Annabel’s House of Books is one of Abingdon’s longest established blogs. Anabel has been reviewing books on-line, since at least 2008. She also sets book quizzes for Mostly Books, and recently has co-founded a new book review website (with three other book-bloggers – in Oxford, Cambridge and Normandy) called Shiny New Books which, in addition to book reviews contains articles by authors, publishers, book-sellers etc.

Recently local book seller Mark Thornton, from Abingdon’s Mostly Books, wrote a piece for Shiny New Books. His main business is still selling physical books to customers coming through the door, using local knowledge and recommendations, but eBooks have changed the landscape in recent years, so Mark writes about the challenge to selling eBooks on the High Street, and about running a successful local bookshop in the 2nd decade of the 21st Century.