🇬🇧 UK Readers & Book Lovers:
Reminder. You can find my books through Waterstones. With over 300 bookshops across the UK.
Link in bio or 👉 https://www.waterstones.com/author/willem-tait/9060039
#waterstones — Public Fediverse posts
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Patchwork and sewing books anyone? Let’s go shopping to Waterstones! @waterstones https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db5klLpNTCw/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #waterstones #shqa #patchwork #sewingbooks #shoppingday
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Mi cosecha de libros de esta vuelta por Inglaterra. De:
- #HaworthParsonage, Haworth;
- #Waterstones, Mánchester;
- #JaneAustenHouse, Chawton;
- #Waterstones, Winchester; y
- #FoylesBooks, Londres.
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Rebecca Perry wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for ‘delicious and dream-like’ novel
By Emma LoffhagenMay We Feed the King, about a museum curator and a medieval monarch, was praised by judges for its ‘crisp, cool prose’ and ‘poet’s eye for detail’
#Books #Fiction #Awardsandprizes #Waterstones #Culture #TheGuardian #EmmaLoffhagen
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Korean history epic and forbidden romance lead Waterstones debut prize shortlist
The shortlist for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2026 has been revealed, featuring a novel described as “raw,…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #JiyoungHan #Korean #shortlist #Waterstones #WaterstonesBookOfTheYear
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Oh, that is priceless. #Waterstones don't appear to have a "search by ISBN" faciility, at least not on a superficial glance (and I don't have time to be digging around).
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Mighty Boards have signed up with Zatu distributions as their exclusive UK distribution partner, covering current titles and the incoming Pinched!, Red North and Tenby. Announced ahead of UKGE, where the Kennerspiel-nominated Rebirth is showing all three.
#boardgames #UKGE #ukGamesExpo #waterstones #mightyBoards #zatuDistribution
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/hobby/mighty-boards-sign-exclusive-uk-distribution-partnership-with-zatu-distribution -
https://www.europesays.com/britain/19429/ London Stock Exchange could welcome £20bn in retail floats #boots #Business #FTSE100 #ipo #IpoMarket #listings #London #LondonStockExchange #News #Primark #retail #UKEconomy #waterstones
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/18882/ Boots shapes up for potential London IPO #boots #Business #HighStreet #ipo #London #LondonStockExchange #News #retail #StockMarketFloat #UKEconomy #WalgreensBootsAlliance #waterstones
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To add to the question I posed a few days ago on whether alternate history books such as Pagans should be categorised as SFF or not, Waterstones have come down on the SFF side of the argument. #booktok #SFF #waterstones #alternatehistory https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRCp4S66/
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Quiz books surge in sales to their best year ever, while nonfiction takes a slide
The success of TV spinoffs such as The 1% Club Quiz Book shows a growing market for puzzles as readers crave escape from the news cycle and endless doom-scrolling While watching University Challenge or Only Connect, the impulse to shout out the answers comes down to a simple “human urge”, says publisher Richard Green. That compulsion to “know useless trivia or show off knowledge” has been noticed by the publishing industry, which has met the desire by coming up with a range of products that resulted in quiz and trivia books having a bumper year in 2025 , the best since records began in 1998. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/11/quiz-books-surge-in-sales-nonfiction-takes-a-slide#Books #Quizandtriviagames #Publishing #Waterstones #Substack
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Elliott Advances IPO Plans for Barnes & Noble and Waterstones
Elliott Management advances plans for multibillion-pound IPO of Barnes & Noble and Waterstones, with London listing favoured and bank appointments expected early 2026.
The post Elliott Advances IPO Plans for Barnes & Noble and Waterstones appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/02/27/elliott-barnes-noble-waterstones-ipo-2026/#BarnesAndNoble #UK #USA #Waterstones #BarnesAndNobleWaterstonesIPO
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I got a book for Christmas that was printed backwards in error (the last page at the front!). It was actually from #Waterstones anyway, but they just offered to replace it with something else no questions asked, didn't even ask for proof of purchase :)
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I was storytelling at the Waterstones book festival in Dundee today #photo #waterstones
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Delighted to see lovely fellow Indie bookshop Argonaut posting that Waterstones have decided *not* to open right across the road from them on Leith Walk. So glad they got so much support from near and far on this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSAkGHUjDGq/?igsh=Nm41YXQxNnBzZHN5#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #Waterstones #IndependentBookshops #bookstodon #ArgonautBooks
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#Waterstones is one bookshop to avoid when shopping for Christmas.
