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42 years ago (1982)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Waterstone" title="Tim Waterstone">Tim Waterstone</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England, UK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of locations</div></th><td class="infobox-data">311 shops (June 2022)<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/James_Daunt" title="James Daunt">James Daunt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Managing_director" class="mw-redirect" title="Managing director">MD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Books, stationery</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> £399.8 million (2022)<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,500<a href="#cite_note-Waterstones_Company_Information-4">[4]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Management_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Elliott Management Corporation">Elliott Management Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://waterstones.com">waterstones.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Waterstones Booksellers Limited, <a href="/wiki/Trading_as" class="mw-redirect" title="Trading as">trading as</a> Waterstones (formerly Waterstone's), is a British <a href="/wiki/Bookselling" title="Bookselling">book</a> retailer that operates 311 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and also other nearby countries.<a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-5">[5]</a> As of February 2014<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit">[update]</a>, it employs around 3,500 staff in the UK and Europe.<a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-5">[5]</a> An average-sized Waterstones shop sells a range of approximately 30,000 individual books,<a href="#cite_note-Waterstones_Company_Information-4">[4]</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Stationery" title="Stationery">stationery</a> and other related products. Established in 1982 by <a href="/wiki/Tim_Waterstone" title="Tim Waterstone">Tim Waterstone</a>, after whom the company was named, the bookseller expanded rapidly until being sold in 1993 to <a href="/wiki/W_H_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="W H Smith">WHSmith</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Waterstones:_a_history-6">[6]</a> In 1998, Waterstones was bought by a consortium of Waterstone, <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Advent_International" title="Advent International">Advent International</a>.<a href="#cite_note-WH_Smith_History-7">[7]</a> The company was taken under the umbrella of <a href="/wiki/HMV_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="HMV Group">HMV Group</a>, which later merged the <a href="/wiki/Dillons_the_Bookstore" title="Dillons the Bookstore">Dillons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ottakar%27s" title="Ottakar's">Ottakar's</a> brands into the company.<a href="#cite_note-Waterstones:_a_history-6">[6]</a> Following several poor sets of results for the group, HMV put the chain up for sale. In May 2011, it was announced that A&NN Capital Fund Management, owned by Russian billionaire <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Mamut" title="Alexander Mamut">Alexander Mamut</a>, had bought the chain for £53.5m<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> and appointed <a href="/wiki/James_Daunt" title="James Daunt">James Daunt</a> as managing director.<a href="#cite_note-Waterstones_sold_for_£53million-9">[9]</a> The company is incorporated in England and Wales as Waterstones Booksellers Ltd, with its registered office at 203–206 <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly" title="Piccadilly">Piccadilly</a>, London (which is also the location of its <a href="/wiki/Flagship_shop" class="mw-redirect" title="Flagship shop">flagship shop</a>). Waterstones also owns <a href="/wiki/Hodges_Figgis" title="Hodges Figgis">Hodges Figgis</a> (the oldest bookshop in <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, founded in 1768),<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> <a href="/wiki/Hatchards" title="Hatchards">Hatchards</a> (the oldest bookshop in the UK, founded in 1797),<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foyles" title="Foyles">Foyles</a> (a chain of seven bookshops in England).<a href="#cite_note-Foyles-12">[12]</a> In April 2018, hedge fund <a href="/wiki/Elliott_Management_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Elliott Management Corporation">Elliott Management Corporation</a> bought a majority stake in the company. The bookseller has <a href="/wiki/Concession_(contract)" title="Concession (contract)">concession</a> agreements with <a href="/wiki/Paperchase" title="Paperchase">Paperchase</a> and previously with coffee chains <a href="/wiki/Costa_Coffee" title="Costa Coffee">Costa Coffee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Starbucks" title="Starbucks">Starbucks</a> in some shops, but since 2012 has introduced its own Café W brand.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> For a time, Waterstones sold <a href="/wiki/E-reader" title="E-reader">e-readers</a>, including in 2012 partnering with <a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a> to sell the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Kindle" title="Amazon Kindle">Amazon Kindle</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Kindle-14">[14]</a> but has since pulled out of this market for commercial reasons.<a href="#cite_note-:2-15">[15]</a> Waterstones administers and supports various literary awards, including the <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Laureate" title="Children's Laureate">Children's Laureate</a> award<a href="#cite_note-The_Children's_Laureate-16">[16]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Waterstone%27s_Children%27s_Book_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterstone's Children's Book Prize">Waterstones Children's Book Prize</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Waterstones_Children's_Bookprize-17">[17]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_developments">History and developments</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and developments">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterstones_W.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Waterstones_W.jpg/170px-Waterstones_W.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Waterstones_W.jpg/255px-Waterstones_W.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Waterstones_W.jpg/340px-Waterstones_W.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1947" data-file-height="1824" /></a><figcaption>Early versions of shop <a href="/wiki/Signage" title="Signage">signage</a> were gold in colour</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_&_WHSmith:_1982–1998">Formation & WHSmith: 1982–1998</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation & WHSmith: 1982–1998">edit</a>]</div> The chain was founded in 1982 by <a href="/wiki/Tim_Waterstone" title="Tim Waterstone">Tim Waterstone</a> after he took a<a href="#cite_note-ThompsonMartin2010-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-profiletim-19">[19]</a> £6,000 redundancy payout from WHSmith. He set up his first shop in <a href="/wiki/Old_Brompton_Road" title="Old Brompton Road">Old Brompton Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a> with the ambition of creating a "different breed of bookshop", using techniques he had seen in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-ThompsonMartin2010-18">[18]</a> He used literary authors in front-of-shop displays and employed highly literate staff.<a href="#cite_note-Do_bookshops_have_a_future?-20">[20]</a> The model proved successful and the chain set about expanding its shop portfolio. In 1990 WHSmith took a strong minority stake in the chain, and ten years after its birth, by 1992, Waterstone's had grown to be the largest bookseller group in Europe. WHSmith<a href="#cite_note-Do_bookshops_have_a_future?-20">[20]</a> then acquired the company in 1993 at an enterprise value of £47m, paying £5.27 a share on 8.1m 10p shares, a 53x multiple for the early-stage investors.<a href="#cite_note-Waterstone_coy_on_bid-21">[21]</a> Under WHSmith, Waterstones pursued international expansion, opening its first US shop in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> in 1991,<a href="#cite_note-WH_Smith_History-7">[7]</a> as well as further domestic expansion—opening its 100th UK shop in a <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_Independent_Chapel,_Reading" title="Broad Street Independent Chapel, Reading">former chapel in Reading</a>.<a href="#cite_note-WH_Smith_History-7">[7]</a> The chain was part of the eventual dismantling of the <a href="/wiki/Net_Book_Agreement" title="Net Book Agreement">Net Book Agreement</a>, when in 1991, following a promotion by then-rivals <a href="/wiki/Dillons_the_Bookstore" title="Dillons the Bookstore">Dillons</a>, the company decided to pursue its own discounting promotion on selected titles.<a href="#cite_note-Bookshop_price_wars-22">[22]</a> By 1997, the agreement had collapsed and been declared illegal.<a href="#cite_note-Net_book-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="HMV_Group:_1998–2011">HMV Group: 1998–2011</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: HMV Group: 1998–2011">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterstones,_Kirkgate,_Wakefield,_West_Yorkshire_(8th_December_2020).