Waterstones deal with Amazon puts Kindle and ebooks instore
Waterstones will sell Kindle e-readers for the first time and offer free Wi-Fi, so customers can buy a book or download it instoreWaterstones has announced a surprise tie-up with Amazon that will enable shoppers to pluck ebooks as well as physical book...
Amazon a ‘dangerous’ force, says Ottakar’s founder
Amazon is damaging the high street book trade and threatens to undermine the nurturing of new talent, argues James HeneageThe founder of the Ottakar's book chain has described Amazon as a "dangerous" force that is damaging the high street book trade an...
Ebooks help Dixons to look on the bright side
Electricals firm confident it can repay £160m bond as IT support service demand improves profit marginsThe electricals company Dixons has reported better than expected Christmas trading and said it was now confident it could repay a make-or-break £16...
WH Smith launches ‘Kindle killer’
Newsagent does deal with Canada's Kobo to sell e-readers and library of 2m ebooksHigh street newsagent and bookseller WH Smith is throwing down the gauntlet to US internet firm Amazon with a rival ebook reader it hopes will be a "Kindle killer".It...
Tim Waterstone prepares bid to reclaim his book chain
The bookseller is preparing a bid for the business that bears his nameTim Waterstone is working with Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut on a bid for Waterstone's and would take a senior role at the book chain that bears his name if they were to win co...
Foyles bookseller makes first real profit for a decade
Modernisation of the bookshop once infamous for its eccentric layout has boosted the fortunes of the family-run FoylesJazz evenings and readings by authors such as Martin Amis and Peter Carey in its famous London bookshop on Charing Cross Road have hel...
