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Waterstones
Waterstones | Barry Ghabaei
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Imagine yourself standing at bat with the bases loaded. Your team is losing three points. Its up to you to strike a grand slam at the bottom of the ninth with two outs. These stories come at you like a curveball in this situation. If you can hit one, then you have what it takes.
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Oryx
Waterstones | Barry Ghabaei
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Back in a bookshop!! Didn't buy anything as I was too hungry to browse properly. But the little look around was good for the soul.

Leftcoastzen Yay!🐶 3y
julesG Is Daisy annoyed because you didn't get her a book? 3y
Cathythoughts Awww 🥰 3y
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squirrelbrain Lovely! 💕 3y
TrishB Aww. 🐶 you‘ll have to buy later! (edited) 3y
LeahBergen And Daisy dressed up for her outing!! 💖💖 3y
Oryx @julesG yeah, she wanted Cujo, but I just don't think she's old enough yet. 3y
Oryx @TrishB oh I will. I'll make sure I'm full of cake and coffee next time. 3y
Oryx @LeahBergen Her rain coat... She's not a fan 😀 3y
julesG 😂😂 3y
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Smrloomis
Waterstones | Barry Ghabaei
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Well, everyone, is this good or bad? I‘m not in the book selling business but I‘m very interested to see where this goes. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/07/waterstones-o...

SarahSaysRead I would think mostly good? They're not spending almost 700 million on all of that infrastructure just to close them all. I'm interested to see what kind of changes they make but I bet it will be a long time yet. 5y
TheLibrarian I'm hoping good! B&N has lost a lot of my business lately so hoping to see some good changes. 5y
enidkeaner I‘m hoping it‘s good cause I‘ve got hundreds of dollars worth of B&N gift cards 5y
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Ashley_Nicoletto I‘m hoping it‘s positive. In reality if no one purchased them there was a strong chance they were going to close eventually. They‘ve been doing poorly financially for a while. I have my 🤞🏼🤞🏼 that this management company will be able to turn some stuff around. 5y
Smrloomis @SarahSaysRead @TheLibrarian @Ashley_Nicoletto I hope so too. I didn‘t realize they have stores in all 50 states. That‘s a lot to keep up with so maybe some more of those will close but hope not that many of them 🤞🏽 5y
Smrloomis @enidkeaner it‘s a good time to spend those bad boys 🤔😂 5y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders @Smrloomis @enidkeaner oh yeah! I'd be using those up before it could possibly be too late! 😵 5y
BooknerdsLife Oh no! I hate to see bookstores close down...this reminded me of Boarders 😭 Hope this is a good thing for both stores! & That‘s why I try to shop at my local bookstores as much as I can afford 😢 5y
Smrloomis @Penny_LiteraryHoarders @enidkeaner yes, and who doesn‘t need more to read? 😆 5y
Smrloomis @BooknerdsLife yeah, we‘ll have to see if they close stores like Borders. And since B & N has been struggling, it seems like it could happen. Time will tell. 5y
enidkeaner @Penny_LiteraryHoarders I always hoard gift cards when I get them so I can use them when I feel broke! 😂 5y
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Moray_Reads
Waterstones | Barry Ghabaei
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Excellent tweet from Waterstones Inverness today. What text abbreviations mean to book-lovers. STFU of my personal favourite.

JeanAudrey I like Orwell too 5y
BarbaraBB 😂 5y
Kalalalatja This is awesome! 😂😂😂 5y
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Birdsong28
Waterstones | Barry Ghabaei
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LizzieChantree Fantastic news! 5y
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Moray_Reads
Waterstones | Barry Ghabaei
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Waterstones has acquired one of the most famous independent bookstores in London. They're calling it a "defence" against Amazon. Considering that Waterstones has been a major player in independent closures since long before Anacin arrived this is some pretty clever spin ?

saresmoore They play such mind games with us. 6y
britt_brooke Clever indeed. 🤨😕 6y
Moray_Reads @saresmoore @britt_brooke I buy my books from everywhere; charity shops, independents, Waterstones, Amazon, library sales but I don't appreciate Waterstones marketing itself as the saviour of bookshops. I'm not stupid. It's only months since everyone was outraged that they were outfitting their stores to look independent 😠 6y
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zsuzsanna_reads I know, I prefer to buy my books pretty much anywhere other than Waterstones now. 6y
Moray_Reads @zsuzsanna_reads their sudden moral high horse is irritating 6y
britt_brooke @Moray_Reads I buy mine everywhere as well, but mostly thrift and amazon. I agree with you. Waterstones must think readers are pretty stupid. 6y
Moray_Reads @britt_brooke I'm kind of offended that they think they can fool me like that. And I just ordered a book from them today! 6y
Kalalalatja What a lousy excuse! 6y
Moray_Reads @Kalalalatja right? Business is business, it would be sad under any circumstances but for Waterstones to paint themselves as a knight in shining armour for independent bookshops is beyond ridiculous! 6y
Kalalalatja Exactly! You want to make money so you buy stores that make money. Just be honest 🙄🙄🙄 6y
juliannebenford Totally agree - what they‘ve said is utterly meaningless! 6y
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Birdsong28
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Just a word of warning when you transfer your points card make sure that your 'physical' card number matches your card on your online account as I have had a mither the past couple of days trying to get them to match. #Waterstones customer service were very helpful and it got sorted and they know that they are having problems with others. Not been the smooth transition they were hoping. 📚📖

TrishB Going to sort mine tomorrow as have a book to pick up. 6y
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rachelsbrittain
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Why yes, I am almost incapable of passing by a bookshop

Reviewsbylola Same! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 6y
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