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Waterstones%2C_Kirkgate%2C_Wakefield%2C_West_Yorkshire_%288th_December_2020%29.jpg/220px-Waterstones%2C_Kirkgate%2C_Wakefield%2C_West_Yorkshire_%288th_December_2020%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Waterstones%2C_Kirkgate%2C_Wakefield%2C_West_Yorkshire_%288th_December_2020%29.jpg/330px-Waterstones%2C_Kirkgate%2C_Wakefield%2C_West_Yorkshire_%288th_December_2020%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Waterstones%2C_Kirkgate%2C_Wakefield%2C_West_Yorkshire_%288th_December_2020%29.jpg/440px-Waterstones%2C_Kirkgate%2C_Wakefield%2C_West_Yorkshire_%288th_December_2020%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="3864" /></a><figcaption>Waterstones in <a href="/wiki/Wakefield,_West_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Wakefield, West Yorkshire">Wakefield</a> occupies the city's former <a href="/wiki/HMV" title="HMV">HMV</a> branch</figcaption></figure> Following an attempt by Tim Waterstone in 1997 to buy the entire WHSmith group,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] WHSmith sold the Waterstones chain for £300 million to HMV Media plc (now <a href="/wiki/HMV_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="HMV Group">HMV Group</a>)—a joint venture between EMI, Advent International and Tim Waterstone.<a href="#cite_note-WH_Smith_History-7">[7]</a> This included high-street brands <a href="/wiki/HMV" title="HMV">HMV</a> and rival <a href="/wiki/Dillons_the_Bookstore" title="Dillons the Bookstore">Dillons</a>, creating an international entertainment retailer. Waterstone was appointed chairman of the group but stood down in 2001, citing "concerns for the way the company was being run",<a href="#cite_note-Waterstone_coy_on_bid-21">[21]</a> and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Giles" title="Alan Giles">Alan Giles</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Alan_Giles_quits-24">[24]</a> A year later, all Dillons shops were rebranded as Waterstones, with some sold to rival <a href="/wiki/Ottakar%27s" title="Ottakar's">Ottakar's</a>, making the brand defunct. The chain had also begun pulling out of its US overseas venture.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> In 2001, Waterstones launched the Waterstones Books Quarterly magazine, containing book reviews and author interviews. In the same year, the booksellers' online operation, Waterstones.co.uk, was franchised to <a href="/wiki/Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>, with the company expressing a desire "to concentrate on its high street and campus shops". The move resulted in the loss of 50 jobs.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In 2003, Waterstones announced it was supporting <a href="/wiki/Dyslexia_Action" title="Dyslexia Action">Dyslexia Action</a> as its chosen charity, helping to raise awareness and understanding for dyslexia.<a href="#cite_note-:3-27">[27]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterstone%E2%80%99s.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Waterstone%E2%80%99s.png/170px-Waterstone%E2%80%99s.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Waterstone%E2%80%99s.png 1.5x" data-file-width="177" data-file-height="105" /></a><figcaption>Waterstones logo until 2010</figcaption></figure> In 2006, Giles stepped down from his position and was replaced by Gerry Johnson as managing director of Waterstones<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Simon_Fox" title="Simon Fox">Simon Fox</a> as group CEO.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> In April 2006, following two bids by <a href="/wiki/Permira" title="Permira">Permira</a> for the group, Tim Waterstone attempted to buy back the company from HMV for £256 million,<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> but later withdrew his offer, specifying that the conditions set by HMV were "too punitive" to accept.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> A strategic review in September saw Waterstones pull out of its franchise agreement with Amazon to re-launch its online business, Waterstones.com, independently.<a href="#cite_note-BBC_News_Waterstones.com-32">[32]</a> The chain also began to pilot a <a href="/wiki/Loyalty_programme" class="mw-redirect" title="Loyalty programme">loyalty programme</a> in South-West England and Wales. The scheme was successful, launching nationally as The Waterstones Card across its entire shop portfolio.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Waterstones piloted a brand refresh exercise in selected shops, beginning with <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Arndale" title="Manchester Arndale">Manchester's Arndale Centre</a> in 2007.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> On 19 November 2007, the chain closed its first branch on Old Brompton Road.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Following a consultation, the company's supply chain was overhauled in 2008, with the implementation of a 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m2) warehouse and distribution centre in <a href="/wiki/Burton-upon-Trent" class="mw-redirect" title="Burton-upon-Trent">Burton-upon-Trent</a>. Existing direct-to-store deliveries from suppliers were replaced by a centralised warehouse capable of receiving merchandise and sorting an estimated 70 million books per year, and 200 staff were made redundant by the process.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> In September 2008, Waterstones began selling the <a href="/wiki/Sony_Reader" title="Sony Reader">Sony Reader</a> in an agreement that saw the booksellers' branches and <a href="/wiki/Sony_Centre" title="Sony Centre">Sony Centre</a> shops stock the reader exclusively for two weeks after its release. Waterstones.com began to supply <a href="/wiki/E-book" class="mw-redirect" title="E-book">e-books</a> in the <a href="/wiki/.epub" class="mw-redirect" title=".epub">.epub</a> format.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> In November 2009, Waterstones moved into second-hand bookselling in a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Alibris" title="Alibris">Alibris</a> setting up an online reselling tool called Waterstones Marketplace, part of Waterstones.com.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterstones_logo_FS_Alberta_PRO.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/Waterstones_logo_FS_Alberta_PRO.jpg/170px-Waterstones_logo_FS_Alberta_PRO.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/Waterstones_logo_FS_Alberta_PRO.jpg/255px-Waterstones_logo_FS_Alberta_PRO.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/Waterstones_logo_FS_Alberta_PRO.jpg/340px-Waterstones_logo_FS_Alberta_PRO.jpg 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="279" /></a><figcaption>A re-branding saw the logo change from <a href="/wiki/Baskerville" title="Baskerville">Baskerville</a> to FS Albert Pro until 2012</figcaption></figure> In January 2010, HMV Group announced that Waterstones like-for-like sales over the Christmas period were down 8.5 per cent on the previous year. This culminated in the resignation of managing director Gerry Johnson, with immediate effect.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> He was replaced by development director Dominic Myers, who was managing director of the British academic bookselling chain <a href="/wiki/Blackwell_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackwell UK">Blackwells</a> until 2005.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Myers joined HMV in 2006 to oversee the integration of Ottakar's into the chain. In response to the decline in sales, he implemented a three-year plan in which branches were tailored to their local market alongside a 'rejuvenation'<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> of the company brand and an increase in range. As part of these changes, Waterstones implemented new branding in May 2010, developed by agency VentureThree.<a href="#cite_note-Gallagher-43">[43]</a> The company also moved to support the <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Trust_Children%27s_Charity" title="Rainbow Trust Children's Charity">Rainbow Trust</a>, which provides support to children with life-threatening and terminal illnesses and their families, in the same year.<a href="#cite_note-:4-44">[44]</a> After an announcement that profits would be at the lower end of analysts' forecasts due to falling sales and a share price fall of 20%, HMV Group indicated its intention to close a number of Waterstones branches in January 2011.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> These shop closures, including two in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, Republic of Ireland<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> and nine others across the United Kingdom occurred in February 2011.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Further branch closures in <a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorking" title="Dorking">Dorking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_University" title="Lancaster University">Lancaster University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrods" title="Harrods">Harrods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gateshead" title="Gateshead">Gateshead</a> and Norwich Arcade were completed by the end of 2011.<a href="#cite_note-Milton_Keynes_branch_closes-49">[49]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alexander_Mamut_&_James_Daunt:_2011–present">Alexander Mamut & James Daunt: 2011–present</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Alexander Mamut & James Daunt: 2011–present">edit</a>]</div> In May 2011, HMV Group announced the sale of Waterstones to A&NN Capital Fund Management, a fund controlled by Russian businessman <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Mamut" title="Alexander Mamut">Alexander Mamut</a> for £53 million.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> The takeover was welcomed by publishers as "a step forward to re-establishing a proper physical presence".<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> On 29 June 2011, the sale of Waterstones was completed and approved by the vast majority of shareholders at an emergency general meeting.