When you think of home delivery, the likes of pizza or Deliveroo come to mind.
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Now, you can add books to that list, thanks to the Collins bookstore outlet in Thiroul.
And it comes with a more personal touch than Amazon too.
Since last week, for anyone in self-isolation in the Thirroul postcode, sisters and bookstore owners Amanda Isler and Deb Thompson will take a book order over the phone and then deliver it to your door - for free.
Outside the Thirroul area, you have to spend at least $30 to get delivery - though books going to someone in a nursing home get a 20 per cent discount.
Ms Isler said it was a way to pay back the way the Thirroul reading community welcomed the bookstore "with open arms".
"It's a win-win thing for both of us," Ms Isler said of the free delivery service.
"We're happy to support the community in that way."
Glen Humphries
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
