Closed 23rd Dec till 5th Jan

  Dear Customers, 2018 has been a busy and hard year, and the busyness hasn’t abated yet. There are still orders to be processed, new publisher orders to be placed and the year’s finances to be wrapped up. While the shop will still be open on Saturday, 22nd Dec., orders for posting or for courier…

Double Trouble

Our July order from Banner of Truth took the scenic route around the UK warehouse. After five weeks of no-show (and delaying the shipments from other publishers), our shipping agent advises us to claim against the warehouse and re-order from Banner. This we did. A couple of weeks later, the new Banner order was ready…

Almost sale time

  All our academic texts for next year are coming in, and with those, many other books just to stock up. We have been so busy processing all this incoming stock that I didn’t realise it’s almost sale time. How did it get to November? Our annual sale will be held during the last week…

Women’s day?

  Dear Customers, I’m not a great fan of Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Women’s day or any other Contrived Day. We are adopted into God’s family and as children of God, with transformed hearts, we should treat mother, father, women, neighbour, granny, child etc. very well Every Day. So on this Women’s day, I wish…

Technology!

I am taking strain! I was supposed to write this newsletter last week, but my laptop crashed. My laptop is old and works very long hours, so it was not surprising that she cried out for a break. Fortunately, I have the use of another laptop and most of our important documents are accessible from…

New Shop in Pinetown

  Dear Customers, New bookshop in KZN: We are pleased to announce that a new outlet for our books is being opened in Pinetown. ARJ Bookshop will be operating from warehouse in Pinetown. They will offer a selection of books that they have sourced from us as well as some second hand books. Contact Sharon on 084 976 6899…

Post office go-slow

Dear Customers, After dropping off a batch of parcels at the post office today, I was told that there was no certainty of the usual delivery speed as the workers were on a go-slow – no increase in 3 years! I recommend that you opt for courier delivery if you need your books in a…

June stock-take closure

  Dear Customers, Advance notice: June is stock-take month. Last year we did a rolling stock-take keeping the shop open for business, but this year we need to shut the shop and make sure that we do an accurate count of every item. It used to be a day’s work, but we have grown so much…