Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2013 announced
In the UK, Waterstones has announced the winners of its Children’s Book Prize for 2013 at a ceremony at Waterstones’ flagship shop in Piccadilly, London. The winner of the overall prize and the Teenage...
UK booksellers offer exclusive content in bid to compete with Amazon
UK booksellers Waterstones and Foyles are offering books with extra chapters and exclusive bonus material in a bid to lure book buyers away from online retailers such as Amazon, reports...
UK publisher and politician hits out at WH Smith, Waterstones and Amazon
UK publisher and Conservative Party politician Iain Dale has used a speech at the Independent Publishers Guild conference to hit out at large booksellers such as WH Smith, Waterstones and...
Waterstones to launch bookselling qualification
In the UK, Waterstones will launch a professional qualification in bookselling, reports the Bookseller. The Certificate in Bookselling will be run by the Waterstones Academy in partnership with the University...
Daunt: Amazon is a ‘job destroyer’
In the UK, Waterstones managing director James Daunt has hit out at Amazon in an interview with the Financial Times, saying that the US retailer’s ‘very business model is a...
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlists announced
UK bookseller Waterstones has announced the shortlists for its Children’s Book Prize. You can view the shortlisted titles in each of the categories—picture books, fiction for ages 5-12, and teen...
Kent on Waterstones Eleven list
Australian author Hannah Kent has made the Waterstones Eleven list of ‘most promising fiction debuts’ for 2013 for her novel Burial Rites, which will be published by Picador in Australia...
Waterstones launches new branding campaign, exclusive anthology
In the UK, bookselling chain Waterstones has launched a new branding campaign that includes advertising on the London Underground and billboards, as well as in the press, in-house merchandise and...