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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

In these truth-elusive times, I try to avoid conspiracy theory wormholes as much as possible. However when Amazon abruptly removes ALL traces of a book called “Conspiracy & Populism: The Politics of Misinformation” from its catalogue, it does make you wonder what sort of censorship is at play 🤔

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Simply Textbook has just made a cash donation to @corambeanstalk.bsky.social to further support their amazing work helping children and young people become more confident readers. 🤓📚 To make a donation of your cash or your time, please visit www.beanstalkcharity.org.uk

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Coram Beanstalk – volunteer as a trained reading helper in a primary school to provide one-to-one literacy support

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I just found my old Little Professor 🤓 Us kids of the 1980s had to amuse ourselves with these while we waited patiently for the iPhone to come along 😂 First released by Texas Instruments in 1976, it sold over 1 million units in 1977 alone. ➕➖✖️➗ Did you have one of these? Have you still got it?

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

It’s #worldbookday which seems like a most excellent excuse to dig out my treasured collection of iconic Penguin Classics! 🐧📚🧡 All collected by Simply Textbook over recent years from members of the academic community 🎓 Which ones have you read? Which is your favourite? 🤓📚🐧🧡

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Happy New Year! Did you know… 2025 is a perfect square year?! 🤓 45 x 45 = 2025 The last example of this was 1936 (44 x 44); and the next one will be 2116 (46 x 46) I don’t know the full significance of this, but hopefully (all fingers crossed)… it’s all good! (Orange presidents aside, obvs) 🤞🤞

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

This definitely wins this year’s gold prize in the category of “Best Bookmark Found Inside Second Hand Book” If my book is open - your mouth is closed 🏆🥇😆📚

Amusing bookmark which says “if my book is open… your mouth is closed”

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Upcoming collection dates 📚 Monday 25th November: 🔘 University of Sussex (Falmer) 🔘 Guildford/Godalming area Wednesday 27th November: South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🔘 USW (Newport & Treforest) 🔘 Cardiff (University & city-wide) 🔘 Caerphilly area To request a collection: simplytextbook.co.uk/requestacoll...

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Thanks Heather! Simply Textbook proudly operates a very strict zero-landfill policy. 🚫 Books should never ever be in landfill, it is indeed a horrible thought!

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Simply Textbook is here to help, Helen! Simply Textbook is passionately committed to keeping books out of landfill, and does its VERY best to get them into the hands of another reader. We rightly wince at single use plastics, but sadly far too many great books fit into the same category. 😞

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

If you need a collection please get in touch and I’m sure we can work something out. The more books you have, or can accumulate with your colleagues, the better the chance of arranging a collection without having to wait too long.

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Some locations are visited more than others. Most frequent: London, Thames/M4 corridor to Bristol, Sussex, Oxford, Cambridge, East & West Midlands, South Wales Less frequent: Norwich, Yorkshire, North West, North East, North Wales Rare: far South West, far South East, far North. No Scotland.

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Simply Textbook collects from any university location in England & Wales. Collections are free of charge for serving university staff, or recently retired staff (within last 2 years) (Minimum quantity and/or geographical restrictions may apply).

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Simply Textbook collects ANY published books with ISBN 📚 Academic and non-academic; fiction and non-fiction; any subject, age, condition, language. (Sorry, no journals, periodicals, magazines, brochures, booklets, manuals, folders, dissertations etc) All books find a new home one way or another.

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Excellent, thanks! I’ve received your web form, and will get back to you right away.

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I just dropped off some parcels at the local parcel shop, and saw this lovely memorial for the very first time, despite going there most days. Bob - I never met you, but it seems that you were one very cool and much loved cat. 😻😿 RIP Bob 🐈‍⬛

A memorial stone dedicated to a cat named Bob.

A memorial stone dedicated to a cat named Bob, placed outside of a shop.

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Thank you, Carole! 👍 Tim - Carole has sent you to the right place, that’s certainly something that I’d love to help you with. I collect from homes as well as university locations. Please either drop me an email at matthew@simplytextbook.co.uk, or submit a form at simplytextbook.co.uk Thanks! 📚

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ALT: a cartoon character is standing on a desk with his arms in the air .

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Weather app showing 2°C with 4cm of snow on Thursday, swiftly followed by a rain soaked 15°C on Saturday! Crazy weather changes! At least the snow won’t be hanging around for long.

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Looking to connect on Bluesky with folk from the UK academic community. Simply Textbook is a free service offered to university staff in England & Wales, collecting any unwanted books and finding them a new home - NEVER in landfill. The safe way to dispose of the books you no longer read or need.

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

When you collect second hand books professionally, some titles grab your attention more than others. This one seems very timely 🇺🇸👀

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Simply Textbook 📚🚛♻️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @simplytextbook.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hello Bluesky! 🦋 I created this account a few months ago, but didn’t get very far setting it up. Now the time has *definitely* come to abandon my account on the rancid cesspit called X 👎👎 Please follow! 🤝 Simply Textbook collects and re-homes any unwanted academic books - never in landfill! 📚🚛♻️

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