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Industry Insiders: What’s Ahead for the UK’s Leading Bookseller Waterstones?

In News by Roger TagholmJanuary 12, 2018

Among unknowns facing the UK book industry this year, the idea of a Waterstones sale is among the most vexing. There’s one point of agreement: Industry players would like managing director James Daunt to stay in place.

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Color It Confusing: Are Adult Coloring Books Not Books?

In News by Dennis AbramsMay 25, 2016

If Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs office can somehow categorize coloring books as not books—and “incomplete” because they’re not colored in—what might publishers have to pay in VAT?

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Survey: Translated Fiction Outsells English Fiction in the UK

In News by Dennis AbramsMay 11, 2016

‘Currently 25 percent of our top 20 fiction titles are translated,’ we learn from Waterstones. It appears that UK readers are surprisingly into international books.

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Quantum’s Quandary: London Book Fair’s Careful Conference

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonApril 12, 2016

In a day of congenial panel discussions and reassuring pep talks, London Book Fair’s Quantum Conference threw an amber-warm light on tricky times for publishing.

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Waterstones’ James Daunt: ‘Student of Bookshops’

In Feature Articles by Roger TagholmMarch 4, 2016

From Brexit (no) to bookstore social space (yes) Waterstones’ managing director James Daunt is certain about one thing: He wants ‘to sell more books.’

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Waterstones Begins Pulling Amazon Kindle From Its Shelves

In News by Dennis AbramsOctober 6, 2015

According to reports in The Bookseller, many Waterstones bookstores have removed the Amazon Kindle from their shelves because of poor sales of the device.

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UK Authors, Publishers Donate Book Sales to Syrian Refugees

In News by Dennis AbramsSeptember 29, 2015

Some of the UK’s most famous authors and publishers are donating their earnings from book sales to raise £1m for Syrian refugees.

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Innovation Offers Hope to UK Indie Bookstores

In English Language by Edward NawotkaJuly 9, 2015

Technology is giving UK booksellers hope in their battle against Amazon, including a new web extension, Bookindy, that finds a local book price for you.

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Should UK Children’s Books Be Non Gender-Specific?

In News by Dennis AbramsMarch 19, 2014

The Guardian reports that a UK campaign to stop children’s books being labeled for boys or for girls is gaining support in the publishing community.

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Should Self-publishing Platforms Censor Objectionable Books?

In Discussion by Dennis AbramsOctober 18, 2013

Several self-publishing ebook platforms have censored rape, incest and other objectionable titles while others appear to continue profiting from them.

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