Alexander Fax Booksellers - Australian military history specialists

We specialise in quality secondhand military history books, including Military Aviation, Naval History, Unit History, Prisoners of War, World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War and Women in War. 
We also carry a broad range of military history covering a number of categories including British Military, German Military and Colonial conflicts.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Shoe shopping, lentil soup and new books

Yesterday, we did head out of town again but the main purpose was to find a pair of shoes for David. I know, seems strange that in all of Canberra he could not find a pair of shoes. He is one of those who, when on a good thing tends to stick to it, especially when they are as comfortable as his favourite style of Rivers boots. Our usual outlet had closed down so we went to the new warehouse shop in a huge mall. They had the style but not the size. So we drove to a nearby, undisclosed town and were not disappointed. He came back with two pairs so they should last him a while. Sadly, lunch was not quite as successful. The trendy pizza place was full (I know, we should have booked but we had only been once before and it was half empty and we did not know its name). Everything open in the main street was full (and this only at 5 past noon) so we turned a corner, headed down a lane sort of thing and found a newish little place half empty. No names nor packdrill in case this is your favourite but I made the mistake of assuming in a new place. Thinking the lentil soup was the vegetarian option, I spent the meal fishing out chunks of meat and David has had indigestion ever since from his upmarket stew. His veggies were OK and the bread was lovely. Soft inside, crispy on the outside and perfect for soup. Other than the meat chunks the other thing that got up my nose was that I asked for coffee to start, to have while we were waiting. It was cold and I wanted to warm my little paws and tummy. I had not even finished it before the plates arrived. Oh well. Guess it is not their fault I am so fussy and David’s tum is so delicate but we won’t be visiting again. Shame we didn’t take down the name of the trendy pizza place for next time!

Alexander Fax Booksellers specialise in quality used books but we can link you to a quality new book seller.

We have entered into an arrangement with Seekbooks, a new book supplier, so you can order all sorts of new titles, military as well as fiction, cooking, gardening, history, sporting whatever. It has always bothered us that we are just too small to deal with most of the major military publishers, both here and overseas, so could not supply a great range of new books to you all. So, But now, if we can't get it, Seekbooks can. All your favourite Australian (or at least multi-national with Australian presence) publishers are included such as Harper Collins, Hachette, Penguin, Macmillan, Random House, Allen & Unwin (that is Australian), New Holland, John Wiley and more!!!! And they don't just have Australian publishers. All your favourite military publishers from OS are listed, such as Osprey, Crecy, Grub Street, Sutton and many many more. Seekbooks was established in 1999 and is one of the first fully owned and operated online booksellers in Australia and is based in Sydney. Seekbooks has a database of over 1.2 million in-print books from all over the world to choose from.

If you know the title, author or ISBN, you can just use the search engine. If Seekbooks has a listing, the book will appear, you can click on more info to see if it is in stock with the publisher and if so, you can place an order.

Once you have ordered, Seekbooks processes the order, sources the books from the publishers and when the books arrive in its warehouse, despatches the order. When we first linked with Seekbooks I did a test order of about 15 books, from Australian, US and UK publishers, with different stock delivery schedules. From that lot, one was a forthcoming release, so it has been backordered, my first parcel had 8 books, the second 2 books and the remainder have been notified as out of stock, awaiting reprint. I was impressed and have been using the system ever since.

There is a flat postage fee and no matter how many books you order, there is just one small amount, even if the books turn up in a number of parcels. Your cc is only debited when books are released by the Seekbooks warehouse, and you receive advice every time something happened, eg order accepted, cc approved, publisher in stock, publisher out of stock. And when the parcel arrives, there is a fully itemised tax invoice.

A small warning: Even though the system is updated weekly by the publishers, it is just the nature of the beast that something may end up being out of stock, even though it is listed. Seekbooks let you know pretty quickly if that is the case. A little annoying but the benefits and convenience far outweigh this little inconvenience. I am really pleased with the system and even better, prices are 10% off RRP and we receive a small commission from all sales. Give it a go:

http://alexanderfaxbooks.seekbooks.com.au

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