So far, no traditional bookshops have stocked the products.

Charity bookshops, particularly those belonging to Oxfam, have been criticised for forcing traditional bookshops out of business.

This bookshop has held strong and still retains the feel and smell of a traditional bookshop - you enter another world and can find old classics alongside children's books and modern autobiographies.

Research by The Daily Telegraph last autumn showed that the number of traditional bookshops on the UK's high streets has halved to 2,200 since 2005.

But one of the earliest non-book product categories into the traditional bookshop was greetings, wrap and social stationery.

They cost just sixpence, the same price as a packet of cigarettes, and were available in traditional bookshops, but also in railway stations and tobacconists.

The sting in the tail, Wood notes, is that the Kindle is likely to be "greeted with dismay by traditional bookshops".

We're celebrating the joys of traditional bookshops by giving away £500 worth of book vouchers.

One Tree Books is a traditional bookshop, filled with a wide selection of local and national titles along with a supportive and helpful staff.

"Appalled by the selection on offer, Lane decided that good quality contemporary fiction should be made available at an attractive price and sold not just in traditional bookshops, but also in railway stations, tobacconists and chain stores."