Waterstone's Bookshop

Waterstone's Bookshop mission is to be the leading bookseller on the UK high-street and online providing customers the widest choice of books, great value and expert advice from a team passionate about bookselling. Waterstone's aims to interest and excite its customers and continually inspire people to read and engage in books.

Now part of HMV Group, Waterstone's Bookshop first opened in Old Brompton Road, London, in 1982 and currently trades from more than 300 stores, on high-streets and in shopping centres, and through numerous university campuses in the UK, Republic of Ireland and continental Europe, as well as on the Isle of Man, Jersey and the Isle of Wight.

There's no denying that Waterstone's Bookshop has one of the biggest inventories of UK books and textbooks available online, just take a look at just a few of the sections you can discover at the onlie Waterstone's Bookshop:

• Architectural Graphic Standards, Building Design, Design, Drawing & Presentation, General Architecture & Design
• Conflict Resolution & Mediation, Curriculum Tools, General Education, Higher Education
• Astronomy, Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics, Biomaterials, Catalysts, Classical & Fluid Mechanics, Electricity
• Marketing & Sales, Nonprofit Organizations, Personal Finance, Production Operations Management, Public Administration & Management
• Civil Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering
• Climatology & Meteorology, Earth Science Special Topics, Ecology, Environmental Management, Policy & Planning, Environmental Science
• Computational Chemistry & Molecular Modeling, Electrochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, General Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry
• Anatomy and Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Biological Anthropology
• Cooking, Food & Drink, Food Service Operations & Management, Food Writing & Reference, Gaming Industry

… and lots more besides. Not all bookstores and college textbook stores are the same - shop online at Waterstone's Bookshop and experience the difference.

Features and functions of Waterstones.com include:

* Bookseller Reviews: thousands of reviews and recommedations from real booksellers in Waterstone's Bookshop branches.
* Ask a Bookseller: email contact with real booksellers on hand to offer advice, personal recommendations and help finding a particular book. Waterstone's Bookshop endeavour to respond to each request within 48 hours.
* Integration of bricks and clicks: Waterstones.com has put the high street stores at its heart - customers are able to check stock levels of their favourite book in their nearest store and then call the store to put books aside.
* Delivery options: free delivery over £15 to the address of your choice, or totally free delivery and free returns to your local Waterstone's Bookshop branch - never spend your Saturday queuing at the post office again.
* Events in stores: Signed books make extra special gifts. Keep ahead of Waterstone's popular events programme with a fully searchable function to find the latest book signings in-store - listed by author, by month or by location.
* Online book clubs: linking booklovers across the UK who have a passion for reading - current topics include The Booker Shortlist 2022, West End Girls by Jenny Colgan, Everyman, by Philip Roth, The Colour of a Dog Running Away by Richard Gwyn and The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham.
* Meet the Author online videos so you can listen to what your favourite authors have to say about their latest release, their writing life, or their own favourite books. Authors include: Jacqueline Wilson, Ian Rankin and Victoria Hislop.
* Exclusive author interviews and competitions, current competitions include a trip to see Mamma Mia! in New York, lunch with author Jenny Colgan, a £2000 shopping trip with Trinny and Susannah and a trip to London's west end to see the hit musical ‘Wicked'.