Gardners Books is the largest book wholesaler in the United Kingdom. Based in Eastbourne, East Sussex, Gardners supplies books to a number of British retailers including Waterstone's, Tesco.com Books, TheHut.com, The Book Depository, Play.com and WHSmith. They have a stock catalogue of over 850,000 titles from over 4,000 publishers, with around 400,000 in stock at any one time.
Gardners provide an automated telephone enquiry line known as GardCall which gives availability of a book from an ISBN. Gardners also provide support for EPOS ordering systems.
In October 2008, Gardners moved into the DVD market and in 2010 moved into the CD market.
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