Only 6 months ago Daunt was referring to Amazon as a "ruthless money-making devil" and complaining about their tax avoidance. I wonder if he feels he's sold his soul to the devil?
Bit of a shock decision given his history with Amazon and yesterdays Observor newspaper was reporting Daunt saying their ereader would be "different from Amazon - and better"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012...gy-james-daunt
Great news for Kindle purchasers. They can handle them in a Waterstones store, then buy them cheaper from Currys, Tescos etc. Kindle owners can pop into a Waterstones book store, see a book on display, purchase the book from the Amazon website using the Waterstones wifi via their Kindle. I'm puzzled as to how Waterstones make any money out of this....and Waterstones might as well kill their ebook sales.
They should have gone with the Nook - as the only high street seller in the UK - at least it would have been unique.
I'd prefer it if Amazon just bought all the stores and used them as a high street sales outlet for Amazon. Waterstones staff are excellent and coupled with Amazon prices, they would be unbeatable.