been a few months now, has anyone heard any news about whether basement books has found new premises?

from the email:
"CITY BASEMENT BOOKS has moved into a shiny new basement...They will be open from this coming MONDAY, DECEMBER 13 and their trading hours will be the same as they were in past abodes "

you can find their address etc by googling them i guess. i'd include it, but am not sure if that would break the rules for advertising.

(i am in no way affiliated with them, i just miss browsing)

Yay! They were a must visit for me on my Melbourne shopping trips :)

The new premises are in the basement of 342 Flinders St.

Last tweet I saw from them (@CityBasement) they were saying that they were flooded again!

The tweet before that said that they expected to be open next week.