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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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area for long term clients.
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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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