Today: Two transatlantic CEOS, James Daunt and David Shelley, keynote at London Book Fair. The post James Daunt and David Shelley Head for LBF appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-03-11 04:55:17 UTC ]
Tuesday’s top sessions include a keynote address on current business models and future prospects in academic and professional publishing, a conversation between Hachette’s David Shelley and Barnes & Noble’s James Daunt, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Waterstones CEO took over leadership of Barnes & Noble as well in September 2019, and after guiding the retailer through the pandemic is now overseeing a growth spurt. The CEO expects to open about 60 new outlets in 2025—a figure that would bring the total number of stores to about 700. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Main Stage keynotes at the 2025 London Book Fair are to include transatlantic CEOs David Shelley and James Daunt. The post London Book Fair: Daunt and Shelley Headline Keynotes appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-01-16 14:40:24 UTC ]
James Daunt launched his first indie bookshop in London 33 years ago. The Barnes & Noble CEO is now bringing the lessons he learned to the biggest bookseller in America. If you’re strolling down the Marylebone High Street in London, you’ll stumble across a popular bookstore called Daunt... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-02-28 04:30:00 UTC ]
Waterstones m.d James Daunt says the retailer is in "very good shape" heading towards Christmas, despite issues with the global supply chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-07 01:00:41 UTC ]
Sally Rooney’s latest novel Beautiful World, Where Are You (Faber) is already the biggest-selling hardback fiction title of 2021 at Waterstones after just three days on sale, the chain's m.d. James Daunt has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-10 14:57:27 UTC ]
James Daunt has hailed a rise in sales at American bookseller Barnes & Noble following changes he introduced after being appointed as its c.e.o. in 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-27 02:05:18 UTC ]
Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has reiterated his claims bookshops should be considered essential retailers and warned some indies will go out of business if they don't get vital Christmas trade. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-11 10:47:16 UTC ]
Click and collect could be a game-changer for high street booksellers during the second national lockdown, Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has told The Bookseller. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 04:27:51 UTC ]
Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has admitted local lockdowns have been “devastating” for sales but says he is confident stores can meet demand in the run-up to Christmas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 14:54:03 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble chief executive and Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has said the two-and-a-half month lockdown in the US was "hugely traumatic" and a "body blow" to employees, but that B&N had used the period to bring much needed changes the US chain's estate. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 18:36:08 UTC ]
Shoppers will be cautious about returning to the high street but Waterstones will emerge from the coronavirus crisis and eventually have a wider range of shops, the firm's c.e.o. James Daunt has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-02 12:12:46 UTC ]
Waterstones c.e.o. James Daunt and Bloomsbury founder Nigel Newton are among the list of speakers for the IPG's first ever Virtual Spring Conference, which is now fully booked. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 09:42:14 UTC ]
The annual meeting of BISG in April will hear Barnes & Noble and Waterstones' James Daunt in a keynote address around supply chain issues. The post US Book Industry Study Group Announces James Daunt Keynote appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-01-14 15:25:18 UTC ]
Waterstones and Barnes & Noble c.e.o. James Daunt has become the first trade figure to be named person of the year for the second time in The Bookseller's annual listing of the most powerful and influential people in the British book trade. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-13 05:14:10 UTC ]
Seeing Barnes & Noble stores' character 'crushed' by the corporate 'opulence' of American business, James Daunt says the chain must 'rip out the boring.' The post James Daunt at FutureBook Live: Barnes & Noble’s ‘Crucifyingly Boring’ Stores appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-11-25 05:05:12 UTC ]
Bookshops need to avoid being “boring” and apply a “bookseller's mind” to data if they want to survive in an era dominated by Amazon, Waterstones m.d. and Barnes & Noble c.e.o. James Daunt has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-24 17:39:21 UTC ]
With four program tracks, the upcoming 2019 FutureBook Live conference in London includes Barnes & Noble and Waterstones' James Daunt among its keynotes. The post FutureBook Live 2019 Ramps Up: Maintaining ‘the Cultural Caché of Books’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-11-12 16:00:23 UTC ]
After Elliott Advisors’ takeover of Barnes & Noble in August, the firm sought the man who turned Waterstones around to right its US acquisition. But what exactly is in James Daunt’s in-tray in New York? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-08 05:47:49 UTC ]