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As if to emphasise his own surprise, the writer makes the point that the new Waterstone's bookshop ____ .
In theory, the multimedia age should be killing off
bookshops. Who still has time to read books, what with
surfing the Internet, viewing scores of new digital
television channels, and putting in ever-longer hours at
work? And presumably those few people who do still read
books will be buying them on the Internet. After all,
Amazon, a bookseller, is the most cited example of a
successful online retailer. So much for the theory. What
about the practice? This week the largest bookshop in
Britain opened up in the old Simpson's of Piccadilly in
London. With 265,000 titles and 1.5 million books, the new
branch of Waterstone's stretches over seven floors. A
department store, which once sold everything from sushi
to plus-fours, is now devoted entirely to one product -
books. The new Waterstone's is almost next door to
Hatchards, a mere five-storey bookshop, with a wellestablished
clientele, and two smaller bookshops. It is
also less than a mile from Borders, another huge
bookstore in Oxford Street.