Waterstones unveils 'more pleasurable' website

Waterstones has relaunched its website after several months in the planning, to create a “simpler and more pleasurable experience” for customers to shop online. The company took its website offline earlier and re-launched it this afternoon (16th February) with a new look and feel, featuring booksellers’ reviews, the integration of the Waterstones blog and promising customers a website that’s easier to use “while on the move”, fully responsive to tablets and mobile phones. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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NLT report reveals decline in children reading for pleasure

The number of children and young people who read every day and the percentage of those who read for pleasure have declined, according to research carried out by the National Literacy Trust for World Book Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Cape unveils Briggs' long-awaited collection Time for Lights Out

Jonathan Cape will publish Raymond Briggs' long-awaited Time for Lights Out in November, 13 years after the illustrator and author started work on the book about age and death. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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LBF seminar line-up unveiled

The London Book Fair has unveiled its full 2019 programme, spanning seminars, panel debates, awards, author events and live podcasts. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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PRH unveils 93-strong inaugural South East Asia list

Penguin Random House has unveiled its inaugural list for its South East Asia arm of 93 titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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TechCrunch unveils a subscription product, Extra Crunch

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'I wanted the Waterstone’s stores to be the most civilised and welcoming places in the world'

In an extract from his memoir, Waterstones founder Tim Waterstone describes the early days of the chain's creation. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Adeyemi and Anderson make Waterstones Children’s Prize shortlist

Authors and illustrators including Tomi Adeyemi, Sophie Anderson, Jessica Love and Onjali Q. Raúf are on the shortlist for this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, which is now in its fifteenth year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Daunt plans new buying structure after flat year at Waterstones

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Scottish Book Trade Conference Preview: Waterstones’ Daunt, Nielsen’s Bohme

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Waterstones' Steven Cooper joins Hodder

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Bertelsmann unveils 'Content Alliance' between its German businesses

As of the start of February, Bertelsmann is to launch what it is calling a Content Alliance between all its content businesses in Germany, to develop and market collaborative formats across all its divisions. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Tim Waterstone: 'Childhood scars pushed me to create bookshop chain'

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Tim Waterstone | 'It was very cleansing to write, but also to face the ugly stuff'

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Deb Futter and Jamie Raab Unveil Celadon

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Chevalier's 10th and 'finest novel yet' unveiled

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Apple launches new transparency report website showing government data requests from around the world

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Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2018: English author Maine scoops prize

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