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PUBLISHER: Freight Books
FORMAT: Hardback
ISBN: 9781910449325
RRP: £9.99
PAGES: 128
PUBLICATION DATE:
November 12, 2015
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The Art of Internet Dating
Margaret Callaghan
Adrian Searle
Do you know your Cougar Hunters from your Shagging Grannies? Have you gone Dutch orseen too much? Are you seeking no strings or marriage and kids?UK internet dating is worth GBP300m and around GBP2bn globally. It’s the ultimate expression of newtechnology and shameless marketing meeting the universal human need for love, affection andsex. But any singleton making their first foray into the online dating will soon discover it’s a jungleout there.There are around 1400 dating websites and apps in the UK alone. Which sites should youchoose? How do you sign up? How do you create a profile? What are the dos and don’ts ofpersonal photos and text descriptions? And what about dating etiquette? Where should you goon a first date and who should pay? Should you sleep with someone before the third date?For the first time here is an internet dating guide that provides impartial advice for both men andwomen, from two experienced internet daters. Packed with practical, down-to-earth hints andtips, and hilarious anecdotes of dating disasters, this is both an essential handbook and a wrysideways glance at the UK’s most popular new participation sport.
Margaret Callaghan
Margaret Callaghan has a BSc and PhD from the University of Glasgow and worked as a Policy Advisor for HM Treasury before moving into social research. She has a Masters degree in creative writing and her fiction has been published in a variety of literary magazines. She lives in Barcelona and likes Guardian Soulmates. Adrian Searle is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and has a Masters in creative writing from the University of Glasgow. He is author of the architectural photography book Look Up Edinburgh, and co-author with David Barbour of Look Up Glasgow and Look Up London. His humour book 101 Uses of a Dead Kindle, with illustrator Judith Hastie, won two Scottish Design Awards while If Dogs Could Swear was also nominated for an award. He co-founded and edited the award-winning literary magazine Gutter. He works in design and publishing and his journalism has been published in broadsheet newspapers and magazines. Adrian met his partner on Plenty of Fish.