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UK's Waterstone's Bookstore Pins Hopes On aNobii App

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First Posted: 05/19/11 11:40 AM ET Updated: 07/19/11 06:12 AM ET

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LONDON: Troubled UK chain Waterstone’s is pinning its hopes on the aNobii app which it officially launches next month.

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LONDON: Troubled UK chain Waterstone’s is pinning its hopes on the aNobii app which it officially launches next month.
LONDON: Troubled UK chain Waterstone’s is pinning its hopes on the aNobii app which it officially launches next month.
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allperils
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03:51 PM on 05/19/2011
We call it libraries here.

I'm not sure what you call it from your neck of the woods.

They're great. DVDs, cds, books, magazines...all free.
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GeeBee
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11:48 AM on 05/19/2011
Wow. Another chain about to disappear. Soon we will be forced to go to those places...what did we call them? Oh yes, local bookstores. Anyone seen one lately?
BTW Waterstones have quite a presence in the US via stores at airports.
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moflard
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12:37 PM on 05/19/2011
Unfortunately in many English cities there are no alternatives to the chains, so if W.H.Smiths goes (and it´s more a glorified newsagents than a chain of bookshops) that will leave Tesco´s and other supermarkets as the only non-net place to buy a book.
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allperils
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03:51 PM on 05/19/2011
I get books for free from my local libraries. My taxes support these age old establishments so I'd much rather borrow books then BUY them.
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