Topping & Company Booksellers vs Gay's The Word

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Topping & Company Booksellers compared with Gay's The Word
Detail	Topping & Company Booksellers	Gay's The Word
What it does	Not given	The UK's oldest LGBT+ bookshop
Stage	Established	Established
Founded	2002	1979
Based in	GB	GB
Pricing model	Not given	Not given
Pricing	Not given	Not given
Key features	Signed first editions Author events Book subscriptions Book vouchers Coffee with a Bookseller consultation	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	Family-run and independent with no distant head office Extensive breadth of titles including long-term and slow-selling books Booksellers given freedom to recommend books they feel readers will love	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)	67 +1 (up) since last check	59 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	54	31
Citation Flow (Majestic)	46	29
Referring domains (Majestic)	1094	912

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