Re: The Old Favorite

On 03/08/2014 09:49, 'Ellen Rawson' via Tamson House wrote:

> * Yes, our local bookshop is a Waterstones. When I first moved here,
> it was an independent bookshop that had been in the family for ages,
> but they sold it to Ottakars, which was a small chain of British
> bookshops that didn't tend to be located in big cities. Waterstones
> later bought out Ottakars. Someone I know in local Pagan circles has a
> daughter who used to manage an Ottakars and now manages the same shop
> under the Waterstones name. My friend reports that her daughter makes
> more money under Waterstones than she did with Ottakars, but that's
> really the only positive. With Ottakars, she got to decide what books
> to order and which books to feature in her store for her customers.
> Unfortunately, Waterstones makes those decisions for local managers,
> which is one reason why so many Waterstones look the same. On the
> other hand, I'm glad that we at least have a bookshop in town. Ellen

We have several Waterstones in Edinburgh. We no longer have one either
end of Princes Street, which used to lead to some confusion when folk
agreed to meet in Waterstones on Princes Street and if they didn't know
there were two, might stand for hours cursing their friend who hadn't
turned up ... :-)

I'm not impressed with the way they think SF/Fantasy and Horror are the
same thing.

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Jette Goldie
jette.goldie@gmail.com

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