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The Barnes & Noble comeback, from the CEO who did it (James Daunt)

Aug 21 · 2 recs

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"We sold the Kindle. The reason I did that was I wanted my booksellers to stop fearing the Kindle. So if we could put the Kindle in the middle of it, then you could demystify this thing. We put the Kindles in the middle of it, sold an improbable number of them as it happened."

From: The Barnes & Noble comeback, from the CEO who did it (James Daunt) • ▶ 12:16 • Aug 21, 2026

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"Amazon will sell you a book extremely efficiently and great and all wonderful, and we all know how to do that. But at the end of the day, a book discovered in a bookstore is a better book."

From: The Barnes & Noble comeback, from the CEO who did it (James Daunt) • ▶ 8:34 • Aug 21, 2026

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"BookTok has been absolutely fantastic for us. A lot of it is taking place in our stores and quite a lot of it by our booksellers as well. As long as we leave it to the kids with the blue hair, we'll be fine."

From: The Barnes & Noble comeback, from the CEO who did it (James Daunt) • ▶ 22:44 • Aug 21, 2026

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