It's a new--wait for it--chapter for bookseller Barnes & Noble, which will be acquired by U.K. investment firm Elliott Advisors in an all-cash deal worth $683 million. Barnes & Noble joins a portfolio that also includes U.K. bookseller Waterstones, which Elliott acquired in June 2018.... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2019-06-07 20:03:20 UTC ]
For International Women’s Day, Waterstones has given over its website front page to female authors. This is welcome, but it’s far from enoughWomen are used to living off scraps that fall from the table. Whether we’re being patronised by politicians touting for our votes, or being told by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookseller Waterstones is to stop selling digital books and will instead divert customers to Japanese ebook company Kobo. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A campaign titled Let Books Be Books has received the support of authors, a newspaper, and bookseller Waterstones, and the related petition has garnered more than 4,000 signatures. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new campaign asking publishers to stop labelling books for boys or girls has been backed by a number of leading authors, as well as bookseller Waterstones. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]