JOHN HELVIN

This  project will bring into print the texts of rare  books of the 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th Centuries.  Some titles have already been published.








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John Helvin is an artist, author, editor, publisher and bookseller.  Please browse this site for more details.

Business established 1st January 2006.






JANUARY NEWS
2011 was a fiesty year in terms of technical problems, our action against copyright piracy, problems with our mail handlers and a whole bunch of other things that made progress slow on the publishing side of things. It appears, fingers crossed, all of that has come to an end and it will finally be possible to catch up on many projects. The next twelve months will see a number of changes to this website; they will happen little by little; some changes will be small, others will be big.

NOVEMBER NEWS

The Ebay scam has been dealt with, slowly, but finally dealt with; the seller concerned  not only had to change his listings on Ebay's say-so but was also blasted with a mass of negative feedback from customers who never received the books they paid for.
We have two new books to announce. One about Charles Dickens and one about Jospeh Merrick, the elephant man. The Dickens book has been ready for some time but its release date is timed for the Dickens bicentenary next year.


      



28th July 2011:

BEWARE OF A NEW SCAM ON EBAY
There is a new drop shipping scam on Ebay where Ebay sellers are taking orders for 'new' books at prices much higher than the retail price and then ordering copies from Amazon at the correct retail price. This has happened to one of our books (A Briefe and Pleasaunt Treatise, Entituled, Naturall And Artificiall Conclusions by Thomas Hill). The correct retail price is £10 but the price charged by these scamsters is nearly twice the price. Both Ebay and Amazon are being consulted about this scam. Amazon may not be able to do much because no rule is being broken on their site but Ebay is a different matter. It is against their rules to write misleading listings - which includes the retail price. The matter is ongoing.

21st July 2011:
DELAY CAUSED BY TECH PROBLEMS
The computer drive which housed all our files and software keys failed recently. We are waiting on the data to be securely retrieved and for any corrupted files to be repaired. Although we have back up files to work with, they do not contain the most recent ones - which are the most relevant to our needs. Therefore, there will be a delay in certain projects until this is dealt with. In regards to private projects, the respective clients have been notified and have said they have no complaint regards the delay. As for public projects, we can only ask that you please be patient.

FORTHCOMING TITLES
 
The Parlour Magic of Charles Dickens by John Helvin.
The Secrets of the Cups and Balls by Robert Houdin. A bi-lingual edition with the original French text and a new English translation.
The Gibeciere by Gilles-Edme Guyot. A bi-lingual edition with the original French text and a new English translation.



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