http://tygerland.net/2006/05/23/on-independent-booksellers/ occasionally acerbic, cultural and political comment Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:04:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://tygerland.net/2006/05/23/on-independent-booksellers/#comment-18058 tygerland.net » Dave Hill Watch Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:30:51 +0000 http://tygerland.net/?p=573#comment-18058 [...] Dave Hill is a novelist, journalist, and now blogger. His site is the place to go for the discerning reader; it’s brilliantly written and wonderfully eclectic. Go see. Anyway, Dave has a new novel out, The Adoption, and I went into Newark on Saturday to try my luck at buying a copy (I avoid, where possible, buying books online). No luck. WHSmiths didn’t have it, and Buy the Book, our local coffee-shop/booksellers, didn’t have a copy either. Bad form you two, bad form. [...] [...] Dave Hill is a novelist, journalist, and now blogger. His site is the place to go for the discerning reader; it’s brilliantly written and wonderfully eclectic. Go see. Anyway, Dave has a new novel out, The Adoption, and I went into Newark on Saturday to try my luck at buying a copy (I avoid, where possible, buying books online). No luck. WHSmiths didn’t have it, and Buy the Book, our local coffee-shop/booksellers, didn’t have a copy either. Bad form you two, bad form. [...]

]]> http://tygerland.net/2006/05/23/on-independent-booksellers/#comment-322 tyger Tue, 23 May 2006 16:36:37 +0000 http://tygerland.net/?p=573#comment-322 Thank you very much Helena. Yes it's great to know our bookshops still have a future. Thank you very much Helena. Yes it’s great to know our bookshops still have a future.

]]> http://tygerland.net/2006/05/23/on-independent-booksellers/#comment-321 Helena Tue, 23 May 2006 15:45:50 +0000 http://tygerland.net/?p=573#comment-321 Nice post- didn't read the Guardian article, but I'm glad to hear theres still a thriving trade in small bookshops, one of my own favourite things. On a different note, found your link to this blog on the Guardian thread about employing a blogger from the commentors on CiF. Good luck, i hope you get a shot. Nice post- didn’t read the Guardian article, but I’m glad to hear theres still a thriving trade in small bookshops, one of my own favourite things.
On a different note, found your link to this blog on the Guardian thread about employing a blogger from the commentors on CiF. Good luck, i hope you get a shot.

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