From the owner: Wir bieten Verlagsdienstleistungen an, von der Manuskript-Einschätzung bis zur kompletten…read moreBuchveröffentlichung. Wir coachen Autoren, lektorieren Manuskripte, entwerfen Cover, machen den Buchsatz für gedruckte Bücher und E-Books, lassen drucken und veröffentlichen auf Wunsch mit oder ohne ISBN. Auch Ghost-Writing bieten wir an. Wir bieten unsere Dienste Self-Publishern, Verlagsautoren und anderen Verlagen an. Unser Motto heißt: "Alle möglichen Bücher".

I have worked in many specialist bookshops over the years and am an avid book collector…read more When travelling i always set aside a day to visit the local bookshops wherever i may be. This week i travelled to Berlin, one of my favourite cities for finding interesting books. Armed with a map of all the Antiquarian bookshops and a list of titles which i am specifically looking for for a project i set on on route.. On the advice of a bookshop owner I was told to visit Mattias Drummer as he may be able to help with my list as it was one of the areas his bookshop covered. I went to the counter, said hello and politely asked if i could show my list of books, to which the man behind the counter quite aggressively said no. Slightly taken aback by this this, i decided to look around the shop to see if i could find some titles myself, only to be followed around the shop. Eventually, spotting two books of interest in the cabinet beside the counter i decided to try again, hoping that things might go better the second time around. Naming the titles of the books, i asked how much they cost. To which the owner replied aggressively in broken English, if i couldn't speak to him in German then he wouldn't give me the prices for the books. Completely shocked, I left but not before telling him that I thought he was incredibly rude. Yes it's true i don't speak German, but he did speak enough English to understand what i was asking. All a bit longwinded but to get to the point, on personal experience I would most definitely not recommend this bookshop, especially if you don't speak German no matter how basic your request may be, as it appears the owner is not very receptive to foreigners. There are plenty of other great bookshops worth visiting, Cassell & Lampe and Antiquariat Am Adenauerplatz which are close by to name a few. There is also a great free Antiquarian bookshop guide which you can pick up free in many bookshops.

Unfortunately, I am not a German language speaker. While I can usually navigate German language…read morewebsites, their site was fundamentally impenetrable, even with the English option. If one cannot get through, how can one use their service? ====================================================== Ich bin leider kein deutschsprachiger Sprecher. Während ich normalerweise auf deutschsprachigen Websites navigieren kann, war ihre Website selbst mit der englischen Option grundsätzlich undurchdringlich. Wenn man nicht durchkommt, wie kann man ihren Service nutzen?