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Waterstones boss says he's willing to sell slop if there's profit in it for them.
He does at least say that it should be clearly labelled. And that "we as booksellers would certainly naturally and instinctively disdain it".
And, if you think about the quality of a lot of published content by "celebrity authors", would we ACTUALLY be able to tell the difference in some cases?
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It's December, folkes! That means a whole bunch of people telling you to shop small and buy local for #xmas. You can do this by dodging #amazon and buying my books in Australia from #Booktopia and in the US from #BarnesAndNoble and the UK from #Waterstones
Aus:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/search?keywords=d.harrigon&productType=917504&pn=1
US:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/d.%20harrigon
UK:
https://www.waterstones.com/books/search/term/d++harrigon
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Delighted to add my name to Argonaut Books open letter to James Daunt, MD of Waterstones regarding the proposed opening of their sixth Edinburgh store and the impact it will have on Argonaut’s business, as well as other independent retailers at the Foot of Leith Walk.
#Leith #Edinburgh #Scotland #IndependentRetailers #BookShops #ArgonautBooks #Waterstones
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📘When Secrets Bloom
https://waterstones.com/book/when-secrets-bloom/patricia-furstenberg/9798289445445⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"suspense, feminist historical fiction, and culturally layered storytelling - a narrative as immersive as it is haunting." -
Cool story — despite #Brexit, #ebooks and #Covid, the English bookshop #Waterstones in #Brussels has hung on — in fact it's thriving again, especially among young readers.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1782102/waterstones-2-0
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Next week is the week ... PUBLICATION of my DOCTOR WHO memoir WHO ME!
So please buy a copy! It's on Amazon as a hardback, Kindle, or Audio read by me ... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Who-Me-publishing-decades-history/dp/1835013309
If you'd like to buy a signed copy through the post, then please head to Sam's store where copies are available worldwide ... https://samantha-lee-howe-ltd.sumupstore.com/product/who-me-david-j-howe-signed-hardback
(For overseas orders PLEASE see the note on the page re the country defaulting to UK)I'm hosting a launch talk, signing and gathering (and heading for a meal afterwards) on the evening of Thurs 9th October at Doncaster #waterstones (Waterstones) in the Frenchgate Centre which is right by the station. (You need to pre-book tickets for this!) https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-david-howe/doncaster
Then Saturday 11th October I'm signing at The Who Shop in London ... https://www.facebook.com/thewhoshopofficial?__cft__[0]=AZUSI9SiiNY_d166QXTQ4G6keNvHBNh9rXnzOUQxQrYgxOm-W45uQzr0lEekFLJ86VcaIbSYg4UmHWkFkkt45ZqiyIK7mSobpC3kMDHsDyX9nq1cHsnFW19FH540vITc-UOIMOEg0G8X0FSN7fnMmFNbUsIsWNhfAraWB712xQTKIpLc_Rezclamtq-MlTMDNPY&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R
And then on Sunday 19 October I'm with Peter Purves at the MEDDLING IN TIME AND BEYOND event again selling and signing copies. https://www.who77promotions.co.uk/product/an-afternoon-with-peter-purves/
So I'm hoping to see lots of people and to talk WHO and to sign copies of the book ...
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I've read 140 books this year but only 5 have left me guessing until the end
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/ive-read-140-books-year-36014534
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I write bestselling cosy fantasy books — these are the 12 cosy books you need to read
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#IngramSpark distributes me through #Amazon, #BarnesAndNoble #Waterstones and #Booktopia.
Books by D. Harrigon:
Somebody Keeps Callin' - A woman wakes next to a headless corpse and says, "Oh, no. Not again."
Cruel Provocations - Lesbian witch fights capitalism in steampunk southern France.
Desolation: The Overdue Library and Keep Your Imgainary Friends close - Hetch didn't mean to destroy the world. She was just curious.
Desolation book three on #Kickstarter soon.
