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Books

Two books, one editorial habit: looking again at the arrangements people are most often asked to accept without question.

Nothing to Show for It by Ian Wilkinson, stacked paperback copies

Latest title

Nothing to Show for It

How the subscription economy ended ownership, and what Gen X lost in the bargain

This is not a book about nostalgia. It is about the generation that bought the vinyl, then the CD, then the download, then started paying monthly for access to music they will never own, because each step felt like a reasonable upgrade at the time.

Paperback £9.99Kindle £2.99 • Kindle Unlimited

The Quiet Con by Ian Wilkinson, stacked paperback copies

Debut title

The Quiet Con

What the Alcohol Industry Hopes You Never Figure Out

This is not a book about rock bottom. It is about the ninety per cent somewhere in the middle: people who function perfectly well, drink most evenings because that is what evenings look like now, and have been shaped by decades of organised persuasion.

Paperback £9.99Kindle £2.99 • Kindle Unlimited

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