<a href="#cite_note-Waterstones_sold_for_£53million-9">[9]</a> Mamut appointed <a href="/wiki/James_Daunt" title="James Daunt">James Daunt</a>, founder of <a href="/wiki/Daunt_Books" title="Daunt Books">Daunt Books</a>, as managing director<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> and, in October 2011, a board of directors was announced, including Miranda Curtis as chairman.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> In September 2011, the bookseller announced that it intended to drop its 3-for-2 deal on books after a decade.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> The offer was replaced with a "bespoke offer", based on branches choosing their own pricing structures from available discounts.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> In January 2012, the company announced that it would be moving away from the branding developed in 2010 by agency VentureThree,<a href="#cite_note-Gallagher-43">[43]</a> and reverting to its original logo.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> This involved the removal of the apostrophe from its name because, James Daunt argued, "Waterstones without an apostrophe is, in a digital world of URLs and email addresses, a more versatile and practical spelling".<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> This decision received media coverage, in which the company was subject to criticism. John Richards, of the <a href="/wiki/Apostrophe_Protection_Society" title="Apostrophe Protection Society">Apostrophe Protection Society</a>, said that the change was "just plain wrong" and "grammatically incorrect"<a href="#cite_note-BBC_apostrophe-58">[58]</a> while the move sparked outrage on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, involving debate on whether the move was grammatically incorrect or not.<a href="#cite_note-BBC_apostrophe-58">[58]</a> Linguist <a href="/wiki/David_Crystal" title="David Crystal">David Crystal</a> on his blog added: " ... if Waterstone's wants to become Waterstones, that's up to the firm. It's nothing to do with expressing possession or plurality or anything to do with meaning."<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> In the same month, Waterstones confirmed plans to open a <a href="/wiki/Russian-language" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian-language">Russian-language</a> bookshop in its Piccadilly branch, intending to stock 5,000 titles, with the shop being entirely staffed by Russian-speaking booksellers.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> The concession, named The Russian Bookshop, opened in March 2012.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterstones_and_Cafe_W,_SUTTON,_Surrey,_Greater_London.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Waterstones_and_Cafe_W%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg/170px-Waterstones_and_Cafe_W%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Waterstones_and_Cafe_W%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg/255px-Waterstones_and_Cafe_W%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Waterstones_and_Cafe_W%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg/340px-Waterstones_and_Cafe_W%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sutton,_London" title="Sutton, London">Sutton</a> branch, with Café W signage</figcaption></figure> Following a decision in late 2011 to scrap an <a href="/wiki/E-reader" title="E-reader">e-reading</a> offer in-branch,<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> it was announced in May 2012 that Waterstones would be selling the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Kindle" title="Amazon Kindle">Amazon Kindle</a> across its estate. James Daunt launched the new agreement with <a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a> stating that Waterstones would be offering "e-reading services and offer Kindle digital devices" throughout the company's branches and on its website, with an intention to "make the Kindle experience better".<a href="#cite_note-Kindle-14">[14]</a> This announcement was received with surprise across the book industry as it had been suggested that Waterstones was developing a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble" title="Barnes & Noble">Barnes & Noble</a> to launch the <a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble_Nook" title="Barnes & Noble Nook">Nook</a> in the UK, or that the company was developing its own device, but Daunt "ultimately rejected" other avenues as Waterstones "would have been out of the market" before their implementation.<a href="#cite_note-customers_want_kindles-63">[63]</a> It was also announced in May 2012 that the company would begin a refurbishment plan, with Mamut "investing tens of millions of pounds" to fund the refit of a planned 100 shops before the end of the year. The plan saw the introduction of wi-fi into shops,<a href="#cite_note-refit-64">[64]</a> reorganisation of shop sections and space<a href="#cite_note-click-65">[65]</a> dedicated areas for Kindle devices, and a number of own-brand coffee shops called Café W.<a href="#cite_note-Daunt-66">[66]</a> The Café W brand was trialled in the <a href="/wiki/Sutton,_London" title="Sutton, London">Sutton</a> branch, with an expressed aim for around 130 shops over a three-year period to be fitted with a café.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> The announcement also noted the introduction of a "click-and-collect" service.<a href="#cite_note-click-65">[65]</a> The Amazon Kindle officially launched in-branch in October 2012 with an "outdoor and press advertising campaign" promoting the launch, with the <a href="/wiki/Kindle_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Kindle Fire">Kindle Fire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kindle_Paperwhite" class="mw-redirect" title="Kindle Paperwhite">Kindle Paperwhite</a> model going on sale for the first time in the UK along with older models.<a href="#cite_note-launch-68">[68]</a> The Kindles were tailored with Waterstones screensavers, which led to some complaints and customers attempting to return their devices.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> The release of the Kindle coincided with a relaunch of the company's brand in the same month, pushing the message that the chain was the "nation's leading bookshop" and producing an exclusive anthology, the Waterstones Red Anthology, to help promote the shops.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> By the end of 2012, the Waterstones estate had shrunk to 288 shops,<a href="#cite_note-Watford-71">[71]</a> with "commercial reasons" given for the closure of branches in <a href="/wiki/Bromsgrove" title="Bromsgrove">Bromsgrove</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Bromsgrove-72">[72]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stevenage" title="Stevenage">Stevenage</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Bromsgrove-72">[72]</a> <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Watford-71">[71]</a> <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Street" title="Fleet Street">Fleet Street</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Watford-71">[71]</a> <a href="/wiki/High_Holborn" title="High Holborn">High Holborn</a><a href="#cite_note-Watford-71">[71]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Epsom" title="Epsom">Epsom</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> among others, with staff being redeployed where possible. In 2012, Daunt stated that future expansion was being considered, based on the performance of the company.<a href="#cite_note-Daunt-66">[66]</a> The accounts for the year to 2012 showed Waterstones, prior- and post-acquisition had made losses of £37.3 million.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterstones_Cirencester_Geograph-4827555.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Waterstones_Cirencester_Geograph-4827555.jpg/220px-Waterstones_Cirencester_Geograph-4827555.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Waterstones_Cirencester_Geograph-4827555.jpg/330px-Waterstones_Cirencester_Geograph-4827555.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Waterstones_Cirencester_Geograph-4827555.jpg/440px-Waterstones_Cirencester_Geograph-4827555.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="699" /></a><figcaption>Waterstones <a href="/wiki/Cirencester" title="Cirencester">Cirencester</a> branch</figcaption></figure> Started in 2012 was an overhaul of the company's business strategy, with centralised decision-making giving way to shop-based decisions and a renewed emphasis on traditional bookselling techniques.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> Waterstones embarked on a major restructuring of staffing levels, with a company-wide consultation with 560 managerial staff to subsequently reduce roles within the company.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> This consultation led to Head Office staff departures<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> and around 200 branch and regional managers leaving their posts.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> Waterstones launched a number of new partnerships through the year, including with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Derby" title="University of Derby">University of Derby</a> to launch a professional qualification programme for its staff,<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Folio_Society" title="Folio Society">Folio Society</a> to extend customer reach and stock selection in London-based bookshops,<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> and partnering with a new charity, <a href="/wiki/Booktrust" class="mw-redirect" title="Booktrust">BookTrust</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:5-81">[81]</a> By the end of 2013, Waterstones had cut its losses to £12.2 million, opened 12 further Café W outlets, and embarked on a capital investment in its shop portfolio of £29.5 million.