The retailer had been at an impasse with Hachette since it switched to agency pricing in September. Until now, Hachette titles were removed from sale from WH Smith's website, as well as Waterstone's and Tesco's digital offer. Penguin implemented agency pricing, along with HarperCollins, on 1st November, leading to their books also becoming unavailable at online retailers, with the exception of Amazon and Apple.
Penguin and Hachette's e-books are now on sale on http://www.whsmith.co.uk/ and match prices of other agency retailers. Hachette titles like Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn is £4.49, Michael Caine's memoir is £8.99 and David Nicholls' One Day is £6.49. Similarly Penguin titles like Stephen Fry's The Fry Chronicles is priced £12.99, Rebecca Hunt's Mr Chartwell is £8.99 and Michael McIntyre's Life and Laughing is £12.99.
Rachel Russell, business unit director for books at WH Smith, said she expected HarperCollins titles to be back on the website within the next week.
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