14 December 2011

25 Wonderful Things No.14

"What a waste of trees!" was once my uncharacteristically sarcastic thought, grumpy with sweat and rain on entering a branch of a well-known UK book retailer.

And when you see the soul-sapping face of Fat Unfunny James Corden, for example, repeated twenty times on a display stand advertising who-knows-what discomforting lies he has allegedly written for our edification, one can possibly sympathise.

Wednesday 14th December


But what a wonderful thing that the bookshop still exists, not yet having been eroded away by the creeping menace of Kindles and e-books!

And while reduction due to space limitations remains an unfortunate by-product of growing up, please bear the following point in mind when you gaze at your hopefully groaning bookshelves and ponder the benefits of "going digital"....

VAT at 20% on all audiobooks and downloads.

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