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Shock as trade absorbs Waterstones/Amazon alliance

  Publishers have given sharply divided reactions to news released this morning (21st May) that Amazon and Waterstones are to go into...

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Waterstones signs Kindle deal with Amazon

Waterstones has signed a commercial agreement with Amazon to launch new "e-reading services and offer Kindle digital devices" through its...

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Subs drop as chain adopts buying tool

Waterstones has dropped its initial subscription numbers on some titles following the introduction of a new computerised buying tool intended to...

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BA: new digital offers for high street

The Booksellers Association's chief executive Tim Godfray has said Kobo, Anobii and Hive will all announce new initiatives to help booksellers...

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Daunt: Waterstones customers 'want Kindle'

Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has said the deal with Amazon to sell its e-reading devices and Kindle e-books through Waterstones' shops was a...

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Latitude launches London Book Club

Latitude Festival is launching a monthly book club in London, with the first to be held today  [21st May]. The Latitude Book Club will take...

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