daunt

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James Daunt, the chief executive credited with breathing new life into the retailer, is clarifying the store’s stance on stocking its shelves with AI-written books.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Daunt told The Times that the wave of backlash is based on misinterpretations of what he said, and that only a “highly edited version” of what the bookseller “actually said” had been aired.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

During a recent interview at his small office upstairs from Barnes & Noble’s flagship store on Manhattan’s Union Square, Daunt said publishers view their books as their babies and tell him to take more.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Daunt, a 62-year-old Brit, has worked to wring out expenses from the bookstore chain in other ways, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

After Eliza Daunt had left Daunt's kitchen, for the space of half an hour, a deep and brooding quiet settled on Monk Lawrence.

From Delia Blanchflower by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.