State of Independents

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Sometimes the personal is the political

A common refrain I’ve heard during the current election campaign is that none of the main parties really inspire voters – we haven’t had a “Yes We Can” moment from any of the leaders in their TV debates and with public borrowing etc at the current levels, everyone seems resigned to the fact that life’s [...]

Me Me Myerson

Since Borders went into administration there has been a flurry of newspaper articles considering the future of bookselling.  These have ranged from talking heads romanticising the Tim Waterstone days at the eponymous chain, to features about boutique-style shops in posh areas of London to trying-to-be-controversial pieces telling us that bookshops and the dead-tree media that [...]

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Welcome to State of Independents. We're booksellers and publishers based in Edinburgh and this is where we'll be writing about the book trade as we see it. We write about what's going on in our businesses over at The Fidra Blog but over here we'll be expressing opinions from the independent of mind.

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