chauntelle Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I spent the weekend looking in book stores for candle making books and mags and was so disapointed to come home empty handed even my little village library had two books but not quite what im looking for !!! It is so frustrating that a large borders didn't have one book even though there system suggested 10! They import from the us but didn't have one mag!!!! Is there anywhere i can go in the uk and actually look at the book/ mag before committing to buyuing!Thanks for letting me moan guys i feel so much better now! i just get so annoyed that we seem so slow in england! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnjieBurdett Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Know the feeling! I am one to start a new hobby and buy all the books I can find - but I can't find any in shops, and don't wanna buy off ebay because you can't have a flick through first. You just reminded me what I was going to do today! JOIN THE LIBRARY yayyy.Anjie,x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chauntelle Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 The library are more helpful than book stores think i might haveto take a trip to the us !! good excuse for a hol!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarysweet95 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 My library had quite a few candle books in the catalogue, so you could always try ordering them, it's only about 75p or summit.I find the main book shops are useless in terms of candle making books, but what it much better are the book outlet shops - the works has a craft section and sometimes i see candle making books in there. I got a great one from there and it was reduced as well!!!!So whenever i'm at the shops, i just havea quick look in the publishers outlet shops and see what they've got!No what you mean about wanting to see it first, i make bead jewellery too, and lots of books on that look great, but inside are a bit naff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForHisGlory Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Know the feeling! I am one to start a new hobby and buy all the books I can find - but I can't find any in shops, and don't wanna buy off ebay because you can't have a flick through first. You just reminded me what I was going to do today! JOIN THE LIBRARY yayyy.Anjie,x.Here's a few off the net:http://www.genwax.com/candle_commodity_groups/candlemaking_books.htmHow about this one? lol!http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-2717.htmlThis was also interesting:http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/fragrancesandaromatherapy/tp/besteobooks.htmYou can also go to: www.gohastings.com and put in "candle making" in the search engine. They had 17 books listed.Waldenbooks also has a lot of books:http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_wdn/102-7767062-4732102?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=candle+making&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Well in that case does Amazon ship to your country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForHisGlory Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Well in that case does Amazon ship to your country?Hmmmm, that is a consideration. lol! I didn't notice the location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Bug Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Just a thought. If you have a library, sometimes they will get loans for you from other libraries. Down here in the states they do that, so it is worth asking about. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chauntelle Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 Yeah tried the library books there was only four on their list i have one of them already,borrowed 2 and the other was booked out. Will try the works have been looking in there but haven't seen any as yet but will keep looking!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauimom Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I spent the weekend looking in book stores for candle making books and mags and was so disapointed to come home empty handed even my little village library had two books but not quite what im looking for !!! It is so frustrating that a large borders didn't have one book even though there system suggested 10! They import from the us but didn't have one mag!!!! Is there anywhere i can go in the uk and actually look at the book/ mag before committing to buyuing!Thanks for letting me moan guys i feel so much better now! i just get so annoyed that we seem so slow in england!Well, I finally purchased some used books on amazon.com. After checking out some from our mountain library. They are great about getting books from other places for us to use. Everybody in this little bity mountain community thinks that our tiny little library is their best friend! Anyway, other than that, I got a lot of information and instructions from about.com. And then just kept looking on the internet. I tell you however, I seem to be able to get more information about soaping on the internet than about making candles. Good luck to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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