Barnes & Noble's CEO opened his first Daunt Books in 1990 and he still owns the ... as well as 100 Paper Source stores and nearly 300 Waterstones shops in the UK and Europe, according to Barnes ...

James Daunt launched his first indie bookshop in London 33 years ago. The Barnes & Noble CEO is now bringing the lessons he learned to the biggest bookseller in America.

The parent company of Barnes & Noble is no stranger to acquiring independent bookstores across the Atlantic Ocean. But Tattered Cover would be the first in the U.S. under Barnes & Noble’s new ...