Waterstones apre 10 nuovi negozi all’anno quando gli adulti più giovani abbracciano la lettura
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/17/waterstones-strong-sales-younger-adults-book-buying
di Deltaforce1-17
Waterstones apre 10 nuovi negozi all’anno quando gli adulti più giovani abbracciano la lettura
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/17/waterstones-strong-sales-younger-adults-book-buying
di Deltaforce1-17
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That,s cool. But my existing shop never change there books displays in months. And i normally have to be aware of a book i want before going in.
I absolutely love the idea of physical books, and miss getting them when I was younger. The smell, flicking through, reading it page by page.
But I’ve not bought one (other than a few specific signed copies) as e-readers are just so much easier for me. Being able to read in bed, light off, with the kindle in a mount and a page turner is just too nice.
I do miss physical books though.
They dont ever bring new stock in at the one near me. There are books marked as being “New Release!” which came out almost a decade ago.
I can vouch this i fell out off reading in highschool now (20) ive fallen back into as a way to just completely disconnect from the sheer amount off shit thats happening in the world atm.
Embracing reading? Stuff like this gives me a bit of hope for the future.
It’s a shop I thought would struggle with online shopping, second hand places like world of books and obviously e-books taking up their market. However their stores tend to be a relatively nice place to be and I’ve always found they have pleasant staff.
I’m mid 20s and Waterstones is now one of my favourite stores. I’m after non-fiction books in travel, art, design, architecture and they always have a good range. They even had niche books I wanted out on their release day in store.
I would say that most retailers seem to be embracing books though, like Selfridges and Harrods etc so I think it’s just a trendy market atm.
My local waterstones is great. Makes tons of effort with getting authors in for signings and talks, always gets new releases in & always busy!
Too expensive for me. I just buy used ones on eBay.
Me and my sister are in our 20s (27 and 24) and have both picked up reading since covid. My sister is a goth and she’s got a spooky bookshelf full of horror books. She reads more than me and our mum, which is very shocking as she’s the one without an English GCSE!
I had a holiday job at a Waterstones when I was an undergrad back in 1999-2002. One of the best and easiest jobs I’ve ever had but that 33% discount was so tempting!
Be interesting to know how many people are lapsed readers from their younger days versus people who get into reading as they become an adult. Listening to Amol Rajan’s podcast recently they were speaking about record low numbers of young people reading in school. Makes me wonder if it isn’t such concern if there is a sizeable number of people who take it up when they’re older.
Good. Had a Saturday job with them in my teens, loved it.
This is the most positive news story I’ve read for months.
Seriously.
If everyone read more books and less crap online, society wouldn’t be as fucked up as it is.
This is great news! I’m convinced the spread of e-readers has lead many to embrace proper books as objects of desire as much as a simple means of conveying words into people’s brains. In fact, it reminds me of when (old man alert here!) video tapes of films became available for rent and the cinema business which had been on its last legs came bouncing back with a vengeance.