I recall an article about him in one of the broadsheets, and he had basically sold his beloved creation on, retained some decision-making position, but was effectively impotent - and he seemed quite miffed about how they'd changed his beloved bookshop. He was thinking about starting again, I think....
Yeah - it's very sad when one creates something for the pure joy of it and it then becomes a monument to consumerism. Poor man.
Trying to find the history of these things is an absolute nightmare - not only are there no recent academic books/articles (academic papers take upwards of four years sometimes to be printed) on these subjects, but there are so many different accounts in the trade press that it's fiendishly difficult to figure out who did what when, let alone who owned what when. To say nothing of who decided policy when. Argh.
Anyway, yes, it's sad that the man couldn't keep Waterstone's as his vision wanted it.
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Sure you know all this anyhow :o)
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Trying to find the history of these things is an absolute nightmare - not only are there no recent academic books/articles (academic papers take upwards of four years sometimes to be printed) on these subjects, but there are so many different accounts in the trade press that it's fiendishly difficult to figure out who did what when, let alone who owned what when. To say nothing of who decided policy when. Argh.
Anyway, yes, it's sad that the man couldn't keep Waterstone's as his vision wanted it.
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