Waterstones and Kindle: will it last long?
Martin TrippIt’s not every week you wake up to the noise of a well-run business shooting itself in the foot. But Waterstone’s decision to start selling Kindles in-store certainly looks like a case of “letting the fox into the chicken coop” as Today interviewer Simon Jack said this morning.
And there is no doubt that Amazon can be cast in the role of fox. If you don’t believe me, ask