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The booksellers director james daunt said that the refurbishment of 290 of its uk stores was responsible for the print books five per cent popularity rise over last years christmas. London reuters books retailer waterstones said on tuesday it was planning redundancies. Waterstones marketplace offers an extensive range of used, outofprint, and hardtofind books. Discover our full range of books, gifts, toys, stationery and audiobooks at waterstones. This estimate is based upon 14 waterstones bookshop manager salary reports provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods. Waterstones swindon is open mondayfriday during the week, on weekends they are open saturday and sunday.
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