{"id":280,"date":"2014-05-11T13:28:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T13:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/?p=280"},"modified":"2014-05-11T13:29:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T13:29:52","slug":"my-independent-bookshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"My Independent Bookshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I just\u00a0chose a selection of my favourite thrillers on a beautifully designed new website called My Independent Bookshop&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myindependentbookshop.co.uk\/alastairgunn\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to see them and other collections, or get involved and open your own shop (for free)!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/My-Independent-Bookshop-header-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-284\" alt=\"My Independent Bookshop header 2\" src=\"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/My-Independent-Bookshop-header-2.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/My-Independent-Bookshop-header-2.jpg 793w, http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/My-Independent-Bookshop-header-2-300x97.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A little bit about My Independent Bookshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to finding new authors or learning about the latest books, nothing beats a personal recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>With My Independent Bookshop, you can enjoy the thrill of discovering great new reads that have been recommended to you \u2013 books you\u2019d never have got to know otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>And the best thing? It all happens through your very own bookshop \u2013 a shop you can design and theme any way you please.<\/p>\n<p>Simply pick the 12 books you love and put them on display. Write recommendations and share them with friends. Then change your collection as often as you like, by season, genre or mood \u2013 the possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re more of a window shopper, take a walk down our virtual streets. You\u2019ll find shops run by book lovers, favourite authors and bloggers, maybe your best friend or even local librarian. Along the way you might stumble across a host of unexpected new reads.<\/p>\n<p>After all, there\u2019s nothing more magical than a bookshop. It\u2019s more than just a shop \u2013 it\u2019s a gateway to different worlds. And to keep that magic alive, we\u2019ve teamed up with <b>hive<\/b>, so that every book bought through your virtual bookshop can benefit an independent bookshop in the real world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just chose a selection of my favourite thrillers on a beautifully designed new website called My Independent Bookshop&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions\/287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}