https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot...ent_Management
Elliot Investment Management owns Waterstones (originally an English bookseller) and Barnes & Noble.
Waterstones don't seem to be interested in ebooks at all and its manager claims Barnes & Noble is autonomous.
Judging by recent collapse on all non-Kindle sales for us, these may be the last days for any ereader not a Kindle.
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In May 2011, it was announced that A&NN Capital Fund Management, owned by Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut, had bought the chain for £53.5m[8] and appointed James Daunt as managing director.[9] The company is incorporated in England and Wales as Waterstones Booksellers Ltd, with its registered office at 203–206 Piccadilly, London (which is also the location of its flagship shop).
Waterstones also owns Hodges Figgis (the oldest bookshop in Ireland, founded in 1768),[10] Hatchards (the oldest bookshop in the UK, founded in 1797),[11] and Foyles (a chain of seven bookshops in England).[12]
In April 2018, hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation bought a majority stake in the company.
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—Wikipedia