We are living through a golden age of reading
Don’t believe the gloomsters – bookshops will live forever
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On the kindness of book people
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The rise of Waterstones Dad
How the self-made man got lost in the marketplace of ideas.
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Prince Harry’s Spare breaks UK non-fiction book sales records
The memoir appears to have beaten growing “Harry fatigue”.
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The radical bookshops shaping Britain’s literary culture
Today’s indie bookshops are as influential in stirring up political and cultural life as those of the 1960s.
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How Amazon surrendered in its war on bookshops
The e-commerce giant has increased its prices, while the number of independent booksellers continues to rise.
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Why Bookshop.org is not the saviour the book world needs
The “ethical” alternative to Amazon was lauded when it arrived in the UK in November. But a number of high…
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