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Originally Posted by columbus
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Originally Posted by Patricia
Also this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009...seller-website
(Waterstone's staff are now blocked from accessing the Bookseller site, after it published an unflattering story. It is the main trade journal for bookselers in the UK.)
The Cardiff branch of Waterstone's is also the one that cancelled an author's book signing because of protests by some Christian groups last year.
(There was no problem when the unfortunate author went on to do a reading at the Welsh Assembly.)
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wow. those are appalling. i almost wish i lived in the UK now just so i could boycott waterstone's.
patricia, perhaps a nonny mouse's advice is the best ; go right over their heads. wouldn't it be lovely if a higher authority took the matter in hand and required them to fulfill their obligations without you having to struggle with them.