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WATERSTONES TO STOP SELLING KINDLE, BOOK SALES SURGE

Bright lights, good coffee ... and great books (even hardbacks) are the key to injecting new life into bookshops, says James Daunt, chief executive of Waterstones.

The UK’s largest book retailer is removing Amazon’s Kindle ebooks from its stores nationwide and replacing them with print books due to “pitiful sales”. Waterstones, which teamed up with Amazon in 2012 to sell the electronic reader in its stores, will use the display space for physical paperbacks and hardbacks instead.

James Daunt, the managing director of the retailer, told The Bookseller: “Sales of Kindles continue to be pitiful so we are taking the display space back in more and more shops.

Sales are way up for paper books. Read all about itHERE

OH, BY THE WAY...These are the top selling 5 fiction books for 2015 in order of popularity. It was quite a good year for sequels as five of the top 10 have continuing characters. The blockbuster of the year was by a relatively new author Paula Hawkins with her "The Girl on the Train.” Click HERE for the complete list.

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QUIZ RESULTS - OSCAR TIME/AND QUIZ TO MATCHThe quiz #36 winners of “CLASSIC BOOKS AND OSCAR WINNERS" were Rehmatullah, Amreeta, Aleena, Victoria and Stephanie. Congratulations to the winners. We had a particularly good turnout. The quiz itself wasn't too difficult except for the fact each possible answer in the multiple choice quiz was also a Best Picture nominee. Unfortunately, I wasn’t specific enough about question #11 as my intention was to learn your favourite book from the 10 books listed in the questonaire. Some of you listed your favourite book EVER instead. Sorry about that. With that in mind, the number one answer for the 10 books listed was Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, followed closely by my favourite - The Godfather! Thanks again for your participation.

The following are the correct answers:

1. A Daphne Du Maurier novel set in Cornwall, starring Joan Fontaine/Rebecca

2. This movie is based on a Shakespearean play, starring Laurence Olivier/Hamlet3. A bit of an adventurous travel movie by Jules Verne, starring David Niven/Around the World in 80 Days4. A war movie set behind enemy lines, written by Pierre Boulle, and starring Alec Guinness/Bridge over River Kwai5. American epic historical drama written by Lew Wallace, and starring Charlton Heston/Ben-Hur6. A bit of a light-hearted adventure book written by Henry Fielding, and starring Albert Finney/Tom Jones7.THE classic Dickens novel, starring Oliver Reed/Oliver!8. The Mafia or underworld is heavily involved written by Mario Puzo, and starring Marlon Brando/Godfather9. She had property in Africa, written by Isak Dinesen, and starring Merle Streep/Out of Africa10. An epic fantasy novel written by J.R.R.Tolkien, and starring Ian McKellen/Lord of the Rings

And now for our next quiz. Our second ever quiz of Trivial Pursuit. A jumble of various unrelated general questions about timely books and their possible answers. I think you will like it. You know the routine - a prize of A) bundle book, or B) cup of coffee, or C) free bookbag - to the first 5 winners. Go to our website and click on ‘The Quiz’, fill in your name and address. Good luck.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST 07/02/16 1. BLUE, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte.) A woman whose life has been shattered befriends a homeless boy.

2. FEVERBORN, by Karen Marie Moning. (Delacorte.) Solving an ancient riddle to prevent the Earth from vanishing on the streets of a dangerously magical DUBLIN; a Fever novel.

3. THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central.) When Travis meets his new neighbor, his bachelor status erodes.

4. MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON, by Elizabeth Strout. (Random House.) A woman struggles with memories of her impoverished and disturbing childhood and its effect on the present as she attempts to reconcile with her mother.

6. THE BALLER, by Vi Keeland. (Vi Keeland.) After a locker-room interview of a Super Bowl M.V.P., a sportscaster decides to alter her dating rules.

7. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead.) A psychological thriller set in the environs of London is full of complications and betrayals.

8. THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin's.) Two sisters are separated in World War II France: one in the countryside, the other in Paris. 9. THE MARTIAN, by Andy Weir. (Crown.) Abandoned by his crew, an astronaut embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive.

her mother.

5. THE REVENANT, by Michael Punke. (Picador.) Left for dead after a mauling, a master tracker is consumed by a singular desire for revenge; an inspiration for the 2015 film.

10. THE LAST ANNIVERSARY, by Liane Moriarty. (Harper Perennial.) A family home on an Australian island is bequeathed to an outsider, and the clan's conflicts come with it.

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Our winner for Newsletter #37The subscriber who wins a free bundle book this time is Kate Randall. Congratulations Kate, please drop us a

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