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>>The Barnes & Noble chain, also owned by Elliott and where Daunt is also the CEO, is benefiting in the US – where it is planning 60 new stores a year – from building on experience with Waterstones to open “much, much better bookshops” and training up and empowering its booksellers, he says.<<
Ha! When Tim Waterstone opened his first bookshop in London in 1982, he drew inspiration from US bookstores....including Barnes & Noble!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/17/waterstones-strong-sales-younger-adults-book-buying
#Books #Bookshops #Bookstores #Waterstones #BarnesAndNoble #Retail
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Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading
Bookshop chain says people are keen to escape their screens and says rise in sales is partly down to BookTok Times may be tough on the high street but the bookseller Waterstones is enjoying strong sales as younger adults embrace reading…
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/17/waterstones-strong-sales-younger-adults-book-buying#Waterstones #Booksellers #Retailindustry #Publishing #Books
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Crowds overwhelm bookseller at annual Bookfest in London
Who said books were dead?
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Fiona Robertson @stone_lands says:
Last call for tickets for my talk at #Waterstones Canterbury this Wednesday 30th July on the awesome Medway megaliths and my favourite standing stone sites from all over Britain! With special guest ultra stones enthusiast Andy B from the Megalithic Portal. Should be a lot of fun ❤️. Tickets here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-talk-stone-lands-canterbury-tickets-1394337102809 #prehistory #Standingstones #megaliths #events #archaeology #canterbury -
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Wer sich - wie ich - im größten Buchladen Europas (Waterstones in London) vor das Regal mit Laufbüchern stellt und sich genau EIN‼️ Buch kaufen möchte, der hat bei dieser großen Auswahl echt ein Problem bei der Entscheidungsfindung 😬
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Three Good Things:
• Realised I had £10 credit on my Waterstones account 📖
• Found this brand new copy of the ENTIRE Court of Owls Saga for £8.99 🦇
• Nerd lady in the shop high-fived me for the purchase 👊
#3GoodThings @3goodthings
#Batman #CourtOfOwls #Books #Comics #ScottSnyder #GregCapullo #DCComics #Waterstones #WaterstonesBookShop -
@fixatedpersonsunit just bought it from #waterstones Thanks!
https://www.waterstones.com/book/careless-people/sarah-wynn-williams/9781035065929
oh and will be passing it on to my friend after I read it who will do the same, etc, etc
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CW: Hello @mastadon !
Hello everyone! I’m an independent author who’ll mostly post about my work and random crap I make in my spare time 😁 I share with you down below my latest book which was the first of mine under a traditional publisher. Hope you all pick up a copy!
📚 Find me on: Facebook, Instagram, Threads, YouTube, TikTok at my username: ThornwoodOnline
#author #writer #books #fiction #pirates #BookTok #amazon #waterstones #barnesandnoble #reading
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Flagellum: Self-Hatred, Self-Punishment and Self-Mutilation is a profound and mystical journey into the abyss of the human soul. This book explores the complex origins of self-hatred, a destructive force that insidiously engenders behaviors of self-punishment and self-mutilation, like silent cries from a broken heart.
#amazone, #ebay, #Barnes&;;;nobles, #Morebooks, #Waterstones, #Feltrinelli, #saxo, #Takealot, #Agendabookshop, #Adlibris, #Ibs, bookswagon, # -
How Long Does It Take To Fix an eBook?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2011/06/how-long-does-it-take-to-fix-an-ebook/
Four months ago, I wrote to Waterstones about an error in an eBook I purchased from them.
I've finally received a reply...
Dear Terence,
Some time ago you contacted us regarding the following eBook title, "One of Our Thursdays is Missing (eBook): Thursday Next Series, Book 6" (ISBN: 9781444713039). We have had our eBook supplier investigate the content issue of this eBook title in conjunction with the publishers. They have confirmed that this title has been corrected.
Our suppliers have said, "We apologize for any delay that it has taken to resolve this issue. Issues with content require corrections from the publisher and can often take weeks or months to resolve.Unfortunately the time it took to correct this issue was due to delays from the publisher and not OverDrive."
You will now be able to purchase and download the correct content for this title if you wish to do so. Please accept my apologies for the delay.
Kind regards,
In fairness, they did refund the cost of the ebook. Rather annoyingly, they revoked my access to download it again.
I realise that it must take some time to find a sober editor in a publishing company - but 12 weeks to replace one image with another really doesn't seem right.
It's sloppy errors and poor customer service like this which will kill the eBook revolution.
Or, perhaps, that's just what some publishers want...?