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February 12, 2016 08:08 am PST

Used bookstores doing fine, allegedly

book cafe in queens topos

Trendy idea: America's bookstoresBorders, Barnes and Noble, etcfailed not because of Amazon, but from adopting a doomed big-box retail model that cannot be escaped. The evidence: UK bookstore chains are thriving, having located themselves in smaller units surrounded by foot traffic. And it turns out that wee used bookstores are doing great in the U.S, too.

Drew Nelles writes that The Used Bookstore Will Be the Last One Standing, focusing on Topos, a bookcaf in Queens.

Other shops have shuttered, or fled Manhattan in search of cheaper rents. But this has not necessarily been the case for used bookstores, many of which are thriving. Strangely enough, its the big chain bookstores that are more of an anachronism, Bjrkenheim said. Even Strand is having to do a lot more of what Barnes & Noble was desperately doing for the last ten years. I dont even know what theyre selling nowmore tchotchkes and t-shirts and tote bags. Which is something a used bookstore doesnt necessarily have to resort to. The whole industry was probably heading in this direction, he added: smaller used bookstores, rather than enormous megastores.


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