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Newsletter · By Adrian Raffill · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Shiny Happy People Buying Books (opens the original)

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    People are happy when they’re buying books. Apart from working at Fourbears Books I’ve had three previous experiences working in retail. First was a Saturday job when I was 15 at one of the last great old department stores on London’s Oxford Street, Bourne and Hollingsworth. I was in the shoe department. Let me tell, you, people are not happy when they’re buying shoes. Especially when they’re buying shoes in an Oxford Street department store on a Saturday in the run up to Christmas. And especial

  2. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    What Kind of Maniac Does This? (opens the original)

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    How many people read a book without reading the blurb on the back first? What kind of maniac would do that, right? Whether you’re browsing a certain online bookselling behemoth for your next e-reading experience, wandering among the shelves of your local library or bookshop, or just looking at a book your friend has lent you, the blurb is the first thing we look at after the front cover, the place where we start to form an opinion about whether this book is for us or not. <a class="image-link im

  3. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    Making Book Recommendations (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    How Many Chapters Should a Book Have? (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 28, 2026

    How to get one in seven children a free book, every month. (opens the original)

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    <img alt="💲THIS IS LIFE, EASY PLAY, AND I AM WINNING💲 This art piece was inspired by the life of #scroogemcduck from DuckTales. He was a successful yet greedy businessman, who always was on" class="sizing-normal" height="447" src="https://substackcdn.com/i

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