Skoob Books
Secondhand bookshop in central London, England
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Skoob Books is a bookshop selling secondhand books focusing on academic subjects, located in the Brunswick Centre, in Bloomsbury, central London, UK.[1][2]
Bookshop
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail Bookshop |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | 66 The Brunswick, off Marchmont St, London, WC1N 1AE, UK |
Number of locations | 1 shop |
Area served | London, UK |
| Products | Books |
| Website | Skoob Books |
Overview
Skoob Books has over 70,000 titles within their two shops and around 100,000 online.[3] The shops are based in a basement of the Brunswick Centre and in a retail space on its ground floor. It has secondhand[4] works on politics, history, literature, art, philosophy, to the natural sciences.[5][6]
Included within this are also postcards and photographs.[7][8]
The main shop itself is underground, sprawling out into distinct sections from sci-fi, social sciences, arts, and natural sciences.[9]
Its warehouse is based in Oxfordshire where it holds over a million books.[10]
History
Skoob Books originally (1979) started in Sicilian Avenue while Pooles Books was closing down, by staff from the Tottenham Court Road shop. Later they moved to a ground floor unit at the Brunswick Centre. Subsequently the shop moved to the basement of the centre in 2008.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Skoob Books opened their ground floor retail unit once more as a pop-up shop.[11]
In 2010, the Times Out magazine voted Skoob Books "the best bookshop in London".
Gallery
Skoob Books' front door.
Floor mosaic showing the Skoob Books' logo.
