posted by
jemck at 10:21am on 19/03/2007
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while Foyles stocks 221,000 titles, and still manages to make money, Waterstone's carries some 160,000, and is busy issuing profit warnings.A very interesting article in yesterday's Observer, commenting on the book trade.
Mind you, one has to allow for the London Effect. 22% of UK book sales happen in Greater London, which has 11% of the population, according to statistics in The Guardian in October 2005.
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