Waterstones is among the major book specialist in UK. The bookshop was established by Tim Waterstone in 1982. The bookshop has a staff of more than 4500 people in Europe and United Kingdom. Waterstones have now acquired two other famous bookshops, Dillons and Ottakars. It is among the famous bookshops in UK and has many branches in different parts of the country. The bookshop has also supported Dyslexia action in order to create awareness among people about this terrible disease.
The bookshop has a wide collection of books of all kinds of categories. In year 2008 a high street retailer of the year and Nielsen book marketing campaign of the year awards honoured the company. Waterstones also continued supporting Ottakar’s Children’s Book Prize under its own name. The prize is awarded in order to discover the hidden talent in children.
There are more than 303 bookstores owned by this company. Some of the reputed and famous bookstores in UK are Piccadilly London, Deansgate in Manchester, Liverpool one By Liverpool, broad street Independent chapel is a reading bookstore. Some other famous bookstores include Emerson Chambers in Newcastle in Tyne, La Scale Cinema in Glasgow, new street in Birminhangam, wool Exchange in Bradford. The Carlton cinema in Swansea, Corn exchange in Lincoln, Fisher gate in Preston, Edinburgh at west end princess street, High street at Worcester, Dawson Street in Dublin. The building is well known for their architectural buildup.
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