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‘The Goliath is Amazon’: after 100 years, Barnes & Noble wants to go back to its indie roots
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Do You Compete With Yourself?
Waterstones is the last large bookseller in the United States, frankly. It would take a very, very, very long time for anybody to recreate it. You were yourself the owner of a small bookstore chain before you took over Waterstones. "As an independent one looks at these big chains as a friend, not an enemy"
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