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Originally Posted by Waylander
The article that the link leads to is not the same as that from which the top quote comes from. Where is the article quoted from?
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I'd also like to see some more context:
Like, when does the Kindle deal expire?
Or how were the readers featured at the stores before and after the redecorating?
What were Kindle prices like? Were they matching the online sales?
And actual sales numbers over time might be helpful: did they go from hundreds
a day per store to none or from ten a day to once a week?
The linked article is quoting Tim Waterstones who has minimal involvement with the stores, if I remember correctly, and is no fan of ebooks.
Historically, ereader sales in bookstores have never bern terribly good.
Kobo sales in allied US bookstores were quoted as single digits per store per day and before that Borders never did all that well either; not with Sony or with Kobo.
There might be some spin involved especially if the contract is expiring.