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REVEALED: James daunt - The Real Truth

Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt was a Carnival Cruise ship officer before building his bookstore empire

Barnes & Noble has thrived under its new CEO’s independent bookstore twist.

Fortune

The radical idea behind Barnes & Noble's surprising comeback

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Fortune

How Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt tapped his indie bookstore cred to revive the big-box chain

After years of cookie‑cutter layouts and publisher‑paid shelf space, Daunt is remaking Barnes & Noble as a network of locally curated shops—ending co‑op deals and betting discovery will better compete with Amazon.

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Independent bookstores are multiplying, although many people still think they're dying out

Allison Hill, CEO of the American Booksellers Association, often hears people express sympathy for her role, assuming bookstores are disappearing

AAP

Barnes & Noble CEO clarifies the bookseller’s stance on AI-written books after refusing to ban them: ‘This is a straightforward rejection of AI books’

James Daunt told Fortune the responsibility to decide on what AI-generated means lies with the publisher, not the seller.

Fortune

Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores

The retail bookseller plans to open 60 more stores in the US this year

The Independent UK

Waterstones boss defends government’s business rates shake-up

James Daunt is relaxed about bills and the higher living wage, and says bookselling is having ‘a nice time’

The Guardian - UK

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Waterstones and Barnes & Noble owner looks to list booksellers on stock market

US hedge fund Elliott thought to prefer IPO in London over New York, which could be welcome boost to UK stock market

The Guardian - UK

‘Y’all I almost cried’: Orlando college student goes to Barnes & Noble. He can’t believe what it looks like now

Barnes Noble has made a recent shift in its aesthetics, and many customers aren’t happy about it. An Orlando college student, for one, found a store that survived the impact of remodels and said he was “almost brought to tears” in a TikTok that has more than 7.8 million views.

The Mary Sue

Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading

Bookshop chain says people are keen to escape their screens and says rise in sales is partly down to BookTok

The Guardian - UK

Funding fights, memoirs by Boris Becker and Stallone, plus the queen of romantasy: this year’s London book fair

The 2025 book trade jamboree featured a bonanza of heart-shaped fiction, celebrity memoirs, and some vexed discussion about festival finances and children’s reading

The Guardian - UK

Barnes & Noble adding 60 bookstores

The brick-and-mortar book retailer credits a boost from TikTok's "BookTok"

Salon

Barnes & Noble workers plan union drive at largest US bookstore chain

Despite pushback from CEO James Daunt, employees are organizing for better pay, ‘dignity’ and working conditions

The Guardian - US

Indigo May Have Lost the Plot

Did the bookstore chain sell its soul when it started selling vitamins, vibrators, and $800 patio umbrellas?

The Walrus

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The Guardian - US

‘Amazon doesn’t care about books’: how Barnes & Noble bounced back

Barnes & Noble is the US’s largest remaining book chain but, under James Daunt, each of the 600 stores is meant to run like an independent bookstore

WEKU

How Barnes & Noble turned a page, expanding for the first time in years

After years on the brink, the bookseller is going for a plot twist: Sales are growing and the chain plans to open some 30 new stores. Here's what's changed.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Barnes & Noble saved itself by putting books first. Imagine that

It wasn't long ago that Barnes & Noble seemed to be on the glide path to extinction.

Evening Standard

Shoppers cut back as cost of living bites

Black Friday and the run-up to Christmas fails to deliver boost for retailers

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The Guardian - UK

Power struggles: UK companies gear up for winter blackouts

From backup generators to empty offices on standby, bosses are preparing for worst-case scenarios

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