No, I double-checked the date. It’s not April 1 and James Daunt, CEO of the UK’s Waterstone’s and USA’s Barnes & Noble bookstore chains really did say “We sell an awful lot of e-books in the US.” Daunt’s Damascene conversion unsurprisingly came during the pandemic where, with much of the USA and UK in lockdown, … Continue reading Mapping the New Normal: James Daunt U-turns on ebooks. Plans to invest in Nook and restore Waterstones ebooks. Rewrites history to suit