@belfastbooks.bsky.social
Only working class bookshop in Belfast. Specialise in used and out of print books about 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland at our tiny York Rd store. New books are at http://www.belfastbooks.co.uk with audiobooks at https://libro.fm/belfastbooks
If you follow us over on Twitter you’ll know what this is about. If you don’t, you do now.
No stock moves ⚡️ than superhero graphic novels and manga.
Check out both for worldwide delivery here👇👇👇
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🎤*”Gonna buy some classics - gonna read them in my attic…”
Over 450 Penguin classics for wistful, whimsical, romantic you to peruse, possibly purchase and share with other book lovers.
#booksky #resistamazon #shopindie belfastbooks.co.uk/collections/...
*inspired by Adrian Gurvitz’s ‘Classic’.
This sought after book is currently Publisher Out of Stock (POS) in the UK, but the skanks at Amazon are still pretending they've stock of it, hoping to trick people into paying for a book they have ZERO prospect of getting.
Little wonder Bezos can afford a $500m yacht and a rumoured $600m wedding🙄
Congratulations @belfastbooks.bsky.social you're the 100th lovely indie bookstore in my #StarterPack!
go.bsky.app/AHQhv2z
Can some please stop Mr Books from considering using fridges instead of bookshelves to shelve books?
Plenty of movement in what's selling well in our #ItWasOnlyAWinterSale 30% off promo. Books by Sharon Davis and Leigh Francis up near the top.
Code you need at checkout is THEONLYWAYISESSEX
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20% off veggie and vegan books in our 'Veganuary' promotion using code 'SPROUTS'.
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The last posting day before Christmas in the U.K. is THE worst day of the year for Mr Books, as it's the day he takes all the panicked calls from people let down by Amazon🥺
Mr Books is Spurs.
Sorry for your loss...🐓
That's a cockerel btw🤔
If you support Amazon rather than indie bookshops can I suggest you look away now...
#booksky 📚
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Every year Mrs Books and I have a competition to see who sells the most books on #BookshopDotOrg
This year she's gone with cat themed books and calendars, despite me telling her no one is going to buy a 'Cat Shaming Calendar'🚫 uk.bookshop.org/lists/purr-f...
Our mailing list has had this since yesterday, now we're opening this 25% off offer on over 400 books to everyone.
Code at checkout is 'ULSTERFRY' and ends 2359 tomorrow (Fri).
📣But there's more...
FREE UK delivery when you spend £25 or more.
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Is that the Bauhaus book or the Ackman one?
Indie presses: what are they? They may also be called small presses or small publishers, but bear in mind the term also means those not part of a conglomerate, ergo also Faber and Faber and Bloomsbury. Here's the book you start with. For your book, but also magazines, journals, for poetry - ta da
Why Every Author Should Build Strong Bonds With Their Local Bookshops troubador.co.uk/blog/importa...
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Isn't that sad though, that people would rather virtue signal that support indie authors?
It is from where we are on the side of the pond.
Ta very much.
The link is in our pinned post, and got very little action at all.
Any guesses what would get more reposts and likes on here?
1. A post supporting indie authors and a link to a website containing almost 200 of their books
OR
2. A picture of a cat wearing glasses that say 'F@#K TRUMP'
Answer 1 or 2 in any reply or repost...
Don't let anyone tell you that 'The Tommyknockers' isn't where you should start...
Mushrooms you say?
Northern Ireland's world famous breakfast - the #UlsterFry says "NEVER, NEVER...NEVER!!!"
Right, time to draw a line.
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If I don't recognise your name, you have no profile picture & your page is blank,
I Won't Follow You Back.
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One last Blake's 7 picture of mine before Doctor Who Day starts tomorrow. Here's Avon (with Zen and Orac) and yes, he never had both those guns at the same time - but probably wishes he did.
#Blakes7
This is my bookstore, Phoenix Books in Montreal. Show her some love. 🖤
very quiet day today
three customers buying
a teen popping in for a nose
oh well
but we did do our first sale via blusky
woo-hoo!
There isn't a bookshop in the UK more 'indie' than us.
No one is as small, poor or bootstrappy as us, and we're amplifying indie authors by opening an #IndieWindae on our website to showcase high quality self published books.
First up...Troubador Publishing
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