In “The Bookshop,” Evan Friss offers lively profiles of booksellers and the stores they’ve overseen, from the 18th century to today. Read more
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In “The Bookshop,” Evan Friss offers lively profiles of booksellers and the stores they’ve overseen, from the 18th century to today. Read more
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Remainders of the Day is the third of Bythell’s sardonic bookseller diaries … The setup of each book is the same. Bythell charts a year in the life of his second-hand bookstore (the largest in Scotland), documenting in short, wry entries his dealings with customers, book-buying expeditions to stuffy country houses and small-town Scottish life. Read more
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In his grouchy, funny memoir, “A Factotum in the Book Trade,” Marius Kociejowski writes about what a good bookstore should feel like, famous customers he’s served and more. Read more
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Stores that sell new books are pretty, clean and sell great swag. I love them. I take pictures of them. I spend eagerly on their tomes and tote bags … But for me, the true treasures are buried in the funky, sometimes-musty secondhand shops, where a great find is like kismet. Read more
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The churning disruption in the global supply chain, which has touched everything from minivans to dishwashers to sweaters, has now reached the world of books, just as the holiday season — a crucial time for publishers, and a period that can make or break the entire year for an independent bookstore — approaches. Publishers are postponing some release dates because books aren’t where they need to be. Older books are also being affected as suppliers struggle to replenish them. Read more
Some independent shops flout the new limits on free expression. Others try to come to terms with them. For readers, they offer a sense of connection in a changed city. Read more
Gibert Jeune, which held a prominent place in Parisians hearts, is one of the latest to close. The pandemic is only one pressure on independent bookstores, but some have found ways to survive. Read more
Will the shifts brought on by the pandemic, favoring online retailers over bookstores and established authors over new ones, change publishing forever? Read more