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> In 2014, they opened new shops in Ringwood, <a href="/wiki/Blackburn" title="Blackburn">Blackburn</a><a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-5">[5]</a> and Southwold, its first branch to be without Waterstones branding,<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> as well as closing shops in <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh" title="Eastleigh">Eastleigh</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Neots" title="St Neots">St Neots</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> Continued business strategy change saw further departures from head office in brand communication and PR<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> and a renewed agency contract for Waterstones' digital marketing with Epiphany.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> The retailer overhauled its business technology with new algorithms on its website to help personalise the online shopping experience,<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> updated point-of-sale IT<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> and by introducing <a href="/wiki/Contactless_payment" title="Contactless payment">contactless payment</a> in its shops.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> The retailer partnered with <a href="/wiki/Airbnb" title="Airbnb">Airbnb</a> to hold a one-off "sleepover" for customers in its Piccadilly branch in October 2014 after a customer was accidentally trapped in the <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a> branch after closing.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> Accounts for 2014 saw operating income losses narrow to £3.8 million, but sales slip by 5.9%.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> The ongoing strategic changes made to the way the business operates<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> included the decision in October 2015, after three years on sale in shops, to remove the Kindle from its offer following "pitiful" sales and handing the retail space over to books.<a href="#cite_note-:2-15">[15]</a> This was followed, after a failed attempt to buy <a href="/wiki/BlinkBox" class="mw-redirect" title="BlinkBox">BlinkBox</a> books from <a href="/wiki/Tesco" title="Tesco">Tesco</a> in January 2015,<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> with Waterstones announcing it had sold its e-book business to Rakuten <a href="/wiki/Kobo_Inc." title="Kobo Inc.">Kobo Inc.</a> in May 2016,<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> subsequently directing customers who had purchased e-books through the retailer to access their e-books via Kobo's eBook site.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> This sale represented an exit from the e-book and e-reader market for Waterstones after eight years and multiple platforms.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterstones_Birmingham_High_St.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Waterstones_Birmingham_High_St.jpg/220px-Waterstones_Birmingham_High_St.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Waterstones_Birmingham_High_St.jpg/330px-Waterstones_Birmingham_High_St.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Waterstones_Birmingham_High_St.jpg/440px-Waterstones_Birmingham_High_St.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2991" data-file-height="2737" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> branch, with an updated style signage following refurbishment</figcaption></figure> The company partnered with <a href="/wiki/Oxfam" title="Oxfam">Oxfam</a> in 2015 to raise £1 million for those impacted by the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian civil war crisis</a> through a nationwide campaign called "Buy Books for Syria".<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> Further changes to shops were made in 2015, with the closure of <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon,_London" title="Wimbledon, London">Wimbledon</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham New Street</a>,<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> the opening of The Rye Bookshop<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> and a return to <a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City" title="Welwyn Garden City">Welwyn Garden City</a>.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> The company reported an operating income of £5.4 million and a further narrowing of losses to £4.5 million from £18.8 million the previous year.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> In a 2016 interview, Daunt stated that Amazon "defines how Waterstones acts" and while Waterstones could not compete with the internet retailer digitally, it could offer a credible alternative, believing there was "a future in physical bookselling".<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> Waterstones continued to look at "fixing the basics" during 2016, such as adjusting shop opening hours and harnessing data from the loyalty card<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> as well as the refurbishment of physical shops, including the Canterbury branch,<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> and work on its e-commerce routes through improvements to product ranking.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> Shops in <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Street" title="Oxford Street">Oxford Street</a> Plaza, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> George Street<a href="#cite_note-:0-107">[107]</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Oracle,_Reading" title="The Oracle, Reading">Reading Oracle</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> were closed, <a href="/wiki/Harpenden" title="Harpenden">Harpenden</a> Books,<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Fort" title="Glasgow Fort">Glasgow Fort</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Court_Road" title="Tottenham Court Road">Tottenham Court Road</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> were opened and Wimbledon<a href="#cite_note-:0-107">[107]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a><a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> were reopened in new sites. The newly opened shops benefitted from a refreshed brand look, widely welcomed by the book trade.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> The retailer renewed its partnership with Oxfam to continue to raise money for the Syrian crisis, donating £5 for each "Book of the Month" sold in-shop during November 2016.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> Daunt made public his concern that the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">UK EU referendum</a> was likely to impact on company sales due to an expected retail downturn following a 'no' vote.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> He later noted that sales had remained "buoyant" following the decision to leave the European Union, but remained pessimistic for the future.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> Accounts show that in the year ending April 2016, Waterstones made its first profit in seven years, of £11.7 million.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> This included increased profits in Ireland, with sales rising 7% over the year,<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> with the company expressing a desire to open more shops in Ireland.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> The management board was reduced from seven members to three in August 2016, with the departure of Miranda Curtis and a statement that the future composition was under review.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> Waterstones announced it had raised £300,000 for BookTrust in three years since partnering, and would continue the partnership for a fourth year.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> In April 2018, hedge fund <a href="/wiki/Elliott_Management_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Elliott Management Corporation">Elliott Management Corporation</a> bought a majority stake in the company, leaving <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Mamut" title="Alexander Mamut">Alexander Mamut</a>'s Lynwood Investments with a minority holding.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> The sale completed in early June 2018.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> Daunt remained as chief executive.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> In 2021, an article in The Bookseller reported that Waterstones were planning a collaboration with Next to have Waterstones within some Next stores.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> In April 2022, a new Waterstones within Next in <a href="/wiki/Martlesham" title="Martlesham">Martlesham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ipswich" title="Ipswich">Ipswich</a>, was announced.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> In 2022, Waterstones purchased <a href="/wiki/Blackwell%27s" title="Blackwell's">Blackwell's</a>, the largest independent bookstore in the UK, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition was done under US hedge fund Elliott Investment Management.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acquisitions">Acquisitions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Acquisitions">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dillons_(including_Hatchards)">Dillons (including Hatchards)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dillons (including Hatchards)">edit</a>]</div> Acquired in 1995 by the <a href="/wiki/Thorn_EMI" title="Thorn EMI">Thorn EMI</a> group, <a href="/wiki/Dillons_the_Bookstore" title="Dillons the Bookstore">Dillons</a> was the UK's second-largest bookseller behind Waterstones and was the bookselling arm of EMI's retail division, which included <a href="/wiki/HMV" title="HMV">HMV</a>.