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No need to feel guilty - it is not your fault! If some retailers are prepared to give these deals to consumers, then you are absolutely right to take them. I once received a letter from a huge book wholesaler in Eastbourne, who I use from time to time, essentially pleading with shops not to buy...

That is why independent book shops are disappearing - cannot compete against retailers who are selling books at pretty much cost (certainly the cost that an independent would buy them for anyway). I have certainly seen supermarkets and others selling books for less than I can buy them for even...

Have just seen this as well - theft is not something I have encountered regularly in my shop thankfully as, presumably, I do not keep many bibles or spiritual books! http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/stnews/2015/05/17/bible-top-of-sa-book-thieves-best-stealer-list

Well that's it, it is all down to the parents. I have some grandparents coming in trying to find books that a child can read without their parents, as their parents will not read to them for example. Thankfully, I also see the other extreme where parents are only too pleased to buy their kids...

Quite. You are relying on someone else's interpretation of the book instead of your own imagination.

I can see that Kindles have their place. The thing about the next generation I am seeing is that many do not read - many times I have kids in the shop saying that they do not need to read the book as they have already seen the film, for example. I also have parents in the shop giving their...

That's what I am hearing more and more - that people take Kindles with them when travelling but don't tend to use them at home. Have also have a few people returning to books because their Kindle kept breaking and they were fed up with having to get it fixed or upgrade - there was an article a...

Yes, that's them. They sometimes came with a bit of card/cloth/chord etc that you could use to remember where you were. And they didn't need charging/batteries. A marvelously simple bit of kit. Do you prefer to read your Kindle or a book at home? Being in the trade, I have noticed that many...

I find those things with a cover and pages of paper in them the best :smile: