Sorry, you're correct and that's my fault. My original piece was May to August, but because of delays in me getting it to TSE, I offered some updated figures including the by-elections in September s… (View Post)

4000 is _very_impressive. I've known a lot of people who say they've got 'thousands of books', and when I go around... not quite so many. I'm probably going to be around 80-90 this year, partly due t… (View Post)

Re the shelf-decorators: yes, I can attest to this as a former bookseller myself. Keys are: they buy hardbacks; they won't buy more than one by any given author; prizewinners are important; the autho… (View Post)

You're making the mistake of, in effect, double-counting. The 538 headline figures are for their 'deluxe' (i.e. complicated) model. The polls-only figures in their model give the Democrats much bette… (View Post)

My bookshop-owning friend (and while I'm at it, I'll give her a plug: The Book Ferret in Arundel, delightful independent bookshop staffed by 1 human and 3 whippets, do go and buy something) has notic… (View Post)