<a href="#cite_note-WH_Smith_unloads_book_shop_chain-128">[128]</a> Dillons had acquired <a href="/wiki/Hatchards" title="Hatchards">Hatchards</a>. Following the demerger of Thorn and <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> in 1996, the retail arm was divested from the EMI portfolio within a year and spun off into the HMV Media Group, an investment venture between EMI Group and <a href="/wiki/Advent_International" title="Advent International">Advent International</a> private equity group.<a href="#cite_note-WH_Smith_History-7">[7]</a> This venture included HMV, Dillons and Waterstones (the latter bought from <a href="/wiki/W_H_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="W H Smith">WHSmith</a> for £300 million), combining to make an international entertainment retailer of more than 500 shops.<a href="#cite_note-WH_Smith_unloads_book_shop_chain-128">[128]</a> Following a rebuffed takeover attempt in 1997 of WHSmith, Tim Waterstone became part of the deal and by May 1998, following the £801 million-deal completion became chairman of the group.<a href="#cite_note-WH_Smith_unloads_book_shop_chain-128">[128]</a> All Dillons shops were incorporated within the Waterstones brand by 1998.<a href="#cite_note-8_May_1998-129">[129]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottakar's">Ottakar's</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ottakar's">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Northallerton_Waterstones_cropped.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Northallerton_Waterstones_cropped.JPG/220px-Northallerton_Waterstones_cropped.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Northallerton_Waterstones_cropped.JPG/330px-Northallerton_Waterstones_cropped.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Northallerton_Waterstones_cropped.JPG/440px-Northallerton_Waterstones_cropped.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2017" data-file-height="1205" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Northallerton" title="Northallerton">Northallerton</a> branch</figcaption></figure> In September 2005, HMV Group began attempts to buy rival book chain <a href="/wiki/Ottakar%27s" title="Ottakar's">Ottakar's</a>. This alarmed publishers and authors,<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> who hoped the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Fair_Trading" title="Office of Fair Trading">Office of Fair Trading</a> would refer the takeover bid to the <a href="/wiki/Competition_Commission" title="Competition Commission">Competition Commission</a>. In March 2006, the Competition Commission cleared Waterstones for takeover of the Ottakar's, stating that the takeover would "not result in a substantial lessening of competition", and is "not likely to affect book prices, range of titles offered or quality of service". Through extensive research, they also found that "contrary to widespread perception, Waterstones, like Ottakar's, operates a book-buying system which mixes central and local input on stock selection."<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> On 31 May 2006, Waterstones announced that it had successfully negotiated the takeover of Ottakar's. HMV chief executive Alan Giles said: "A combined Waterstones and Ottakar's business will create an exciting, quality bookseller, able to respond better to the increasingly competitive pressures of the retail market." Ottakar's chairman <a href="/wiki/Philip_Dunne_(Ludlow_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip Dunne (Ludlow politician)">Philip Dunne</a> said: "Over the last year the book market has undergone a significant change with new levels of competition from the supermarkets and online retailers impacting all specialist booksellers and in particular those with insufficient scale to compete on equal terms."<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> Following the takeover, HMV announced that they would be rebranding every branch of Ottakar's as a Waterstones. In July 2006, a conversion programme was initiated and within four months, every Ottakar's shop had been relaunched as a Waterstones and had seen the loss of 100 jobs.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books_Etc">Books Etc</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Books Etc">edit</a>]</div> In August 2008, the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/Borders_(UK)" title="Borders (UK)">Borders</a> chain agreed to sell eight Books Etc. shops to Waterstones for an undisclosed sum. The takeover, which represented 34,000 square feet (3,200 m2) of retail space and incurred no staff losses, increased Waterstones' presence within London to almost 50 shops, "crucially [in] areas that are not represented by Waterstones bookshops". The shops, in <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Street" title="Fleet Street">Fleet Street</a>, London Wall, <a href="/wiki/Holborn" title="Holborn">Holborn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wandsworth" title="Wandsworth">Wandsworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uxbridge" title="Uxbridge">Uxbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finchley_Road" title="Finchley Road">Finchley Road</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a>, were rebranded and merged into the Waterstones chain by September 2008.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foyles">Foyles</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Foyles">edit</a>]</div> In September 2018, Waterstones confirmed it would buy 115-year-old <a href="/wiki/Foyles" title="Foyles">Foyles</a>, with seven stores, while retaining the brand. James Daunt said the purchase would help "to protect and champion the pleasures of real bookshops in the face of Amazon's siren call".<a href="#cite_note-Foyles-12">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blackwell's">Blackwell's</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Blackwell's">edit</a>]</div> In February 2022, Waterstones acquired Blackwell's for an undisclosed sum.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Controversies">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tax">Tax</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tax">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Waterstone" title="Tim Waterstone">Tim Waterstone</a> and James Daunt have been critical of tax avoidance by <a href="/wiki/Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a> in the British press.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> Amazon has received sustained scrutiny for the amount of its overall sales that are reported by its UK subsidiary, in comparison to those "processed offshore in <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> to avoid UK tax".<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> In the 2012–13 financial year, Amazon paid £3.2 million in tax on sales of £4.2 billion and received £2.5 million in grants from the government.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> In the same period, it was revealed that Waterstones paid £11.9 million in tax, despite an operating loss of £25.4 million and sales of £410.4 million.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a><a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> In a report on tax avoidance in the book industry, the magazine <a href="/wiki/Ethical_Consumer" title="Ethical Consumer">Ethical Consumer</a> argued that A&NN Capital Fund Management, Waterstones' parent company in <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>, "likely to be for tax avoidance purposes".<a href="#cite_note-ethicalconsumer1-142">[142]</a> In response to this, Waterstones issued a clarification on their website reading "As a UK registered and domiciled business, Waterstones fulfils all its tax obligations. This will include both the payment and reporting of all necessary UK taxes, as set out under UK tax legislation."<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> In the 2013–14 financial period, the first full year under A&NN, Waterstones reported sales to <a href="/wiki/Companies_House" title="Companies House">Companies House</a> of £398.5 million and an operating loss of £12.2 million.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-branded_shops">Non-branded shops</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Non-branded shops">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Southwold_Books.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Southwold_Books.jpg/220px-Southwold_Books.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Southwold_Books.jpg/330px-Southwold_Books.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Southwold_Books.jpg/440px-Southwold_Books.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3202" data-file-height="2157" /></a><figcaption>Southwold Books branch</figcaption></figure> Waterstones opened its first non-branded shop in <a href="/wiki/Southwold" title="Southwold">Southwold</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a> in July 2014 called Southwold Books.<a href="#cite_note-:6-145">[145]</a> The company decided not to use its branding as it wished to 'fit in' with the town's high proportion of independent retailers, but this move drew anger from local residents at the time as they viewed the move as "dishonest" and said that local shop rents were being increased because of retail chains moving in and this subsequently was "changing the character of the high street".