It's actually as simple as this. New authors, building their customer base, need physical bookshops. Physical bookshops are lovely tactile, friendly, expert, welcoming places. Physical books, which can only be seen and handled in physical bookshops, are lovely, tactile things.… — Tim Waterstone Copy Share Image
Its intuition that works. Just intuition.""Waterstones was aimed at me. I knew that I wanted, and badly needed in my life, bookshops just like the ones I was creating. I simply assumed that plenty of other people, no doubt of… — Tim Waterstone Copy Share Image
Anyone who tells you they know the future is telling you the most grotesque lie, because none of us do, — Tim Waterstone Copy Share Image
It's actually as simple as this. New authors, building their customer base, need physical bookshops. Physical bookshops are lovely tactile, friendly, expert, welcoming places.… — Tim Waterstone Copy Share Image
Ignore the received wisdom of any industry you’re entering. Never be trapped by dogma. Never let other people’s opinions drown out your own inner… — Tim Waterstone Copy Share Image
I believe that the mindset that allows you to spend your working life thanking and congratulating people rather than being unpleasant to them is… — Tim Waterstone Copy Share Image
Its intuition that works. Just intuition.""Waterstones was aimed at me. I knew that I wanted, and badly needed in my life, bookshops just like… — Tim Waterstone Copy Share Image
