Just had a wander over to the new Waterstone's website courtesy of a very generous link from Scott Pack over on his Me & My Big Mouth blog.Rummaging through the bowels (Waterstone's not Scott Pack's) of the place I came across the legalities of posting a book review on there which I will run by my legal team.
I'm sure it's all necessary but could this be why we blog?
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