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Book<p>I went to a bookstore today and found a manga i really want to read. The price on the back was in both USD and CAD. Fine, but I only have Sterling.</p><p>So I went to the desk and asked them for the price in local currency.</p><p>"Oh, that's £48."</p><p>"But it's only $47 American. (£37)"</p><p>"Well, what can I say?"</p><p>I dipped. </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Manga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manga</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Waterstones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterstones</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ouchies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ouchies</span></a></p>
George A. Thorn<p>Hello everyone! I’m an independent author who’ll mostly post about my work and random crap I make in my spare time 😁 I share with you down below my latest book which was the first of mine under a traditional publisher. Hope you all pick up a copy! </p><p>📚 Find me on: Facebook, Instagram, Threads, YouTube, TikTok at my username: ThornwoodOnline</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pirates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pirates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookTok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/waterstones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterstones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/barnesandnoble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barnesandnoble</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a></p>
andylancelot<p>Usually like getting emails from <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Waterstones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterstones</span></a> to see what’s happening, but I just HAD to reply to this one. 🤨<br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p>
Niamh Garvey<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Waterstones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterstones</span></a> was my favourite shop to browse in as a child, so spotting my book (and displayed so prominently!) brought me a bolt of joy today. Love thinking of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autistic</span></a> kids discovering it while browsing.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span></p>
Alexander Hay<p>And while we're on the (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CloudStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudStrike</span></a>) topic, the fact that various major <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retailers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retailers</span></a>, such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Waterstones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterstones</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Morrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Morrisons</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Waitrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waitrose</span></a>, have been forced to go cash-only does rather demonstrate the existential dangers of a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cashless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cashless</span></a> society, does it not?</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240719100902/https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2024/jul/19/retail-sales-great-britain-slump-12-government-borrowing-june-figure-lowest-2019-horizon-business-live?page=with:block-669a31778f08c0d322350c62#block-669a31778f08c0d322350c62" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2024071910</span><span class="invisible">0902/https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2024/jul/19/retail-sales-great-britain-slump-12-government-borrowing-june-figure-lowest-2019-horizon-business-live?page=with:block-669a31778f08c0d322350c62#block-669a31778f08c0d322350c62</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a></p>
PenofGlen | Glen Tooke<p>What do you think of the stories about Waterstones today, who was right and what does this mean for free speech versus cancel culture?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/waterstones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterstones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cancel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a>+ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a></p><p><a href="https://penofglen.wordpress.com/2024/07/10/the-fine-line-of-free-speech-waterstones-tilly-fitzgerald-and-the-cancel-culture-debate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">penofglen.wordpress.com/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">7/10/the-fine-line-of-free-speech-waterstones-tilly-fitzgerald-and-the-cancel-culture-debate/</span></a></p>
Matt × 🇳🇴 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mcr.wtf/@johnelalamo" class="u-url mention">@<span>johnelalamo</span></a></span> It used to be a nice bookstore to hang out in though. Still the same 12 years later? <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Manchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Manchester</span></a> <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Waterstones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Waterstones</span></a> 📚</p>
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