John Hatchard John Hatchard John Hatchard (1769–1849) was an English publisher and bookseller, in Piccadilly, London. The Hatchards bookshop there is still in business. Hatchard had a trial at the works of the printer Thomas Bensley. He then served on apprenticeship, with John Ginger of College Street, Westminster. He later became an assistant to Thomas Payne of Mews Gate, and went into business on his own account at 173 Piccadilly, London. Starting there in 1797, he had the largest business in the retail book trade in London after four years. In 1801 Hatchard moved from 173 Piccadilly to No. 189–190; in 1820
The Internet Bookshop The Internet Bookshop The Internet Bookshop was a British online bookseller based in Oxford, started in 1994 by Darryl Mattocks. The company was incorporated as a private limited company in October 1992 with founding director Darryl Mattocks. It was originally called VisionAssist Limited and provided information technology consultancy services. In 1994, using personal funding and a loan from the Blackwell family (who own Blackwell UK) the company based in Oxford started to sell books online from the www.bookshop.co.uk website. In April 1996, the name of the company was changed to "The Internet Bookshop (Oxford) Limited". In February 1997, the company