“Whether independent or corporate, whether in New York or New Mexico, bookstores have been disappearing. If bookstores were animals, they'd be on the list of endangered species.” ReadingBooksBookstores Book:The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore Source: The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
“Being surrounded by books matters.” ReadingBooksBookstores Book:The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore Source: The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
“Conventional wisdom suggests that for bookstores to survive, they need to sell heaps of sidelines (higher-margin nonbook merchandise), host near-daily events, maximize social media, and leverage technology. The Three Lives' simplicity is its brilliance. The tiny bookstore is filled with books and books and books and books....And so, while the same books can be bought from Amazon, often at lower prices, Three Lives offers what an internet behemoth cannot: people, conversation, books to be held and happened upon, floors that creak, atmosphere.” ReadingBooksBookstores Book:The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore Source: The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
“Whether in mysteries or memoirs, travelogues or true-crime tales, romances or rom-coms, horror or history, bookstores can be more than just passive backdrops. Bookstores can be actors. Bookstores, even the little ones, can shape the world around them. They already have.” ReadingBooksBookstoresBookshops Book:The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore Source: The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore