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Originally Posted by scrapking
There are persistent rumours that Waterstones will be supporting the Nook (which, if so, would make the UK the only place outside the U.S. where the Nook is supported). Oddly these same rumours often refer to Waterstones as the biggest bookstore chain in the UK, but Wikipedia suggests the WHSmith chain is several times larger (Waterstones = 296 stores, WHSmith = 580 High Street plus another 400 in airports, etc.). I'm in Canada so can't really say, do you guys have any comment?
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Waterstones has nearly 500 stores (wiki accuracy strikes again
) and sells books, WHS used to be a book store but now is more of a gift and newspaper store with even the largest outlets having a relatively poor display of books compared to what they used to have... they also vary considerably and size and are rated as three different grades of store with the lowest grade stocking a much smaller range than the highest...
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