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Play.com - News
Last updated 12.11.08
Play rolls out Christmas discounts
Play.com is discounting Dawn French’s Dear Fatty by more than 60% this week after launching its new-look Christmas...
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Cooks vs comics in Christmas bunfight
Jonathan Ross and Nigella Lawson are booksellers' top tips for festive success this...
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Waterstones.com is top of booksellers
Waterstone's is top of the online specialist booksellers, according to the Retail...
Play.com - In Depth
Last updated 01.05.08
All to play for
Just four years ago, few in the book trade would have taken much notice of Play.com. The online retailer, founded in 1998, focused on selling CDs and DVDs mainly to young, tech-savvy men. That changed in 2004 when the Jersey-based business started...
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Has the YouTube revolution created- a new way to promote books? The publishing industry's resident marketing guru Damian Horner certainly believes it has. In a Bookseller column last November, Horner considered how the viral success of the Dairy...
Playing to new rules
Before you can meet Georgina Stoaling, the bubbly books category manager of Play.com, you must walk past Lara Croft, Batman and the Terminator. These life-sized models are spread through the retailer's Cambridge office and are a reflection of...
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