<a href="#cite_note-:6-145">[145]</a> Non-branded Waterstones became an issue again in 2016 at a national level, following newspaper reports about not only Southwold Books but two further shops, The Rye Bookshop in <a href="/wiki/Rye,_East_Sussex" title="Rye, East Sussex">Sussex</a> and Harpenden Books in <a href="/wiki/Harpenden" title="Harpenden">Hertfordshire</a>, being opened and local residents not realising the connection with the retailer.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a><a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> Commentators were split on the ethics of the decision to open unbranded shops,<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> but it was noted that at no point had attempts been made to hide the connection to the retailer.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> In interviews, James Daunt denied any "subterfuge" and said he wanted for the shops to behave as independent retailers do and have their own identity. He further stated that more unbranded shops were likely to open in the future.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environmental_impact">Environmental impact</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Environmental impact">edit</a>]</div> Waterstones has worked with the <a href="/wiki/British_Safety_Council" title="British Safety Council">British Safety Council</a> to consider its environmental impact, including factors beyond its carbon footprint. After a 2008 audit, the Council awarded Waterstones three out of a possible five stars for environmental impact.<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Real_living_wage">Real living wage</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Real living wage">edit</a>]</div> As of March 2019<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit">[update]</a>, Waterstones does not pay the "real living wage", as recommended by the <a href="/wiki/Living_Wage_Foundation" title="Living Wage Foundation">Living Wage Foundation</a>, and a rate significantly higher than the official <a href="/wiki/National_Living_Wage" title="National Living Wage">National Living Wage</a>. More than 1,300 writers backed a campaign to ask Waterstones to pay the "real living wage". In response Waterstone managing director James Daunt said the company was "simply not profitable enough" and that "there's a long gap between wanting to do something and it being remotely sensible". Waterstones said that only <a href="/wiki/IKEA" title="IKEA">Ikea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Majestic_Wine" title="Majestic Wine">Majestic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lush_(company)" title="Lush (company)">Lush</a> or other similar large retailers pay the "real living wage".<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Awards">edit</a>]</div> Waterstones maintains and supports various literary awards, including the <a href="/wiki/Waterstones_Book_of_the_Year" title="Waterstones Book of the Year">Waterstones Book of the Year</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Waterstones_Children%27s_Book_Prize" title="Waterstones Children's Book Prize">Waterstones Children's Book Prize</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Waterstones_Children's_Bookprize-17">[17]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Waterstones_Debut_Fiction_Prize" title="Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize">Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize</a>, Waterstones Irish Book of the Year, the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize,<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Laureate" title="Children's Laureate">Waterstones Children's Laureate</a>,<a href="#cite_note-The_Children's_Laureate-16">[16]</a> as well as now-defunct awards including the <a href="/wiki/Waterstones_11" title="Waterstones 11">Waterstones 11</a><a href="#cite_note-Waterstones_11-155">[155]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Guardian_First_Book_Award" title="Guardian First Book Award">Guardian First Book Award</a>.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> The company has also received various industry and consumer awards. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waterstones_prizes">Waterstones prizes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Waterstones prizes">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Book_of_the_Year">Book of the Year</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Book of the Year">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Waterstones_Book_of_the_Year" title="Waterstones Book of the Year">Waterstones Book of the Year</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterstones_ground_floor_interior,_SUTTON,_Surrey,_Greater_London.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Waterstones_ground_floor_interior%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg/220px-Waterstones_ground_floor_interior%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Waterstones_ground_floor_interior%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg/330px-Waterstones_ground_floor_interior%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Waterstones_ground_floor_interior%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg/440px-Waterstones_ground_floor_interior%2C_SUTTON%2C_Surrey%2C_Greater_London.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2508" /></a><figcaption>Interior of the <a href="/wiki/Sutton,_London" title="Sutton, London">Sutton</a> branch</figcaption></figure> The prize, which has been running since 2012, sees booksellers from across the company select a shortlist of books from any category, published at any time, before the winner is chosen by panel.<a href="#cite_note-:1-157">[157]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterstones_Reading.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Waterstones_Reading.jpg/220px-Waterstones_Reading.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Waterstones_Reading.jpg/330px-Waterstones_Reading.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Waterstones_Reading.jpg/440px-Waterstones_Reading.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Children's department, Reading Broad St</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption>Waterstones Book of the Year winners </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Author </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <th>2012 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Norman" title="Russell Norman">Russell Norman</a> </td> <td>Polpo </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:1-157">[157]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2013 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Williams" title="John Edward Williams">John Williams</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stoner_(novel)" title="Stoner (novel)">Stoner</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2014 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Burton" title="Jessie Burton">Jessie Burton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Miniaturist" title="The Miniaturist">The Miniaturist</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2015 </th> <td>Coralie Bickford-Smith </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_Star" title="The Fox and the Star">The Fox and the Star</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2016 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Perry" title="Sarah Perry">Sarah Perry</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Essex_Serpent" title="The Essex Serpent">The Essex Serpent</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2017 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Pullman" title="Philip Pullman">Philip Pullman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Belle_Sauvage" title="La Belle Sauvage">La Belle Sauvage</a>: Book of Dust Volume One </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2018 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sally_Rooney" title="Sally Rooney">Sally Rooney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Normal_People" title="Normal People">Normal People</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2019 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Mackesy" title="Charlie Mackesy">Charlie Mackesy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Boy,_the_Mole,_the_Fox_and_the_Horse" title="The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse">The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2020 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Maggie_O%27Farrell" title="Maggie O'Farrell">Maggie O'Farrell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamnet_(novel)" title="Hamnet (novel)">Hamnet</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2021 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Lyrics:_1956_to_the_Present" title="The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present">The Lyrics</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2022 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Katy_Hessel" title="Katy Hessel">Katy Hessel</a> </td> <td>The Story of Art Without Men </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2023 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Rundell" title="Katherine Rundell">Katherine Rundell</a> </td> <td>Impossible Creatures </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Children's_Book_Prize">Children's Book Prize</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Children's Book Prize">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Waterstones_Children%27s_Book_Prize" title="Waterstones Children's Book Prize">Waterstones Children's Book Prize</a></div> Waterstones continued the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize under its own brand and since 2005, the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize has attempted "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" by awarding authors with no more than two previously published books (adult or children's fiction). <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption>Waterstones