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EPISODE · Jun 19, 2025 · 28 MIN

"A Book Bought in a Good Bookstore is a Better Book" with James Daunt

from Open Book with David Steinberger

James Daunt is a busy man, leading three iconic booksellers on two continents. In this episode, he shares his journey from founding a single independent bookstore in London in 1990 to rescuing and turning around the two largest bookstore chains in the English-speaking world: Waterstones in the UK and Barnes & Noble in the US.

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