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UK Book Chain Waterstone’s Sold to Russian Billionaire

By Hannah Johnson Waterstone’s parent company HMV announced this morning that it would sell the UK book chain to Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut’s company, A&NN  … 

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UK’s Waterstone’s Pins Hopes on aNobii “Social Bookselling” App

Beleaguered bookseller Waterstone’s is counting on aNobii, a book-oriented social networking site originally developed in Hong Kong, to help save them. By Roger Tagholm LONDON:  … 

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With UK Print Book Sales Falling, Can E-books Close the Gap?

E-book sales accounted for just 1% of the UK book market in 2010, but are expected to boom in 2011 — growth that might be  … 

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