UK Bookseller Welcomes Kindle

Amazon has struck a deal with British book retailer Waterstones to sell Amazon Kindle digital readers, beating Barnes & Noble maker of the competing Nook device, into the U.K.'s biggest bookstore chain. The deal, which will bring Amazon's Kindle to all 294 Waterstones shops in September, emphasizes the growing clout of the Seattle-based Internet book giant whose sale of both physical and e-books has made it a major headache for brick-and-mortar bookshops world-wide. Though Amazon sells the Kindle through electronics and other retailers, the appearance of Kindles in Britain's largest bookstore chain reflects the growing need for physical book retailers to get a piece of the digital business if they don't have a device of their own to offer.