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Could Selling Amazon's Kindle Save The UK's Largest Bookstore Chain?
forbes.com 4 days, 9 hours agoThe head of the UK's largest bookstore chain has admitted defeat, announcing Waterstones -- the country's Barnes & Noble equivalent -- will sell Amazon's Kindle and encourage in-store digital downloads. Will this bold move put the chain out of business or give it a boost?
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Waterstones Makes Deal To Sell The Amazon Kindle, Dismaying Many
latimes.com 5 days, 7 hours agoBritish bookstore chain Waterstones announced Monday that it would soon sell Amazon's Kindles in its stores. The news was met with dismay from almost all quarters of the publishing industry. That's partly because Waterstones' chief executive, James Daunt, had been a vocal critic of Amazon and its tactics. In December, Daunt called the company "a ruthless, money-making devil." In the announcement, he said, "It is a truly exciting prospect to harness also the respective strengths of Waterstones and Amazon to










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