Children's Book Prize winners </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Author </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <th>2005 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Hill_(author)" title="Stuart Hill (author)">Stuart Hill</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Cry_of_the_Icemark" title="The Cry of the Icemark">The Cry of the Icemark</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2006 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Julia_Golding" title="Julia Golding">Julia Golding</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Diamond_of_Drury_Lane" title="The Diamond of Drury Lane">The Diamond of Drury Lane</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2007 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Becker_(writer)" title="Tom Becker (writer)">Tom Becker</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darkside_(novel)" title="Darkside (novel)">Darkside</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2008 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sally_Nicholls" title="Sally Nicholls">Sally Nicholls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ways_to_Live_Forever" title="Ways to Live Forever">Ways to Live Forever</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2009 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Harrison_(writer)" title="Michelle Harrison (writer)">Michelle Harrison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/13_Treasures" title="13 Treasures">13 Treasures</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2010 </th> <td>Katie Davies </td> <td>The Great Hamster Massacre </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2011 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sita_Brahmachari" title="Sita Brahmachari">Sita Brahmachari</a> </td> <td>Artichoke Hearts </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2012 </th> <td>Jonny Duddle </td> <td>The Pirates Next Door </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2013 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Annabel_Pitcher" title="Annabel Pitcher">Annabel Pitcher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ketchup_Clouds" title="Ketchup Clouds">Ketchup Clouds</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2014 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Rundell" title="Katherine Rundell">Katherine Rundell</a> </td> <td>Rooftoppers </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2015 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Biddulph" title="Rob Biddulph">Rob Biddulph</a> </td> <td>Blown Away </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2016 </th> <td>David Solomons </td> <td>My Brother is a Superhero </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2017 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiran_Millwood_Hargrave" title="Kiran Millwood Hargrave">Kiran Milwood</a> </td> <td>The Girl of Ink and Stars </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2018 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Angie_Thomas" title="Angie Thomas">Angie Thomas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Hate_U_Give" title="The Hate U Give">The Hate U Give</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:42-178">[178]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2019 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Onjali_Q._Ra%C3%BAf" title="Onjali Q. Raúf">Onjali Q. Raúf</a> </td> <td>Boy at the Back of the Class </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:52-179">[179]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2020 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Bryon" title="Nathan Bryon">Nathan Bryon</a> with <a href="/wiki/Dapo_Adeola" title="Dapo Adeola">Dapo Adeola</a> (illus.) </td> <td>Look Up! </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2021 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Elle_McNicoll" title="Elle McNicoll">Elle McNicoll</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A_Kind_of_Spark" title="A Kind of Spark">A Kind of Spark</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:7-180">[180]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2022 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Gold" title="Hannah Gold">Hannah Gold</a>, illus. by Levi Pinfold </td> <td>The Last Bear </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2023 </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nadia_Mikail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nadia Mikail (page does not exist)">Nadia Mikail</a> </td> <td>The Cats We Meet Along the Way </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2024 </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pari_Thomson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pari Thomson (page does not exist)">Pari Thomson</a>, illus. </td> <td>Greenwild </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table>Waterstones is also the main sponsor of The Waterstones <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Laureate" title="Children's Laureate">Children's Laureate</a>, previously sponsored by Ottakar's. The 2011–2013 role saw the position carry the Waterstones branding for the first time, with the company stating it was 'up weighting [its] activity' and 'supporting the role in shops and online in different ways throughout the year and beyond.'<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> Holders of the role during sponsorship include <a href="/wiki/Julia_Donaldson" title="Julia Donaldson">Julia Donaldson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malorie_Blackman" title="Malorie Blackman">Malorie Blackman</a> and the current holder, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Riddell" title="Chris Riddell">Chris Riddle</a>.<a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a><a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Debut_Fiction_Prize">Debut Fiction Prize</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Debut Fiction Prize">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Waterstones_Debut_Fiction_Prize" title="Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize">Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize</a></div> The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, established in 2022, is an annual literary award presented to the best <a href="/wiki/Debut_novel" title="Debut novel">debut fiction</a> published in the previous 12 months. <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize winners </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Author </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <th>2022 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tess_Gunty" title="Tess Gunty">Tess Gunty</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Rabbit_Hutch" title="The Rabbit Hutch">The Rabbit Hutch</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2023 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alice_Winn" title="Alice Winn">Alice Winn</a> </td> <td>In Memoriam </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2024 </th> <td>Ferdia Lennon </td> <td>Glorious Exploits </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Irish_Book_of_the_Year">Irish Book of the Year</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Irish Book of the Year">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Author </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <th>2024 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Magee_(writer)" title="Michael Magee (writer)">Michael Magee</a> </td> <td>Closer to Home </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Waterstones_11">Waterstones 11</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Waterstones 11">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Waterstones_11" title="Waterstones 11">Waterstones 11</a></div> Set up in 2011, the <a href="/wiki/Waterstones_11" title="Waterstones 11">Waterstones 11</a> was created to promote debut literary fiction from new authors being published in the year ahead.<a href="#cite_note-Waterstones_11-155">[155]</a> Books were chosen from a list of 100 submitted by publishers, and were announced in January 2011 with in-shop and online support, as well as a media campaign for the final 11.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a> The inaugural 11 included the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Prize_for_Fiction" title="Women's Prize for Fiction">Orange Prize</a> winner <a href="/wiki/The_Tiger%27s_Wife" title="The Tiger's Wife">The Tiger's Wife</a> by <a href="/wiki/T%C3%A9a_Obreht" title="Téa Obreht">Téa Obreht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Booker_Prize" title="Booker Prize">Man Booker Prize</a> nominee Pigeon English, by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Kelman" title="Stephen Kelman">Stephen Kelman</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_International_Book_Festival" title="Edinburgh International Book Festival">Edinburgh International Book Festival</a> First Book Award winner <a href="/wiki/When_God_Was_a_Rabbit" title="When God Was a Rabbit">When God Was a Rabbit</a> by <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Winman" title="Sarah Winman">Sarah Winman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Waterstones_11-155">[155]</a> The last list was announced in January 2013,<a href="#cite_note-188">[188]</a> followed by the discontinuation of the prize in January 2014.