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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Philip Pullman’s first instalment of the Book of Dust has been crowned the Waterstones Book of the Year for 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman's return to the world of His Dark Materials is a hit with bookshop staff. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Managing director James Daunt says company is ‘making good money’ and has plans to open a further 10 to 15 shops in 2018Waterstones is to open five new bookshops in the run-up to Christmas and plans up to 15 more for next year, according to managing director James Daunt. The news comes after... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones is to open five new bookshops before Christmas – with three named after the area they are based in the spirit of an independent bookshop. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The plan, which was unanimously approved by the NYPL board, will mean a 20% increase in public space for research, exhibitions, and educational programs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Barnes & Noble's holiday sales strategies rest on new interactive apps, a new Nook model, special edition titles, and a streamlined approach to toys and gifts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A story in yesterday's Sunday Times reporting that N M Rothschild corporate financiers have been asked by Waterstones owner Alexander Mamut to explore a £250m sale of the chain has been described as "sensible enough" by the chain's m.d. James Daunt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Waterstones managing director James Daunt has moved to dismiss any suggestion that a Russian bank collapse will impact on the future ownership of the retail chain, saying that the situation is of “no interest or concern” to the business. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones’ future ownership is said to be in doubt after the collapse of Russia's biggest private bank Otkritie, of which the chain’s owner Alexander Mamut was a major shareholder. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First Story and the University of Cambridge are the new partners of the BBC’s short story awards, replacing BookTrust, in a three-year collaboration starting in 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Oxfam and Moomin Characters Ltd are launching a campaign around short story "The Invisible Child", by Moomin creator Tove Jansson, to help women and girls around the world to fight inequality and escape poverty. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber & Faber has unveiled a raft of initiatives to address under-representation of minority groups in the company after its c.e.o. Stephen Page admitted "both the industry and Faber have not yet achieved acceptable representation". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The library distributor and the Texas Library Association’s Disaster Relief Fund have unveiled programs aimed at helping schools damaged by Hurricane Harvey. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A ‘riveting’ memoir by Waterstones founder Tim Waterstone is going out on submission to publishers this week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lonely Planet is redesigning its Lonely Planet Kids books in order to give the brand a clearer identity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has made two new acquisitions for its digital-first programme for commercial women's fiction, Digital Originals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has revealed its casting for a production based on Robert Harris' Cicero Trilogy at the Swan Theatre in Stratford Upon Avon. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baby and toddler book Where's Mr Lion has been crowned 'book of the year' at the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones in Tottenham Court Road (TCR) is set to be “transformed into Lyra’s Oxford” the night before Philip Pullman’s first Book of Dust novel is published. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The “first collaborative publishing venture of its kind” between the National Trust and Falmouth University has been unveiled. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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