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An Open Letter To Waterstone's Management

Posted at 5:09PM Thursday 21 Jan 2010

Dear Simon Fox and Dominic Myers,

I hope you'll forgive my presumption in sharing my thoughts on the future of Waterstone's. I know it is not my place to tell you how to run your company. I write this because: a) I have had a great business relationship with Waterstone's for 20 years; b) I care passionately about Waterstone's. Having spent the last 25 years with Penguin and Constable & Robinson, I think my comments are, at the least, worthy of consideration. A sign of my seriousness is that I have even given up my Saturday afternoon at the rugby to pen this missive.

Andrew Hayward in Bookbrunch


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