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Originally Posted by elcreative
Waterstones is not the only book retailer in the UK, just probably the best range, W H Smiths (a chain with outlets in every city, most towns etc.) has somewhat lost its way but is still a bookstore, there are still quite a few independents, a couple of towns devoted to selling books and (for the bestsellers) most supermarket chains... not exactly a monopoly... Being dominant does not equal a monopoly!
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You're right: I'd entirely forgotten about W.H. Smith's. Their book department in my local branch is so awful that I never think of going there for books.