{"id":74,"date":"2020-11-29T14:35:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T14:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/?p=74"},"modified":"2025-01-26T16:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T16:18:29","slug":"2020-what-a-shit-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/29\/2020-what-a-shit-show\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 &#8211; what the what?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The\nChallenges of Transitioning Online<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\npandemic was an incredibly challenging time for independent businesses, and\nBorder Bookshop was no exception. Even before 2020, we faced difficulties with\ndeclining footfall and rising costs, compounded by high-interest rates on\nloans. When lockdowns made in-person shopping impossible, we had to make the\ndifficult decision to shift our stock online while also physically moving all\nof the stock to an alternative premises to continue serving our customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While\nwe\u2019ve made progress, moving thousands of books, comics, and magazines to an\nonline database has been an immense task. Years later, we\u2019re still not even\nhalfway through cataloguing everything. This means there are countless\nsingle-issue comics, vintage magazines, and unique treasures that aren\u2019t yet\nlisted online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For\nnow, the best way to discover what we have is to reach out to us directly. If\nyou\u2019re hunting for something specific or curious about our stock, just send us\nan email. We\u2019re always happy to help you find what you\u2019re looking for, even if\nit takes a little extra time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your ongoing support\u2014it means everything to us as we navigate these challenges and work toward preserving the magic of our collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-border-books\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dD2f9wSa3p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/\">Border Books<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Border Books&#8221; &#8212; Border Books\" src=\"https:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/embed\/#?secret=yWXqewsyF8#?secret=dD2f9wSa3p\" data-secret=\"dD2f9wSa3p\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Challenges of Transitioning Online The pandemic was an incredibly challenging time for independent businesses, and Border Bookshop was no exception. Even before 2020, we faced difficulties with declining footfall and rising costs, compounded by high-interest rates on loans. When lockdowns made in-person shopping impossible, we had to make the difficult decision to shift our &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/29\/2020-what-a-shit-show\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2020 &#8211; what the what?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,3,6,4,7],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-books","tag-bookshop","tag-second-hand","tag-secondhand","tag-small-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/borderbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}