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Locations">Locations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Locations">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Simpsons_of_Piccadilly_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Simpsons_of_Piccadilly_2005.jpg/180px-Simpsons_of_Piccadilly_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Simpsons_of_Piccadilly_2005.jpg/270px-Simpsons_of_Piccadilly_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Simpsons_of_Piccadilly_2005.jpg/360px-Simpsons_of_Piccadilly_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption>London <a href="/wiki/Simpsons_of_Piccadilly" title="Simpsons of Piccadilly">Piccadilly</a> flagship branch</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterstones,_Kensington_High_Street,_London_W8_-_geograph.org.uk_-_667585.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Waterstones%2C_Kensington_High_Street%2C_London_W8_-_geograph.org.uk_-_667585.jpg/220px-Waterstones%2C_Kensington_High_Street%2C_London_W8_-_geograph.org.uk_-_667585.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Waterstones%2C_Kensington_High_Street%2C_London_W8_-_geograph.org.uk_-_667585.jpg/330px-Waterstones%2C_Kensington_High_Street%2C_London_W8_-_geograph.org.uk_-_667585.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Waterstones%2C_Kensington_High_Street%2C_London_W8_-_geograph.org.uk_-_667585.jpg/440px-Waterstones%2C_Kensington_High_Street%2C_London_W8_-_geograph.org.uk_-_667585.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="479" /></a><figcaption>High Street <a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a> branch, near the original Old Brompton Road branch</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wool_Exchange_(7366226550).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Wool_Exchange_%287366226550%29.jpg/180px-Wool_Exchange_%287366226550%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Wool_Exchange_%287366226550%29.jpg/270px-Wool_Exchange_%287366226550%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Wool_Exchange_%287366226550%29.jpg/360px-Wool_Exchange_%287366226550%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1922" data-file-height="3118" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Wool_Exchange,_Bradford" title="Wool Exchange, Bradford">Wool Exchange</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a> has been converted into a Waterstones.</figcaption></figure> Waterstones has academic and high-street shops in Europe including in:<a href="#cite_note-UK_and_Europe-189">[189]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">non-primary source needed</a>] <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> (under the Waterstones and other brands throughout England, Scotland and Wales)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> (under the Waterstones brand in Ballymena, Belfast, Coleraine, Cork, Craigavon, Derry, Drogheda, Enniskillen, Lisburn and Newry, and under the <a href="/wiki/Hodges_Figgis" title="Hodges Figgis">Hodges Figgis</a> brand in Dublin)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></li></ul> Some branches in the company occupy buildings of architectural and historical interest. Flagship superstores Its flagship shop on <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly" title="Piccadilly">Piccadilly</a>, formerly the <a href="/wiki/Simpsons_of_Piccadilly" title="Simpsons of Piccadilly">Simpsons of Piccadilly</a> department store and notable for its 1930s-Modernist architecture, is the largest shop in the Waterstones estate and claimed to be the largest bookshop in Europe.<a href="#cite_note-190">[190]</a> The main academic branch, formerly the flagship shop of <a href="/wiki/Dillons_Booksellers" class="mw-redirect" title="Dillons Booksellers">Dillons</a>, is located on Gower Street, between <a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Student_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Student Central">Student Central</a>, and promoted as Europe's largest academic bookshop.<a href="#cite_note-Waterstone's_-_Gower_Street-191">[191]</a> Aside from these branches, Waterstones operates a number of large shops which are set over multiple floors. Waterstones refers to these shops as 'superstores':<a href="#cite_note-Waterstones_Company_Information-4">[4]</a> <ul><li>Piccadilly, London (formerly <a href="/wiki/Simpsons_of_Piccadilly" title="Simpsons of Piccadilly">Simpsons of Piccadilly</a>) – flagship branch with six floors and an estimated <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>8+1⁄2 miles of shelving.<a href="#cite_note-192">[192]</a> In 2012, the head office of the company was moved to the shop.<a href="#cite_note-193">[193]</a></li> <li>Gower Street, London – academic branch with five floors and 5 miles of shelving<a href="#cite_note-Waterstone's_-_Gower_Street-191">[191]</a></li> <li>Sidney Street, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a> – set over four floors, and containing two cafes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albion_Street,_Leeds" title="Albion Street, Leeds">Albion Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a> set over three floors</li> <li>College Lane, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> – two floors, including the largest open-plan floor of books in Europe.<a href="#cite_note-194">[194]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deansgate" title="Deansgate">Deansgate</a>, Manchester – three floors, with over 100,000 books in stock.<a href="#cite_note-195">[195]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milsom_Street,_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Milsom Street, Bath">Milsom Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a> – three floors, with over 55,000 books in stock.<a href="#cite_note-196">[196]</a></li> <li>La Scala Cinema,<a href="#cite_note-197">[197]</a> <a href="/wiki/Sauchiehall_Street" title="Sauchiehall Street">Sauchiehall Street</a>, Glasgow – five floors, set in a former cinema<a href="#cite_note-198">[198]</a></li> <li>Bridlesmith Gate, <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a> – five floors<a href="#cite_note-199">[199]</a></li></ul> Shops of architectural and historical interest <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hodges_Figgis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Hodges_Figgis.jpg/220px-Hodges_Figgis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Hodges_Figgis.jpg/330px-Hodges_Figgis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Hodges_Figgis.jpg/440px-Hodges_Figgis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3834" data-file-height="2511" /></a><figcaption>Hodges Figgis, Dublin</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hodges_Figgis" title="Hodges Figgis">Hodges Figgis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> (oldest bookshop in Ireland, founded in 1768)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalverstraat" title="Kalverstraat">Kalverstraat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>, designed by Dutch architect <a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Petrus_Berlage" class="mw-redirect" title="Hendrik Petrus Berlage">Hendrick Petrus Berlage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wool_Exchange,_Bradford" title="Wool Exchange, Bradford">Wool Exchange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a></li> <li>High Street, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, formerly Times Furniture Company</li> <li>Dolphin & Anchor, West Street, <a href="/wiki/Chichester" title="Chichester">Chichester</a>,</li> <li>West End <a href="/wiki/Princes_Street" title="Princes Street">Princes Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></li> <li>Corn Exchange, <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln, Lincolnshire">Lincoln</a>,</li> <li>Emerson Chambers, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a></li> <li>William Baker House, Cornmarket St, <a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a></li> <li>Fishergate, <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>, formerly <a href="/wiki/Booths" title="Booths">Booths</a> grocery and head office</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broad_Street,_Reading" title="Broad Street, Reading">Broad Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading</a>, formerly <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_Independent_Chapel,_Reading" title="Broad Street Independent Chapel, Reading">Broad Street Independent Chapel</a></li> <li>The Tontines Building, Parliament Row, <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li>The Carlton Cinema, <a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Books_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Books in the United Kingdom">Books in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hodges_Figgis" title="Hodges Figgis">Hodges Figgis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatchards" title="Hatchards">Hatchards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMV_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="HMV Group">HMV Group</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterstones&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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title="Ireland">EI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suomalainen_Kirjakauppa" title="Suomalainen Kirjakauppa">Suomalainen Kirjakauppa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">FI</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Waterstones</a> (UK-based)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHSmith" title="WHSmith">WHSmith</a> (UK-based)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Audax_Groep#AKO" title="Audax Groep">AKO</a> (<a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">NL</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audax_Groep#Bruna" title="Audax Groep">Bruna</a> (<a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">NL</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audax_Groep#Read_Shop" title="Audax Groep">Read Shop</a> (<a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">NL</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalia_(bookstore)" title="Thalia 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