Via the BBC:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34710069
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James Daunt, managing director of Waterstones, was unimpressed, particularly with the decision to display books mainly "face out".
"With only 5,000 titles in a space in which Waterstones would put over 10 times that number, it appears to be a tentative dip of the toe into physical bookselling waters.
Clearly, however, a skim of the bestsellers away from true bookshops would be very damaging: we very much hope that it falls flat on its face."
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Amazon stocks 5000 titles people like and showcases them for their customers while traditional bookstores wallpaper their stores with 50,000 spine out titles.
It'll be interesting to see how Amazon's book-tique model works for featured titles.