Author Alan Bennett is urging readers to boycott major chain bookstores and buy at independent book shops. “I’m not trying to do Waterstone’s down, but all the big chains heavily discount the book, the worst being Amazon. This will drive independent booksellers out of business. In my local bookshop in Camden Town, that happened about three weeks ago. It makes the whole street much duller. So if you can afford it, go to an independent bookseller.”