Bloomsbury is anticipating W H Smith's link-up with Kobo to sell e-readers will help create "another big Christmas" for e-books, as the Group's e-book sales grew by 564% over the first six months of 2011.
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W H Smith said it is “delighted” to have a new branch in Westfield Stratford City as the £1.45bn complex opened its doors for the first time to customers today (13th September).
The branch is based on the lower ground floor of the shopping complex next to Olympic Park in east London. A Foyles branch is also due to open in the complex in early November.
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 8/9/2011
As riots and looting spread through a number of London neighborhoods, booksellers around the city struggled to cope. The authorities have warned many stores to stay closed during this difficult time.
Here’s more from The Bookseller: “A Waterstone’s spokesperson said it was closing stores early depending on police advice but only the shop on Clapham High Street had closed … A WH Smith spokesperson said it had closed at most six stores across the stricken areas in Brixton, Wood Green and Enfield.”
Jacket Copy reports that a few independent bookstores have remained open. One of them is Pages of Hackney (pictured, via), a store located in one of “the most volatile areas.” The bookstore’s Twitter feed includes firsthand accounts of the riots. About two hours ago, they assured one customer: “Everything is fine at the moment. A little edgy, but mostly ok.”
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Waterstone’s branches in Enfield and Walthamstow have been closed to trading today after a wave of looting swept London over the weekend.
A spokeswoman said police had cordoned off the area to shoppers after the unrest, which began in Tottenham on Saturday following a peaceful protest outside a police station over the fatal shooting by police of local resident Mark Duggan on Thursday. Trouble spread through Wood Green, Enfield, Walthamstow, Oxford Circus and Brixton on Sunday.
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Simon & Schuster has defended its publication of Will & Kate’s Big Fat Gypsy Wedding as “fun” and “gently humorous” after Tesco withdrew the book from sale, following complaints.
The supermarket pulled the title after the Romany Women’s Union (RWU) claimed the book is racist towards the travelling community. However, other retailers are continuing to sell the book, which ridicules the royals by depicting the royals as gypsies and is a spoof of the Channel 4 television series My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.
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