Mr B's Emporium vs Gay's The Word

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Mr B's Emporium compared with Gay's The Word
Detail	Mr B's Emporium	Gay's The Word
What it does	An award-winning independent bookshop in the heart of Bath, famous for Reading Subscriptions and Reading Spa Treatments	The UK's oldest LGBT+ bookshop
Stage	Established	Established
Founded	2006	1979
Based in	GB	GB
Pricing model	Not given	Not given
Pricing	Not given	Not given
Key features	Hand-picked book recommendations Reading Subscriptions Reading Spa Treatments Reading Clubs Author events Book recommendations service Publishing house Fox, Finch & Tepper	Online bookshop with UK and European shipping Book pre-orders Author signings and readings Gift vouchers and National Book Tokens Secondhand book donations accepted International shipping available Group and school visits by arrangement Community event hosting
What makes it different	Twice named UK's best independent bookshop Named one of the ten best bookshops in the world by The Guardian Innovative Reading Subscriptions and Reading Spa services Personalised book recommendations from expert booksellers	UK's oldest LGBT+ bookshop since 1979 Profits reinvested into the community Expert curation by professional booksellers Physical and online community hub
Ships internationally	Not given	Not given
Sells online	Not given	Not given
Physical shop	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	58 no change since last check	59 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	38	31
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	29
Referring domains (Majestic)	830	912

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